17 May 9 Resources on Prevent Hacking and Fraud
If you have ever been browsing and you get bombarded with pop-ups that may induce a heart attack? It may be because some malware advertisement just alerted you of a pesky virus you might have, and if you only download their software, you’ll be free from all virus-causing harm. While most people are no longer fooled by these pop-ups, malware still gets on to your website, computer and now, your mobile phone. Hacking is another issue. For webmasters, hackers are the pebble in the shoe that might be covered in poison ivy or a tornado approaching your hometown. In some cases, when your site is hacked, these pop-ups will flood visitors as soon as they load your site. It’s a big problem, and you’re the only one who can solve it.
The best way to prevent these attacks is to prepare for them in advance. A good time to start would probably be now. The instances of hacking have become harder to ignore. For example, Target’s credit card hack in 2013 and most recently, Heartbleed, which exposed vulnerabilities in OpenSSL. There are tons of resources out there that show you how to prevent attacks and what to install, but unless you decide to stop being in the business of webmastery, there will always be hack attempts on your site.
The following are a few of the most beneficial and smart techniques for preventing hackers from gaining access to your site. All of these authors conducted some thorough research and share step-by-step on how to make your site strong-like-bull against intruders, spammers, DDOS attacks and malware.
Smashing Magazine’s “Are You Prepared Against a Hack”
With some updated information and seven steps to follow, Smashing Magazine has a great preventive guide to hacking that focuses on securing your WordPress site. However, the tips can be applied to different types of sites, not just WordPress. They outline a “KISS” plan or “keep-its-short-and-simple” disaster recovery plan that lays out everything you need to do in the event of an attack. One thing that many people don’t realize is that they should always copy a hacked website and access log files before trying to roll back or completely take down their site. They also have tips on how to make the process quicker to bring your site back up to running smoothly.
CNET’s “How to Protect Yourself from ‘Heartbleed’ Bug”
The Heartbleed bug shocked webmasters everywhere when it was revealed that sites on any platform with OpenSSL could be vulnerable. The heartbleed bug was so pervasive that it may have affected 500,000 web sites and was able to scrabe a server’s memory collecting user data. This guide gives you a rundown on how to prevent your site from being vulnerable from the attack as well as some information about the heartbleed bug.
Dark Reading’s “5 Tips to Prevent IoT”
– Basic Guide
For an essential guide to preventing hacking that includes mostly the basics, go to Dark Reading and read 5 tips on preventing IoT attacks. Hackers generally have too much time on their hands, and then there are those that are extremely malicious. This guide goes through some of the more blatant and obscure security threats while giving some basic tips on how to prevent hacks on your site. The directions are simple and easy to follow, and the list might include some things you hadn’t heard of before.
Protecting Your Ecommerce Site from Hacking and Fraud
Many businesses have brought their stores online and started ecommerce sites that are a little bit more vulnerable than your average website online. That’s because so many of these sites take customer information on a variety of levels. Fit Small Business published a well-written article on what every business needs to know about ecommerce security. Tips range from picking the best ecommerce platforms to what types of DDoS protection and mitigation services you can use to protect your site against these types of attacks.
Huffington Post’s “How Hackers Protect Themselves from Getting Hacked”
Huffington Post did an interesting article that explores the ways that hackers prevent themselves from being hacked. While it’s not a step-by-step, you can see the mindset of hackers and employ some of their systems into your own virtual servers to prevent against malicious attacks. The story follows an experience hacker and how he prevents vulnerability in his own browsing activities and servers.
IT Governance Blog
– Overall Great Resource
There are a ton of how-tos, guides, updates and news on the IT Governance blog. All types of information can be found here including current lists of cyber attacks and data breaches. You can follow their updates on Facebook or Twitter as well for instant updates and tips.
Spam Prevention Without Captcha
One final thing worth mentioning is the sophistication of spam prevention on blogs and the use of captcha. There are a few different ways to implement these on your site and prevent lots of spam from comments and phishing. One method doesn’t involve the obnoxious captcha forms at all. You can check out this method which uses hidden form fields. In fact, you never have to use captcha if you try one of these alternatives.
Moving a Git Repository to a New Server
If your company decides to change around its code, or you are working with a new hosting provider, you can easily move your own Git repository to the new host. There is a great method for moving to a new server that takes less time.
Doing this properly takes some knowledge of how Git works, but you could do this as a beginner if you have some knowledge of servers.
How to Move Repositories Quickly
First, we have to fetch remote branches and tags from the existing repository to our local index:
“git fetch origin”
If all branches and tags were already fetched and exist in a local index, you still don’t have a copy of them in a nearby location. Local copies are necessary to start migration.
If the resources above does not minimize your problems, you might be able seek help from your local data center. Online Fraud and Hacking occurs every second, on the look out for personal and sensitive information. Stay alert!