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One million WordPress websites have been infected and 6 years later its still not fixed

One million WordPress websites have been infected and 6 years later its still not fixed

Around 43% of the Internet's websites are built on WordPress and since 2017, we estimate that over one million WordPress websites have been infected and 6 years later its still not fixed

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WordPress Security Vulnerability “All In One SEO”

WordPress Security Vulnerability “All In One SEO”

More than three million WordPress sites which are currently running that “All In One SEO” plugin are vulnerable

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Out of office emails can be bad for security

Out of office emails can be bad for security

There is also the issue of security. If you have any contact information (e.g. your email address, work and phone number, supervisor contact info) or your signature added to the out-of-office reply, it could help scammers piece together the elements needed for identity theft. When your auto-reply is turned on and someone sends you a message, your mail server will send the out of office reply back to the spammers, confirming that your email address is a valid one.

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DuckDuckGo's Privacy-Enhanced eMail Forwarding

DuckDuckGo's Privacy-Enhanced eMail Forwarding

The privacy centric DuckDuckGo has had what it calls an "Email Protection" service in beta since July of last year, 2021. But they have just opened it to the public. It looks like a very useful and completely FREE service. So our listeners might want to jump over and grab their name or their favorite handle quickly before it's taken. I'll explain how to do that, then I'll tell you why this seems like a nifty service...

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The Privacy-first Brave browser

The Privacy-first Brave browser

I wanted to also note that the Brave browser's 2021 usage more than doubled from its previous year. Brave began 2021 with 24.1 million users and ended the year with 50.2 million users, for a 220% growth during 2021. And this growth is also exponential since Brave has been more than doubling their user base every year, now for the past five years.

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WordPress 5.8.3 security update

WordPress 5.8.3 security update

Since so much of the Web is actually just styled WordPress PHP, I thought it was worth noting that the WordPress core code itself has just received an update that might be important.

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DuckDuckGo search engine continues to grow

DuckDuckGo search engine continues to grow

DuckDuckGo is picking up the pace of its continued growth:

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WordPress sites are under active attack from more than 16,000 IP addresses

WordPress sites are under active attack from more than 16,000 IP addresses

WordPress once again in the crosshairs 1.6 Million WordPress sites are under active attack from more than 16,000 IP addresses in a protracted attempt to exploit multiple known weaknesses in 4 plugins and 15 themes

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uk domain names increased by 50 percent from 29 february 2016.

uk domain names increased by 50 percent from 29 february 2016.

Nominet is the supplier of UK domains has announced that they will be increasing the wholesale price of UK domain names

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