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Written by Carol Trehearn
Running A Blog: What Are The Online Risks?

The number of people running their own blog is rising each day and it is easy to see why. Blogging can be a fantastic way to share your expertise, connect with like-minded people and it can be a rewarding pursuit. Not only this, but blogging can also be a good way to earn money, whether this is a bit on the side or as your main source of income. It is easy to see why so many people are starting their own blogs but it is also important that people are aware of the risks attached to blogging as in today’s digital age there are many online threats and blogging can open you up to a number of risks.

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Written by Carol Trehearn
Antivirus software

Operating online as a business is non-negotiable in this day and age. Far too many small businesses don’t have a website up and running to help grow their following and bring in new customers to either their ecommerce platform or physical store. The only issue with having a website is that it opens up risk. This risk is no reason to avoid setting up a web presence, however. As soon as you sync up your data online in any way your company is at risk. That is why instead of avoiding the issue you need to instead implement these five security measures to reduce risk and protect both yours and your customers’ data.

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Written by Carol Trehearn
Keep Joomla! Website Secure

As one of the leading open source Content Management Systems (CMS), you may be questioning whether or not it will be difficult to keep your site safe. After all, anyone familiar with coding can probably hack your site since it’s open source, right? Not exactly! The key is to remember that there is no one-size-fits all when it comes to Internet security, and the more precautions you take, the safer your Joomla site will be.

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Written by Daniel Bishop
Joomla Two-Factor Authentication

The importance of two-factor authentication simply cannot be overstated. Why? Because the majority of passwords people use are not strong enough to protect their accounts. Fortunately, Joomla has been offering two-factor authentication ever since the 3.2 version became available to consumers. In fact, Joomla is one of the first CMS to actually implement it as a part of their security options.

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Written by Carol Trehearn
Tips on Keeping Your Website Secure

The internet is a great tool, however, it is also used by hackers who want to steal information. It could be for many reasons, such as creating false identities, accessing bank details, or finding out financial information about a business. As the internet evolves, hackers are finding more sophisticated ways to access information. Thankfully, there are ways you can help prevent cyber-attacks. This guide gives you some tips on keeping your website secure.

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Written by Evans Walsh
Drupal or Joomla

Drupal and Joomla, both are the open source content management systems (CMSs) doing great business across the industry. However, when it comes to the issue of website security, especially when a company is exposing its content-change access to non-employees, users always like to work with CMSs that value their concerns.

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Written by Milos Stankovic
PHPMailer

An exploit has been discovered in the PHPMailer library recently. We are using AcyMailing Starter component in few of our templates. As AcyMailing uses its own version of PHPMailer you need to update it apart from any Joomla! update.

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Written by Kerin Miller
Pro Tips to Safeguard your Joomla Website

Joomla has always been the preferred choice for the Content Management System. It is being used for many years and offers a number of excellent features using which you can easily manage your content. So the ease of use is definitely a big factor which seeks the attention of the people. However, websites designed by using Joomla are always prone to security issues and therefore it is necessary to dig out ways on how to secure Joomla website. If you too have a Joomla website and want to keep it secure, you have come to the right place.

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Written by Milos Stankovic

Forums are one of the most popular online tools for communication between regular users and giving support, but it's also popular between spammers.

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Written by Milos Stankovic
k2 not protected from comments spam

K2 is probably the most popular Joomla component today. It enables Joomla with two very important features that per our opinion should be incorporated in the core Joomla. Besides the many other features, those two most important features are content tagging and comments of articles. The comment form in your article pages is one of the most often used for spamming. There's no better way for a spammer to get a link from your site than to leave a pointless comment on your article.

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