by Nikole Garcia | May 11, 2016 | Business, Security, Web Tech |
This is long. You may want to get comfy and grab some popcorn. First of all … I felt it was only fair to give this exchange some context by showing you a video that explained what I was asking the host (Bluehost) to do for my client. So, here it is: Secondly...
by Nikole Garcia | Apr 4, 2016 | Security |
I had a client contact me recently because her host had said she was hacked. I set to work on her site, cleaning it and transferring it to a new hosting account. In the meantime, she received another notice from her host. This one said: The compromised files detected...
by Nikole Garcia | Oct 23, 2014 | Security, Usability, Web Tech |
We all have stuff we put off. From calling the insurance company to cleaning out your closet, I would bet there is something that you should be taking care of this week that you haven’t done. When it comes to business, however, we all know that procrastination...
by Nikole Garcia | Jun 20, 2014 | Security |
A friend of mine contacted me recently after his site had crashed several times in the same 24-hour period. I reviewed the raw log files from the site, and found about 200+ instances of someone looking for files that didn’t exist. The requested file list read...
by Nikole Garcia | May 17, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
This post is half a rant and half a lesson for all to learn — and 100% an exercise in bravery for saying it all. I’ll start out with the rant because I just have to get this off my chest before anyone gets hurt, and then we’ll talk about how you can...
