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how secure is my password
A question that we get asked regularly is "how secure is my password" and there unfortunately is no simple answer, however it is possible to figure out roughly how vulnerable you might be. There are some simple rules that we should follow when it comes to password...
Firefox and Chrome Browsers flag insecure sites
Earlier this month, Google announced that any web site that doesn't use a valid SSL certificate will be flagged as insecure (https://security.googleblog.com/2016/09/moving-towards-more-secure-web.html) within the upcoming Chrome version 56. Mozilla Firefox are...
free ssl certificates for all shared hosting plans
We've recently installed the letsencrypt.org module into all of our Plesk control panels, giving our customers easy and free access to validated SSL certificates. In light of Googles move to display alert messages on their upcoming version of Google Chrome, we think...
Google Chrome to post warnings on non HTTPS sites
Google wants all data travelling across the web to be as safe and as secure as possible. To that end, in January 2017, the newest versions of Google Chrome (which accounts for about 55% of all browser traffic...
Christmas Closedown
The Christmas season is almost upon us once more. The studio will be open right up to the 22nd December when we break for the Christmas holidays and will reopen on the 3rd January 2017. As usual, we'll be keeping an eye on all our clients websites and servers over the...
Automate your Facebook and Twitter feeds with IFTTT
Easy automation between Wordpress and Social Media platforms We get a lot of requests to help clients with integrating their website with many of the social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Pinterest. Actually managing all of these...
Plesk launch web hosting control panel Onyx
A well rounded web hosting control panel from Plesk Plesk have recently launched their newest web hosting control panel software called Onyx. This is to replace the existing Plesk 12.5.x control panel software. From first impressions, the software interface is very...
Facebook scupper plans for Admiral to read your posts
Facebook recently chose to deny Admiral Insurance access to potential insurers Facebook posts. The thinking here is that Admiral believe they can define your ability to drive safely by reading your Facebook posts and offer a discounted premiums to users.More...
Have you patched against Dirty COW?
Recently a severe Linux exploit was discovered that could be used to gain access to your Linux machine. Dirty COW or dirty Copy On Write, has been lurking since September 2007 and can also affect Android devices too. In most cases its a simple fix but if you elect to...
The Pokemon Go bug
If you haven't heard about the latest craze to hit the mobile world, Pokemon Go has achieved something that few games have achieved thus far. We're finally getting off our soft behinds and walking places in a quest to find virtual creatures, dotted all over the...
WordPress Maintenance and Security Plans
Here at Bluebit Ltd, we love Wordpress. We love Wordpress and all its plugins. But like many popular pieces of software, it also prone to being hacked. Not because its necessarily insecure software, but because its widely used and so extremely popular accounting for...
Serious Vulnerability in All in One SEO Pack Plugin for WordPress
There is a serious stored XSS vulnerability in All in One SEO Pack versions 2.3.6.1 and older that we expect to have widespread impact. It allows a remote attacker to take full control of a WordPress website by sending malicious HTTP headers to any URL on the target...