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 | Oct 9, 2014 | Security, Web Tech |
As I work with a lot of clients whose sites have gotten hacked or infected, I get to see a lot of e-mails from the support staff at various major hosting companies. Our first introduction typically starts with the client forwarding me a notice from the hosting...
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 | Jun 12, 2014 | Web Tech |
"Why is my site so slow?" is a question I get asked a lot. It’s not always an immediate thing — sometimes a site slows down over time, or after some changes have been made. But in general, there are a few things that nearly always contribute to a...
