Internet News Articles from M35 Web Design
Want to avoid a Ransomware attack? Then beef up your passwords people!
Want to avoid a Ransomware attack? Then beef up your passwords.
It's scary to know that people are STILL using passwords as weak as ‘12345’, but apparently they are. Why, just why would you do that?
Step back in time with Google Street View’s archives
Did you know that you can literally step back in time with Google Street View's imagery archives? That means you can probably check out where you live to see how it has changed over time.
WordPress is One-Third of the Web!
WordPress' open source content management system (CMS) now powers over 1/3 of the top 10 million sites on the web.
This news comes via technology firm, W3Techs, who have compared historical trends in the usage of content management since March 2018.
Has your email address been hacked?
In January 2019, a massive data breach of 773 million unique email addresses, alongside passwords, was found on a popular hacking forum. These had been gleaned from sites that had been hacked in the past.
How many people in the UK use a mobile to browse the web? Or a desktop, or a tablet?
UK usage stats for the numbers of people using a mobile, desktop, or tablet to browse the web. Stats are for the time period December 2017 - December 2018.
The importance of choosing a good username
Since yesterday a M35 Web Design client website has been subject to a ‘brute force attack’ by a hacker. A brute force attack is an attempt by a hacker to crack passwords, usernames or find hidden web pages, using a trial and error approach.
The hacker is a ‘bot’ (computer), whose sole purpose is to login to a website and cause havoc in whatever way it can. This particular bot is located in Vietnam and has been trying to login to my client’s site since yesterday afternoon, attacking roughly every six minutes.
As I write this it’s still trying to find a way in.
Happy Christmas!
Season's Greetings to all our clients, from M35 Web Design, Poole, Dorset.
Own a business? Own a website? Then you need to read this…
You may have heard mention of GDPR on the news, and have received numerous emails from companies asking if you still want to hear from them. This is down to a new law on Data Protection and Privacy that comes into effect on 25th May 2018.
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) covers data protection and privacy for all individuals within the European Union, and gives significantly more rights to the owner of the data (the 'data subject') than before. This means greater fines for businesses improperly collecting and using an individual's data.
Flickr acquired by SmugMug
Flickr, the photo sharing website, has been acquired by premium photo hosting company SmugMug. Based on what SmugMug are currently saying I'm hoping that this might actually be a good thing.
Flickr and SmugMug will continue to operate as separate entities indefinitely, although CEO Don MacAskill says he doesn't yet know what his plans are for Flickr.
Photo Retouching & Editing Poole (I love my job!)
I love my job... always something different. Today I've been editing and re-touching a lovely young lady's graduation photo, as she said that it didn't look like her.
I had to literally replace her eyebrows, which looked fuzzy and a strange colour, and also move her mouth slightly as a 'rogue shadow' was making it look lopsided.
Now it's so much better and it looks like her. I hope she'll be pleased too.
Local News
- Broken rail causing delays between Bournemouth and Poole till 9pm January 22, 2020
- Christchurch roads face night closures due to maintenance January 22, 2020
- Three defibrillators are funded by the Lytchett Royal British Legion January 22, 2020
- One sheep killed at Penn Common Road, Bramshaw, and another two killed in Wittensford Lane area of Cadnam January 22, 2020
- CCTV appeal after series of violent early hours attacks in Bournemouth town centre January 22, 2020
- New Milton pedestrian killed in lorry crash is named by police January 22, 2020