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April 17, 2014
Published by Tony Sirico on April 17, 2014
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Heartbleed Bug OpenSSL Vulnerability
Last week, a very serious bug in OpenSSL was disclosed.  OpenSSL, a set of open source tools to handle secure communication, is used by most Internet websites.  This bug, nicknamed Heartbleed, allowed an attacker to read sensitive information from vulnerable servers and possibly steal things like passwords, cookies, and […]
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April 3, 2014
Published by Steven Lutrov on April 3, 2014
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Why am I losing Google rank
Just the other day a client who does not see the value in SEO called and said “Hey, I didn’t do anything to my website for the last year, I didn’t touch it, and now I am not on page 2 anymore, there is something wrong”. My reply […]
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March 13, 2014
Published by Steven Lutrov on March 13, 2014
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Australian Privacy Principles
Privacy issues are being reviewed globally and Australia is no exception. New privacy legislation and Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) came into effect on 12 March 2014 to regulate on how organisations handle personal information. The APPs, replaced the Information Privacy Principles (IPPs) that previously applied to Australian and […]
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November 8, 2013
Published by Olya Lutrov on November 8, 2013
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A world without Keywords
We all know that Google deploy regular changes to its search algorithms.  The most recent changes, implemented last week, include the removal of keyword data from search queries.  This poses significant challenges to the SEM and digital marketing worlds as keyword data still provides a valuable insight into […]
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October 2, 2013
Published by Steven Lutrov on October 2, 2013
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About DDOS attacks
Its called a Distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Here is the scenario. You operate a small business and have a website and some email accounts for your staff. You pay your hosting company a few hundred dollars per year. All of a sudden you become the target of a […]
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March 21, 2013
Published by Steven Lutrov on March 21, 2013
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SecurePay vs Eway
A few months back one of my clients had expressed an interest in changing his Payement Gateway options on his website. This particular client sells services through his website and offers his users to pay via Paypal. A high number of those clients pay via Credit Card through […]
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November 2, 2012
Published by Steven Lutrov on November 2, 2012
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Russian Underground 101 a Booming Economy
If you think crime does not pay then you have not been keeping up with the developments of the Russian underground market. This place is buzzing with cyber-criminals where anyone can purchase exploit kits, VPN services and custom-built malware. Maxim Goncharov from Trend Micro has released a 29 […]
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April 25, 2012
Published by Steven Lutrov on April 25, 2012
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So you want to be a Webmaster
WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems on the Internet today. According to WordPress they have more than 47 million deployments worldwide. Unfortunately, with this type of claim, it attracts all sorts of want to-be web developers, web masters and hackers. By their own admission […]
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