Webnames.ca StaffThank you to everyone who attended our webinar Cybersecurity for Home Networks & Small Businesses during COVID-19 last week, and special thanks to Jon Lewis, Product Marketer with CIRA Cybersecurity Services, for co-presenting. It was fantastic to have such an engaged and interested group! As promised, and since we were not able to address most…
JuliannaCOVID-19 has brought on new and unique cybersecurity challenges to business owners and IT teams, largely because this is the first time many Canadian organizations have to learn how to manage remote workers, as well as rapidly scale up their remote working capabilities. Practically overnight, businesses have been flipped on their heads. Whether you’re a…
Karthik BalachanderWhether you’re a student taking online classes, or an employee working from home for the first time, you need to guard against security threats and cyberattacks online. When you’re at school or in the office, you’re often protected by an IT team or a service provider that manages systems to protect you from cyber criminals.…
Jack ParrishThe pursuit of stronger data security and the need for stronger user protections is continually driving the evolution of SSL. On a continuous basis, new protocols and safety provisions are being introduced by the major browsers, including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. As a result of this is HTTPS, and encryption as a…
Jordan RiegerA CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a popular service used by websites to streamline and manage the speed and performance of its assets to visitors. Read on to learn more about the benefits of a CDN, disadvantages if any and to help determine whether your website need a CDN. The Dilemma As your web site…
David HallNote: This article on detecting whether a website is a fraud or scam was first published in Sep. 2013 and has been updated for 2020. The updates reflect recent internet security best practices and emerging threats and trends in the industry. Fraud on the internet is almost as old as the internet itself. Experts have…
Vasilii ChekalovWhen did you last review your cyber-security strategy at the office or at home? If it wasn’t in the last three to six months, it’s time to get cracking on it. Why? Because cyber-security is constantly evolving. It must do so to fight against the onslaught of cyber-crime. Securing Your Accounts Let’s look at a…
Karthik BalachanderAn old scam in the domain names industry is back, this merits a throwback post about Domain Slamming. We first wrote about the shady marketing practices of a company that called itself the ‘Domain Registry of Canada’ all the way back in 2011. Read on to know more about how to protect yourself from these…
Rob WilliamsonSo you think that site is safe? It is common myth that cyber thieves and hackers can be avoided by having a good anti-spam filter, a firewall, and anti-virus software installed at the end-points (endpoint = user). However, with today’s sophisticated cybercriminals these simple steps may only protect you from the easy and often automated…
Shawn RandhawaIf you ran a store, would you leave it at night with the door unlocked? Would you choose not to get an alarm system or insurance? Not exactly a brilliant way to keep your merchandise safe. Yet, that’s what millions of people do when they manage WordPress sites without proper security systems in place and…
JuliannaIf you’ve been following website security industry changes, you may know that the move by browsers to warn visitors of webpages served via HTTP as “Not Secure” has been in the works for a while. And, if you’re like many other organizations and businesses, preparing for this inevitable change has been on your to-do list…
Lisa WillsIt’s Data Privacy Day on January 28th and it serves as an important reminder to pull ourselves up by our digital bootstraps and lockdown all that personal information that we willingly sprinkle all over the internet. What is Considered Personal Information? In broad strokes, personal information is that which allows you to be identified. Canada’s…
JuliannaSmall and medium sized businesses are not actively being targeted by cyberattackers, so I‘ve got time to get my security measures in place, right? Nope. You are not alone in thinking this however. According to a recent study conducted by Edelman Intelligence for the major US insurance provider Nationwide, 41% of business owners believe cyberattacks…
Garrett SaundryAction Required by Most GeoTrust, RapidSSL and Thawte to Customers to Remain Trusted by World’s Most Popular Browser As you may be aware, in early 2017 the developers of Google’s Chrome web browser formally expressed concern regarding evidence that Symantec had failed on multiple occasions to properly conduct required validation prior to the issuance of…
Jordan RiegerThe rude awakening You’ve finally settled on the perfect domain name for your blog or small business. You’ve registered it with a trusted Canadian registrar like Webnames.ca. You’ve barely begun to setup email and web hosting, yet the very next day, you wake up to an inbox full of spam – emails hawking web design,…
