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security

Introducing: Cinch Security and Maintenance

September 23, 2015

We’ve been running Cinch Hosting for nearly a decade now. We’ve also been quietly running a web maintenance and security service through Spigot. Well, now they are joined into Cinch Web Services. We’re offering security and…

Using ‘admin’ as a username is not awesome

March 31, 2015

WordPress stopped auto filling in the ‘admin’ username on install a while ago in version 3.7, but that doesn’t mean someone can’t fill it in that way themselves. Here’s a screenshot that shows why this…

The Heartbleed OpenSSL Bug

April 9, 2014

On Monday, security researchers announced a security flaw in OpenSSL, the defacto standard in securing data on the internet. NPR reported about it this morning, have a listen to their report: I host with you,…

The basics of maintaining a website

March 5, 2014

Owning a website comes with certain responsibilities. You can’t just build it and forget it. Well you can, but regular website maintenance is a must if you want your site to be successful. Regular maintenance…

Strong Passwords are easy with 1Password

March 23, 2012

You know you should be using strong passwords for every account, but how are you supposed to remember them? And even if you did remember a strong password, would it be secure if you used…