In part one of this article series I wrote about doing backups in cPanel, but that can be hard to do if you have many accounts on the same server and you have to remember to do it on a regular basis. But don’t worry because in cPanel there’s an …

If you got cPanel as your hosting control panel you got several ways of creating off site backups. Please note the off site part above since keeping your backups on the same server (and maybe even in the same account as your site) is extremely dangerous (see my last post). …

I’ve said it before and also written about it several times before but I feel that I can’t repete myself enough: make sure you backup your data!!!! It’s always important to keep off site backups of your databases and other files so you can restore your content in case of …

Yesterday we got 3 comments posted in two of our blogs that looked strangely the same. All three comments came from the same IP address, and had the same name and email of poster. If I only had noticed one of these comments I would have approved it as it …

There’s a new version of WordPress available (version 2.6.1). But if you’re happy with version 2.6 and it’s doing its job, then you don’t have to upgrade according to the WordPress blog: If you’re happy with 2.6, however, keep on using it.  You need not upgrade to 2.6.1 if 2.6 …

The PHP development team has released the latest and last upgrade of PHP 4.4 (version 4.4.9) which contains some security fixes and also increases the stablility some. The PHP development team writes: The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 4.4.9. It continues to improve …

On the first of August the Xavier Media blog mention a hack of a Swedish online bookstore that caused the web site to distribute malware. Since most of us are extremly dependent on our web sites it’s important to check out your own web site to make sure it’s not …

These days we can read about all kinds of attacks, software vulnerabilities, security updates for blogs more then ever before, and I don’t think this will ever slow down as long as the attackers can earn money from this activity 🙁 . Therefore you as the site owner must keep …

A man in the U.S. who have made themselves known as the Spam King was sentenced yesterday to nearly four years in prison. The court hopes that the judgement sends a strong signal to other criminals on the Internet. Robert Soloway in the United States has made itself known as …