6-10-21

Herman’s Dance-Off – A web-based “analog” game by Top Hat.

Make Your Site SecureSecurity is so hot right now. Whether it's a website or personal data - folks wanna feel like they're protected.Not to scare you, but here's some recent data around cyberattacks.  According to Aura, a person becomes a victim of identity theft every ten seconds Cybercrime increased by 600% due to COVID-19 pandemic In the search by Sucuri, out of 8000 infected websites, ¾ of those were run by WordPress Every month, about 4,800 websites are compromised with form-jacking codeWhen it comes to your website, there are some simple things to do to make sure your visitors are protected.  Make sure your hosting service is secure: A quick Google search should do the trick here. Make sure you're using a reputable host with a quick response time. Read some reviews. Verify your site with Google Search Console: Google Search Console is one of the fastest malware alert systems out there. The best part? It's free. Do yourself a favor and make sure your site is verified on Google Search Console ASAP. Keep an eye on your bot traffic: Some bot traffic is ok like automatic crawlers and digital assistants, but keep an eye on abnormal bot spikes. A spike could be the beginning of a hack.Dive deeper here.

Today's Challenge

Go through the checklist above to make sure your site is in a good place.

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