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Securing the Digital Realm: Hostworld Internet Ltd Achieves Cyber Essentials Certification

In today's digitally connected world, the importance of cybersecurity cannot be overstated. With an ever-increasing number of cyber threats, it's crucial for businesses to take ...


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Fake Domain Renewal Spam Emails

Over the last week or so we've seen an increase in the amount of spam emails relating to domain renewal. The emails are engineered to look like they could be genuine. Making the...


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Keeping Your WordPress Website Up-To-Date and Secure

Because WordPress is so popular it, therefore, attracts the attention of hackers around the world, whose aim is to break and exploit those sites. They might do that to leave pol...


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Spam Spam Spam Spam!

Many of our customers ask how they can reduce the amount of spam they get in their mail. Here are some thoughts on spam, what measures are already in place and what others you m...


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The Latest Email Scams & How to Spot Them

Spam and Scams! Since lockdown last year, there has been a 30,000% increase in the amount of phishing emails doing the rounds. Criminals have been going all out with spam emails...


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Cyber securityWordPress Hosting

Are WordPress Sites Secure?

Generally, Yes! WordPress (WP) is an actively supported software product, both by its developers and users. The software is written to a high standard. If a security flaw is det...


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WordPress Security Updates - What's Changed in Version 5.5?

Security has always been an issue with 3rd party website software. This is especially the case with WordPress and its plugins and themes. Wordpress is one of the most commonly u...


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WordPress Security - Keeping Plugins Up-to-date

WordPress is a great tool for building websites, but it is also a common target for hackers because not all WordPress users keep their WordPress software, plugins and themes up ...


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WordPress Security - iThemes Security Update

iThemes, one of the main WordPress Security plugin companies, recently posted an alert that WordPress 5.5 could break old websites. The reason for the problem is that WordPress ...


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