Mark Grima

WP White Security

Can your employees be a threat? Yes, quite possibly, but in the main unwittingly. I wrote recently on the statistics which highlight the biggest source of WordPress vulnerabilities. However, another sizeable constituent part of your infrastructure is equally vulnerable, if not more so, and which we all too often overlook ... Read More

WordPress is massively popular. Around every one in five sites on the Internet uses WordPress in some form. Be that to run a humble blog, or a multi-site Content Management System (CMS) or eCommerce site. As a result, it is no surprise that WordPress websites are a very popular target ... Read More

A detailed explanation of how attackers use Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) to hack WordPress websites and login credentials. This article is for educational purposes only. Like any other web application with a login form, WordPress submits your username and password in an HTTP request when logging in. By default, HTTP is not ... Read More

WordPress can pretty much run on any operating system that runs PHP. However, the vast majority of WordPress websites run on Linux. Therefore it is important that you understand Linux file permissions. It is crucial to get file permissions right. Setting incorrect file permissions can open your website up for ... Read More

WordPress security is not unlike many other areas of IT security. It’s not a one time fix. It is something that is never actually finished. Whilst there are several steps you can take to improve your WordPress security, your site and business requirements will change. So adopting a point-in-time security ... Read More

WordPress powers a lot of websites on the Internet. So it’s no surprise that seasoned attackers and “script-kiddies” like to target WordPress websites. Whether you’re a webmaster, or a security professional, when tasked with assessing the security posture of a WordPress website, it tends to help to be aware of ... Read More

There’s plenty you need to do to ensure your e-commerce store offers the best possible User Experience (UX). This means keeping WordPress and all other software up-to-date, optimizing your store, and of course, ensuring it’s safe to use and secure. By safe to use, we mean making your best to ... Read More

This WordPress tutorials explains how you can configure the WordPress automatic update to ensure that your websites and blogs always run on the latest, most stable and secure WordPress version. It also explains how to enable automatic updating of WordPress plugins and theme. The post Configuring WordPress automatic updates appeared ... Read More

Hacking is the process of finding flaws in a system, and exploiting them to bypass security controls. ‘Ethical’ hackers use this process to learn about a system and find its weaknesses. However, malicious or ‘black hat’ hacking is also common. It is often used to break into websites. There are ... Read More

Plugins are a great aspect of using WordPress. However, at some point, you’ll need to uninstall or deactivate a plugin for one reason or another. This might present a problem, in that, the default method for deactivating WordPress plugins might not be always available. For example, to fix an issue ... Read More