Website Security
SEO Recovery After a Website Hack: Getting Traffic Back
A clean site is not yet a recovered one. Here is what a hack does to search visibility and the steps that…
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Notify Customers After a Website Breach: Who to Tell
Once a hack is cleaned up, the next question is who to tell. A plain-English map of GDPR, US state laws, India's…
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Restoring a Backup After a Hack: When It Is Enough
A restore removes what the attacker added but not how they got in. Here is how to tell when a backup is…
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Shared Hosting Cross-Site Infection: Why Hacks Spread
When several sites share one hosting account, a hack in a forgotten one can reach all of them. Why it happens, where…
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Is Your Web Host Responsible for a Hacked Website?
Your host says the hack is inside your website. Sometimes that is fair and sometimes it is not. Here is the usual…
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Website Hacker Extortion Email: Real Threat or Bluff?
Emails demanding payment for a website "hack" are often bulk-sent bluffs, but some are real. How to check the evidence and headers,…
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Search Console Security Issues Report, Explained
A plain-English walk through the two reports under Security & Manual Actions in Search Console: what each issue type means, how to…
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Unknown Admin User in WordPress: What It Means
An administrator account nobody remembers creating can be a forgotten developer login or the first sign of a break-in. Here is how…
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How to Scan a Website for Malware (and What Scans Miss)
A green tick from a free scanner is useful but narrow. Here are the free ways to scan a website for malware,…
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Nulled Plugins and Themes: Why They Carry Malware
A free copy of a premium plugin can work perfectly and still hand someone else a key to your site. Here is…
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