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How to Fix Website is Not Secure Browser Message?

Why does my website say it’s not secure? Any modern browser will display the “Not secure” warning in the address bar when your website is using HTTP instead of HTTPS. An SSL certificate can be used to encrypt and decrypt data transferred to and from your website. The best way to deal with the question “Why does my website say not secure?” is to install […]

Lets Encrypts Root Certificate is expiring – Incompatible clients!

Let’s Encrypt DST Root CA X3 expiration on Sept. 30 2021 Due to significant changes of the certificate provider Let’sEncrypt problems with some outdated clients can occur (web browser, email clients). The Let’s Encrypt DST Root CA X3 will expire on September 30, 2021. That means those older devices that don’t trust ISRG Root X1 will start getting certificate warnings when visiting sites that use […]

WP Fastest Cache vulnerabilities – update now

Multiple vulnerabilities in WP Fastest Cache plugin – please update now! https://jetpack.com/2021/10/14/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-wp-fastest-cache-plugin/ german: https://www.heise.de/news/WordPress-Beliebtes-Plugin-WP-Fastest-Cache-braucht-dringend-ein-Update-6220994.html?wt_mc=nl.red.security.security-nl.2021-10-21.link.link

WordPress: Ninja Forms Admin + SQL Injection

Please update now! The plugin does not escape keys of the fields POST parameter, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL injections attacks. Details: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/55008a42-eb56-436c-bce0-10ee616d0495

New Mod_Security rules – 90% reduction of false alerts & 403 errors

We are working hard to bring you a better and smoother experience! Today we’ve published an Mod_Security update for all shared hostings which includes a 90% reduction of false alerts and 403 errors. CRS 3 includes many coverage improvements, plus the following new features: – Over 90% reduction of false alerts in a default install – Application-specific exclusions for WordPress Core and Drupal – SQLi/XSS […]

HTTP2 – available now for all our shared server

HTTP/2 support is available now for all our shared hosting packages. HTTP/2 will make your applications faster, simpler, and more robust. The primary goals for HTTP/2 are to reduce latency by enabling full request and response multiplexing, minimize protocol overhead via efficient compression of HTTP header fields, and add support for request prioritization. HTTP/2 is compatible with almost all major browsers. It’s also backward compatible […]

Email Clients – TLS Version 1.0 and 1.1 Deprecation

If you are using an old mail client or an old OS, it is possible the software does not support TLS 1.2 or 1.3 and therefore your emails are not working anymore on your computer. If your emails don’t work following the update it means your mail client (Mail, Thunderbird, Outlook) does not support TLS 1.2 or 1.3. It is therefore not up to date […]

Webbrowser & Email Clients – TLS protocol 1.0 & 1.1 End of Life

Webbrowser & Email Clients – TLS protocol 1.0 & 1.1 End of Life TLS 1.0 and 1.1 is End of Life, for a successful connection via browser or email client, at least TLS version 1.2 is required (TLS v 1.3 is the current version). Browser TLS check: https://clienttest.ssllabs.com:8443/ssltest/viewMyClient.html Details: https://www.comodo.com/e-commerce/ssl-certificates/tls-1-deprecation-browsers.php https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/prepare-tls-1.2-in-office-365?view=o365-worldwide

Lets Encrypt – Change for older browsers

On September 30, there will be a change in how older browsers and devices trust Let’s Encrypt certificates, resulting in a minor decrease in compatibility. Details: https://letsencrypt.org/docs/dst-root-ca-x3-expiration-september-2021/

WordPress Security – Update Now!

WordPress 5.8.1 Security and Maintenance Release This security and maintenance release features 60 bug fixes in addition to 3 security fixes. Because this is a security release, it is recommended that you update your sites immediately. All versions since WordPress 5.4 have also been updated. Details: https://wordpress.org/news/2021/09/wordpress-5-8-1-security-and-maintenance-release/ Sicherheitspatch: WordPress-Entwickler raten zu zügigem Update Das Content Management System WordPress ist über mehrere Sicherheitslücken angreifbar. Details: https://www.heise.de/news/Sicherheitspatch-WordPress-Entwickler-raten-zu-zuegigem-Update-6188735.html?wt_mc=nl.red.security.security-nl.2021-09-13.link.link

WooCommerce – Critical vulnerability!

Please Update NOW! Details: https://www.heise.de/news/WordPress-Plugin-WooCommerce-schliesst-kritische-Sicherheitsluecke-6140221.html

Critical vulnerability threatens WordPress 3.7 to 5.7

One security issue affecting WordPress versions between 3.7 and 5.7. If you haven’t yet updated to 5.7, all WordPress versions since 3.7 have also been updated to fix the following security issue: Details https://wordpress.org/news/2021/05/wordpress-5-7-2-security-release/ https://www.heise.de/news/Jetzt-patchen-Kritische-Luecke-bedroht-WordPress-3-7-bis-5-7-6045823.html?wt_mc=nl.red.security.security-nl.2021-05-17.link.link