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What are the most important things to consider when setting up security for your website?

Keep your website builder/platform upgraded, have SSL on your web hosting, have strong passwords. I also like to avoid using third party plugins - you can do that easily without being a coder by using UltimateWB. UltimateWB has a lot of built-in apps that are very customizable; you can build any type of website with it.

Got a techy/website question? Whether it’s about UltimateWB or another website builder, web hosting, or other aspects of websites, just send in your question

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Jimmy Kimmel hacks your passwords by just asking, lol

Jimmy Kimmel How strong are your internet passwords?  Are they easy to guess, contain information you have posted on social media sites?  In this hilarious video, Jimmy Kimmel shows viewers how easy it is to hack someone's internet password.  It is actually as easy as just asking them, from the famous Hollywood Boulevard:  (Ya, really!) One woman says her password is her dog's name (Jameson) and the year she graduated high school (2009).  Another man reveals his password to be TelAviv468.  And... Continue reading
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LinkedIn, eHarmony social networking sites hacked, passwords leaked, poor security

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LinkedIn, a popular professional social networking website, and eHarmony, a paid subscription social networking dating site, both confirmed Wednesday their sites have been hacked.  The breach in the database security was found when the hacker(s) posted the list of 8 million encrypted passwords on a hacker forum, asking for help to break the encryption code. 

According to Sophos security reports, more than 60% of the passwords have already been cracked.  Tech news site Ars Technica said it found about

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