No other force has more power to make or break the spirit of the web designer than the all-important client. The good ones make us love our work, and the bad ones can make us wish we were dead. Sometimes, we have to fire a bad client when it gets really bad. But wouldn't it [...]
How to decide between Website Refresh, Repair or Redesign When inspecting furniture for quality craftsmanship you open drawers and inspect the joints. If the joints are well made tongue and groove or dovetail engineered and even you know the piece is a quality item. You can evaluate the quality of a website and skill of [...]
Let’s talk about an important issue that is ubiquitous in our current digital landscape – unethical website developers. Sadly, while we have certainly become a digitally connected world due to our obsession with instant gratification we want our services fast and cheap without concern for ethical standards. Wikipedia defines ethics as a branch of philosophy [...]
92% Who Pay Don’t Get Their Data Back As Apple gets caught up in an apparent $50 million ransomware extortion attempt by a significant cybercriminal gang, new research reveals just how unlikely it is that organizations will get all their data back if they pay up. On April 23, I reported how the notorious cybercriminal [...]
Remote-control malware wiped from Microsoft Exchange Servers by FBI The FBI deleted web shells installed by criminals on hundreds of Microsoft Exchange servers across the United States, it was revealed on April 13, 2021. The Feds were given approval by the courts to carry out the deletions, which occurred without first warning the servers' owners, [...]
Trump and GOP campaigns used prefilled check boxes ad deceptive popups they called, 'the Money Bomb' in their website designs to trick visitors into giving recurring donations that added up to over $122.7 million. At one point, some contributors were unwittingly making as many as six donations in a thirty day period. "You don't realize [...]
Malware monsters target Apple's M1 chip with 'Silver Sparrow' US security consultancy Red Canary says it has found MacOS malware written specifically for the shiny new M1 chip that Apple created to power its post-Intel Macs. Red Canary has named the malware "Silver Sparrow" and says it had found its way onto almost 30,000 MacOS [...]
Multiple security researchers and research teams have published over the weekend lists ranging from 100 to 280 organizations that installed a trojanized version of the SolarWinds Orion platform and had their internal systems infected with the Sunburst malware. The list includes the names of tech companies, local governments, universities, hospitals, banks, and telecom providers. The [...]
For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye has been the first call for government agencies and companies around the world who have been hacked by the most sophisticated attackers, or fear they might be. Now it looks like the hackers — in this case, evidence points to Russia’s intelligence agencies — may be exacting their revenge. [...]
The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has published a guide to the terrifying risks that businesses will expose themselves to if they use tech created in the Peoples’ Republic of China (PRC) or engage in any business activity with the Middle Kingdom. The fifteen-page “Data Security Business Advisory” [PDF] opens by warning “Businesses [...]
