Shaun Geisert 
A Go-Daddy backed security company analyzed over 25k infected websites and 4,426,795 cleaned files to determine that the WordPress content management system accounted for 90% of all hacked websites in 2018 (increasing from 83% in 2017). The top three tactics for attacks included backdoors (68%), malware (56%), and SEO spam (51%).
We occasionally have commercial WordPress plugins that don’t auto-update. In those instances, it’s still easy to upgrade them all at once, across both our multi-site networks/sites using the following bash script. #!/bin/bash # execute script in terminal by running bash scriptname.sh # to generate public/private key pair (to avoid repeated logins) # ssh-keygen -t rsa … Read more
This article assumes some basic familiarity with the Division of Student Affairs Bulk E-mailer tool at http://dsalistserv.colostate.edu/emailer.aspx. More information about basic functionality of the system can be found under the “Preview Message” tab on that site. Up until recently, you had to search through the Message History tab to find and re-use a previously sent … Read more
67% of ASP.NET websites have serious configuration related security vulnerabilities https://www.troyhunt.com/67-of-aspnet-websites-have-serious/ Issue Description Many web developers believe that newer Microsoft development frameworks such as ASP.NET (aka .NET) including MVC, Web Forms, or .NET Core protect them from many of the security vulnerabilities present in classic ASP and other older technologies. However, this is a false … Read more
What follows are two excellent introductions to learning more about agile processes (which are applicable both to software development and to project management as a whole) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9QbYZh1YXY Why Have a Daily Standup An Introduction To Scrum
I utilize Google Analytics for all of my public websites. If you want to get to that data without my intervention, you will need a Google account to do so. Here’s the steps that are taken to obtain analytics data: I would create a Google Analytics account profile for you and then wire up your … Read more
Here’s how to manage your Outlook calendar via a web browser: Open up your preferred browser and log into portal.office.com. Click the Outlook Calendar icon in the left sidebar. Click the little calendar icon at the bottom left of your screen. Or the direct link is https://outlook.office.com/calendar/. Click the blue “New Event” button in the … Read more
When getting data for Power BI, the default setting is “Import” and not “DirectQuery”. Import doesn’t work too well for me at least, because my data sets are all changing every day. Here are some tips in converting a project to instead use DirectQuery. First, back-up your file and then open your new copy (of … Read more
Outlook Calendar Display for WordPress is a nifty little plugin that makes it possible to display the full details of any Outlook calendar on a WordPress site. Unfortunately, it requires fairly aggressive permissions in order to generate the necessary tokens to work properly: https://wpintegrate.com/kb-article/outlook-calendar-display-for-wordpress-app-permissions/. However, it’s possible to work around this issue by taking a … Read more
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