Category: Security
Automate It Already! How to Use a CDN on Your Website
Learning how to use a CDN can make a huge difference for your website and your business. If you own a website, speed matters. People expect a website to load in 3 seconds or less. If it takes between 5-7 seconds, you’re losing your audience. You’re losing potential newsletter sign-ups and potential sales. Not to mention […]
Read MoreWhat’s Under the Hood?
As you’ve noticed by now, we’ve updated our look. It’s the seventh major change to our web site since we started the company in 1997. I think it looks great, but we’ve also made changes that go far more than skin deep. The surface you see now better reflects who we are, and where we’re going. Over […]
Read MoreHeart Bleed Bug
Perhaps many of you have heard about the so-called “Heart Bleed” bug, a recently discovered fundamental flaw found in OpenSSL, the software used by most web sites and servers to encrypt information exchanges on the Internet. The Heartbleed bug could enable an attacker to directly read parts of the memory of a server, assuming it’s running a […]
Read MoreLatest web app updates: 2-20-14 edition
Make sure your web apps, such as WordPress, Joomla, and phpBB, are always updated to the latest version. Quite often, updates to web apps contain essential security fixes rather than feature upgrades. Keeping your apps up to date helps keep your site from getting hacked. Below is our list of popular web apps and their latest version […]
Read MoreMacHighway + CloudFlare = Greater Speed & Security for Your MacHighway Hosted Site
MacHighway is happy to announce our new partnership with CloudFlare. CloudFlare does two things: it accelerates your website, and protects it from hackers. Once your website is set up with CloudFlare, it loads twice as fast and is protected from a broad range of online threats. MacHighway is a certified CloudFlare Partner. CloudFlare protects and […]
Read MoreLatest web app updates: 12-12-13 edition
Make sure your web apps, such as WordPress, Joomla, and phpBB, are always updated to the latest version. Quite often, updates to web apps contain essential security fixes rather than feature upgrades. Keeping your apps up to date helps keep your site from getting hacked. Below is our list of popular web apps and their latest version […]
Read MoreLatest versions of popular web apps: 10-31-13 edition
Make sure that your web apps are always running the latest version. Quite often, updates to web apps contain essential security fixes rather than feature upgrades. Keeping your apps up to date helps to keep the server and, most importantly, your site secure. Below are the latest versions of some of the more popular web […]
Read MoreImportant info if you believe your MacHighway site was hacked over the weekend.
We will have more information regarding the events of this weekend coming soon in an email. Currently our support department is overwhelmed with requests, many of which we believe to be resolved at this point. Our security team believes that we have repaired most, if not all, of the hacked sites. If your site was […]
Read MoreLatest versions of popular web apps: 10-11-13 edition
Make sure that your web apps are always running the latest version. Quite often, updates to web apps contain essential security fixes rather than feature upgrades. Keeping your apps up to date helps to keep the server and, most importantly, your site secure. Below are the latest versions of some of the more popular web […]
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