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  Warning – Phishing Scam Targetting Blacknight Customers

Warning – Phishing Scam Targetting Blacknight Customers

By Michele Neylon|2015-11-10T14:36:00+00:00November 3rd, 2015|Categories: Security|Tags: Domain name, Domain name registrar, Domain Name System, phishing, security|

We have received several reports from customers of scam emails that purport to be sent by us. See example below: ...

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  APWG eCrime Research Syncup Barcelona

APWG eCrime Research Syncup Barcelona

By Michele Neylon|2015-05-25T06:55:02+01:00May 25th, 2015|Categories: Events, Security|Tags: Anti-Phishing Working Group, barcelona, malware, phishing, security, spain, spam|

I've been a member of the APWG for several years, but for a variety of reasons I've never been able ...

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  Hardening your WordPress Security

Hardening your WordPress Security

By James Larkin|2014-08-01T12:13:06+01:00August 1st, 2014|Categories: Security|Tags: Hardening, php, security, tips, Tricks, WordFence, wordpress|

  WordPress Security is a big thing for us as we host a LOT of WordPress sites. Not having an ...

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  Heartbleed Security Bug Update

Heartbleed Security Bug Update

By Alan O'Reilly|2014-04-10T11:52:26+01:00April 10th, 2014|Categories: Security|Tags: heartbleed, openssl, Public Key Infrastructure, security, ssl, Transport Layer Security|

Heartbleed Bug We posted on Tuesday about the Heartbleed security bug which was discovered in OpenSSL Once we ...

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  Heartbleed OpenSSL Security Bug

Heartbleed OpenSSL Security Bug

By Alan O'Reilly|2014-04-08T10:01:55+01:00April 8th, 2014|Categories: Security|Tags: heartbeat, heartbleed, openssl, security, warning|

OpenSSL is cryptographic software which provides SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) or TLS (Transport Security Layer) encryption to secure communication over ...

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  Please be cautious

Please be cautious

By James Larkin|2014-02-25T11:41:06+00:00February 25th, 2014|Categories: General|Tags: phone, scams, security|

We’ve had a number of reports from customers that were contacted by someone misrepresenting themselves as an employee of Blacknight. ...

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  Say NO To Mass Surveillance

Say NO To Mass Surveillance

By Michele Neylon|2014-02-09T13:44:18+00:00February 9th, 2014|Categories: Policy, Press Releases|Tags: Aaron Swartz, Electronic Frontier Foundation, law, Mass surveillance, National Security Agency, privacy, security, Stop Online Piracy Act, Surveillance, wordpress|

I love the internet. I love technology. I love the way that the Internet has revolutionised so many aspects of ...

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  WordPress 3.6.1 is here

WordPress 3.6.1 is here

By James Larkin|2013-09-12T10:54:46+01:00September 12th, 2013|Categories: Blogging, WordPress|Tags: blog, security, upgrade, wordpress|

What has 13 bug fixes and 3 security patches? This Guy -> WordPress 3.6.1 It is just me or does ...

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  The Shiny New Blacknight Control Panel

The Shiny New Blacknight Control Panel

By James Larkin|2013-03-07T15:18:24+00:00March 7th, 2013|Categories: General|Tags: Blacknight Control Panel, control panel, CP, Help desk, security, Shiny|

Well it's a bit over a week on from our upgrade of the Control Panel and we're rather happy with ...

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  EU Cookie Law Presentation Slides

EU Cookie Law Presentation Slides

By Michele Neylon|2012-12-03T15:51:27+00:00December 3rd, 2012|Categories: Events, Marketing|Tags: Directive (European Union), european union, HTTP cookie, Irish Computer Society, privacy, Privacy law, security|

I gave a presentation earlier today at the Irish Computer Society on the EU Cookie Law - or Statutory Instrument ...

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  Security Issues

Security Issues

By Michele Neylon|2012-02-03T13:17:26+00:00February 2nd, 2012|Categories: Security|Tags: blacknight, Carlow, Data Protection Commissioner, ireland, security|

Normally we blog about pretty much all news we have - both good news and bad news. This morning, however, ...

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Stopping Badware

By Michele Neylon|2011-08-22T09:27:35+01:00August 22nd, 2011|Categories: Hosting, Network, Policy, Security|Tags: abuse, malware, network abuse, phishing, security|

I've always been a strong believer that good behaviour and a clean internet would lead to a better experience for ...

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