Do we still recommend Bluehost?

In a previous post, we recommended Bluehost for web hosting. Later, we updated that post to reflect changes to their service quality that made us question our recommendation.  The formerly US based call centers seemed to have been replaced by overseas operators whose reps didn’t seem to know as much as the folks they had replaced. However, we are…

How The Government Could Mitigate Damage From Future Hacks like Equifax

By now everyone should already be aware that criminals attacked Equifax’s website, gaining access to nearly half of every American’s private information, including social security numbers, addresses and drivers’ licenses. Now Equifax are reporting that the intruders used a two-month old vulnerability in Apache Struts  (CVE-2017-5638) that was left un-patched. Everyone has a right to be mad at…

10 Computer Security Myths

(in no particular order)   1.  My website is too small or obscure to be a target. You don’t have to be a target- you just need to be online. Hackers use automated tools to scan for vulnerabilities far and wide and all kinds of websites get hacked simply because they can be. Don’t assume…

Going Back to Cali

On Monday August 5th, we will be moving our headquarters from Vientiane to California after a seven year absence spent in Laos and Hawaii. Of course, our agents in Japan and Bangladesh will still be operational, and we expect to continue to serve our clients here and abroad after a brief hiatus while we are…