site security a sensitive topic
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as my friend’s computer may have some malware problems, i am a little more accutely aware of the risks involved
can someone please let me know by this route whether the server cdn.insights.gravity.com is a normal server for wordpress.com/ so far it looks it and i have resisted the prompt to reject it from the browser _accreditation not made for this site
thanks and regards
harry
i was approached by linkedin to change my password and i did _there ‘d be a need to change it here / what say wordpress.com? smile P.S. it looks like so far the MacSan 2.9.3 though taking out 100 cookies has found anything _wait for another upgrade from them _a little worrying. May be just the slow wire connexion and _previously _the cookies? (WIFI modem not yet installed safer and slow grin ?)The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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LinkedIn was hacked, so yes, change your password. That’s not a WordPress.com issue.
Whitelist WordPress.com on your friends virus protection/ad blocker and you should be fine.
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I flagged this for staff attention as they will know what standard things are part of your blog.
Generally speaking the only two issues I have seen with security here are if someone gets your log-in info to your blog – access is also gained if you are logged in and leave your computer where others can use it while you are logged in – your email gets hacked and the hack emails a Post to your blog – or you link to a slime site and anti-virus flags the link (but it looks like your site is bad)
Your WordPress.COM log-in and password is not linked to anything else.
A good long password is always good
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We do use cdn.insights.gravity.com a bit, and it looks like it is/was used for related links and recommendations.
As a general rule of thumb, just block anything you aren’t comfortable with, and if it breaks something that you use, unblock it. :)
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Another cause of “hacked” sites is a hijacked browser or a browser Plug-in that puts ads on all sites you visit – that is a case of needing to clean your PC and browser
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i am concerned that the safari browser no longer being supported for this Mac series is now the weak link. cleaned both the browsers with MacScan. but this program may not be up to what we are here dealing with (for now) . to be honest i had exceptionally maintained the same password for linkedin and wordpress _now changed and had not see linkedin’s warning e-mail for a month or so _no more home connexion/
both log ins were therfore endangered.
noticed two Polish visits to my wordpress blog (unusual, according to stats)/ home page to myYahoo e-mail box has now a polish flag over it and for some reason converts too easily and strangely to Polish language version when I go to http://www.yahoo.com just coming clean
harry hope also useful for others tho’ i don’t quite like possible security implications as i ‘come clean’
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