Malicious Redirects – preventing and removing them

Many website owners don’t know they’re infected with malicious redirects until they start getting calls from concerned or confused customers. Instead of the site they were expecting, it loaded some unexpected and non-related content. Malicious redirects are caused by hackers injecting scripts into legitimate websites that send visitors to other websites where they usually get […]

What Is Email Bombing or Subscription Bombing?

If you suddenly start to receive an unusual amount of junk email, by the hundreds or thousands, or a massive amount of subscription email confirmations, you are probably the victim of Email Bombing a.k.a. Subscription Bombing.  The perpetrator is using this technique in an effort to try to hide their real goal. What Is Email […]

FBI says COVID-19 scams will only get worse

A recent FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center report indicates that Coronavirus-related scams are on the rise and are expected to increase in the coming weeks. “As of March 30, 2020, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has received and reviewed more than 1,200 complaints related to COVID-19 scams. In recent weeks, cyber actors have […]

Meltdown and Spectre

Work has begun on patching the recently released vulnerabilities known as “Meltdown” and “Spectre”, with the CVEs  of: CVE-2017-5754, CVE-2017-5753, and CVE-2017-5715 on your server(s). More information on these vulnerabilities available here: https://www.alpineweb.com/backroom/announcements/57/Meltdown-and-Spectre.html If your server(s) are running a Linux-Based operating system, they will be patched and automatically rebooted over the next 48 hours. Due to the severity […]

WordPress Upgrade 4.7.1

A security release for all previous versions WordPress is now available, which the company strongly recommends all users upgrade to immediately. WordPress 4.7.1. is a security release for all previous versions and we strongly encourage you to update your website(s) immediately.

Update your iPhone to 9.3.1 here is why…

If you use an Apple iPhone, iPad or other iDevice, now would be an excellent time to ensure that the machine is running the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system — version 9.3.1. Failing to do so could expose your devices to automated threats capable of rendering them unresponsive and perhaps forever useless. Zach Straley demonstrating the fatal […]

Please Note our new Mailing Address

Please make note of our new Mailing Address: AlpineWeb Design PO Box 506 Bartlett, NH 03812