Security

So… you wanna talk tech? Let’s do this! Most people don’t know it, but there is a lot that goes into hosting a website and making sure that it’s online and available to your customers, so we’re going to try and break it down in laymans terms and give you a better understanding of how […]

Spam emails are now more common than ever, making it increasingly difficult to determine if emails are legitimate or not. Spammers are great tricksters. They can pull off elaborate looking emails from companies you have services from, such as your bank, Apple or Samsung, PayPal and even Netflix. However, knowing to know a genuine email […]

Reversing a car into a parking space, holding off a wannabe aggressor, or even dropping suggestive dance moves at the local nightclub, the phrase ‘back it up’ is relevant in many different scenarios (not all of them good). However, when it comes to web hosting backups, backing it up is undoubtedly a positive move. Although […]

There seems to be an alarming number of scam email attempts sent from Hackers lately, and a few of them, in particular, have people extremely concerned. Scam emails are nothing new, but we have noticed a huge influx of a specific type of email since around July this year. There are a few variations of […]

We have already covered the most common causes and solutions for ‘400’ error codes, and today we’re continuing the series by going over ‘500’ HTTP error codes. 500 Internal Server Error What’s the Cause? The 500 Internal Server Error code is quite generic and one of the more mysterious and trickier error codes to diagnose […]

We’ve all been there, that groan-inducing moment when you try to open a web page… only to be faced with an ominous 400 browser error code. To top it off, the error codes rarely feel the need to explain themselves in any helpful fashion. Don’t worry, VentraIP Australia to the rescue! In this post, we’ve […]

This is Part 2 of a two-part series about the hacking of websites. If you missed the first part, have a look at Hacked? Part 1: The Why, How and What. This part has tips on hacking prevention and the process of Recovering from a compromise. How To Avoid Being Hacked? Knowing the why and the how […]

I wanted to start this blog post with just a quick note that our Tech Support team aren’t trained in cleaning up websites and code after it’s compromised, and therefore this type of issue falls outside the scope of our support.  This is Part 1 of a two-part series about website hacking. Hacking is a […]

Today I want to talk about some website security features we have enabled on all of our servers. The logical place to start is ModSecurity. I know many customers who have read the ominous words ‘modsec’ in eTickets and shudder at its very thought. But once you understand a bit about what it is, how […]

So you want to start handling transactional data on your website or perhaps want to improve your SEO with Google by installing an SSL Certificate, but you’ve come across a mixed content warning. Let’s start with the SSL installation. To achieve this, VentraIP Australia offers you two options; either a COMODO SSL Certificate, which comes […]

WordPress is one of the world’s most popular Content Management Systems (CMS) largely because it is so easy to install, customise, and get your website online, but one does not simply ‘run’ WordPress. As it is so widely used, it’s an easy target for hackers looking to cause trouble or maliciously gain access to your […]