Email Meltdown: How Neglected WordPress Updates Led to Spam Apocalypse
The Challenge Imagine one day your company website goes offline and all your company email, whether from the CEO or Administrative Assistants, are halted. You cannot communicate with clients, customers or even internally. This was the disaster that befell an unsuspecting Human Resources company based in Chicago, Illinois. Critical WordPress plugins and technologies were ignored, […]
How a National Business Networking Group’s Neglected WordPress Site Became a Portal to Adult Content
The Challenge In today’s digital age, neglecting website maintenance creates significant risks, especially so for one national business networking group who relied on its online presence to attract new members and grow revenue. Unfortunately, by ignoring WordPress updates, this organization’s corporate WordPress website fell into disrepair due to a lack of regular maintenance and obsolete technology, […]
Outdated WordPress & WooCommerce Platforms Create Catastrophic Liability for National Ecommerce Chocolatier
The Challenge For any ecommerce company, a broken or malfunctioning website is a major problem. When this happens at the height of your busiest season, it’s potentially catastrophic. Such was the case for a national retail ecommerce chocolatier just at the start of the holiday season. Like many ecommerce companies, this retailer relied on a […]
The High Stakes of DIY WordPress Updates: The Cautionary Tale of a Southern California Voice & Data Provider
The Challenge Most people wouldn’t think of doing maintenance on their car or home HVAC system themselves. So why do businesses attempt DIY updates to their WordPress website? One prominent Southern California voice and data provider attempted in-house updates with the disastrous results of a temporary halt in their online operations and costly repairs. Like most internet-based […]
WordPress Vulnerabilities: How WP Site Protection Helps Safeguard Medical Practices & Healthcare Organizations
The Challenge Healthcare organizations are often targeted by cyber-attacks because of their public visibility, strict regulatory privacy rules, and collection of valuable data. In 2020, approximately 560 healthcare organizations were substantially impacted by ransomware attacks on their websites, according to the Department of Health and Human Services. These website and system attacks caused: Significant loss of […]
