No one really… until your site gets hacked.
Then, all hell breaks loose. The hacker takes over your authorised email sending gateway, emails a customer from what appears to be your legitimate domain and telling them you’ve updated your bank details. Next minute the customer is paying the hacker instead of you.
Sound a bit far fetched? Unfortunately, it happens all the time. Last year alone, the ACCC reported Australians lost over $16 million in redirection scams, with a number of these cases occuring exactly how we’ve just described.
And its not just a ‘WordPress thing’. Every site can be hacked. Deprecated plugins or those no longer supported by developers are prime targets – with CMS platforms like Drupal, Joomla, Wix and Squarespace all prone to these types of vulnerabilities. Just recently, hackers exploited a flaw in Squarespace’s migration process after their acquisition of Google Domain – compromising nearly 10 million domains and their records.
So what’s the solution? Update and maintain your plugins. All plugins, no matter how small or insignificant they seem, need to be regularly updated. Why? Because they often contain vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit. Every plugin update typically fixes security issues, enhances performance, and ensures compatibility with the latest version of your CMS.
Unfortunately however, maintaining your website is a pretty hefty task. It’s not just a matter of hitting update and calling it a day. Between ensuring new plugin versions aren’t breaking your existing site, monitoring security vulnerabilities, plugin incompatibilities and ensuring they dont effect performance and that you’re only using the best practice tech – it can feel like a full time job. And lets face it – screwing around with fiddly tech like this takes time away from what you do best: running your business.
But here’s the good news. It doesn’t have to be your job.
We know that as a business owner, your time is precious. You’ve got better things to do than spend hours worrying about the technical side of things.That’s where we come in. With our comprehensive hosting and maintenance plan, we handle all the behind-the-scenes work, so you don’t have to. We take care of:
- Regular plugin updates to close security gaps and optimise your site’s performance.
- Monitoring and fixing vulnerabilities to prevent attacks before they happen.
- Keeping your site running at peak performance, so your customers have a seamless experience every time they visit.
Your website’s security is our priority. Don’t risk your business reputation on outdated software. Let us handle it for you.
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