security

Let’s Make a Safer Internet – Safer Internet Day 2022 is Coming February 8th

By |2022-01-22T13:36:45+00:00January 22nd, 2022|Categories: Events, security|Tags: , , |

Making the internet safe for consumers, families, and children is very important to Blacknight, so that's why we [...]

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Basic Security Best Practices for a Dedicated Server (and VPS/Cloud Servers as well)

By |2021-08-13T17:30:54+01:00August 13th, 2021|Categories: Dedicated Servers, Hosting, security|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

The only way to secure a server from the horrors of the internet is to never hook it [...]

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What are Ransomware Attacks and What Can You do to Protect Yourself From Them?

By |2021-07-28T14:09:08+01:00July 28th, 2021|Categories: General, security|Tags: , , , , |

Ransomware. It’s the latest tech phrase that’s all over the news headlines that many people may not understand [...]

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Blacknight Signs Open Letter to the British Parliament Against Weakening of End-to-End Encryption

By |2021-06-14T16:10:59+01:00June 14th, 2021|Categories: General, News, security|Tags: , , , |

Blacknight is a member of the Global Encryption Coalition, an advocacy group for the safety and security provided [...]

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SSL Certificates Are Not Magic Pixie Dust – Basic Website Security Tips

By |2021-05-27T15:15:48+01:00May 27th, 2021|Categories: business, ecommerce, General, Hosting, howto, security|Tags: , , , , |

Since the big names in tech like Google now require SSLs for all websites - or else present [...]

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Blacknight is Ready for Strong Customer Authentication Credit Card Transactions

By |2020-12-23T15:14:48+00:00December 23rd, 2020|Categories: business, ecommerce, General, security|Tags: , , , , |

A major change is coming to credit card transactions in the European Union on January 1st, and Blacknight [...]

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Public Service Announcement: Please, For the Love of God, Turn on Two-Factor Authentication

By |2020-10-08T14:52:20+01:00October 8th, 2020|Categories: General, security|Tags: , , |

A friendly, or rather a forceful reminder that you should absolutely be using Two-Factor Authentication on your Blacknight [...]

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Blacknight (and Everyone Else) Are Phasing Out Two-Year SSLs Because Google Says So

By |2020-07-29T17:09:22+01:00July 29th, 2020|Categories: Blacknight, Customer Service, security|Tags: , , , , , , |

This is a notice for all Blacknight customers who may have purchased a 2-year SSL Certificate through Blacknight - from August 19, 2020, these [...]

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