Best Security Practices for Email Accounts
Secure email requires multi-factor authentication, unique passwords, and rapid response to breaches—not passwords alone.
Steve
Steve is a cyber journalist and the lead editor at Data Breach Radar.
How to Protect Your Inbox Privacy Settings
Your inbox privacy depends on settings most people never find, scattered across multiple menus and often requiring opt-outs instead of opt-in protection.
What Happens When Email Providers Are Breached
When email providers are breached, millions of credentials become tools for identity theft, phishing, and account takeovers lasting months.
How to Secure Your SMTP Credentials Properly
OAuth2, encryption, and secrets managers are how organizations prevent credential theft that leads to email takeover and phishing attacks.
Signs Your Email Server Has Been Hacked
Email servers send out unauthorized messages, forward to hidden addresses, and show login activity from unfamiliar locations when compromised—but most victims miss these signs until damage is done.
How to Protect Your DNS Settings Online
DNS hijacking attacks increased 30% in recent years—here's how to secure your settings and prevent attackers from redirecting your traffic.
What to Do If Your SSL Certificate Is Compromised
A compromised SSL certificate requires immediate revocation and replacement. Here's how to respond and recover.
How to Recognize Website Defacement Attacks
Website defacement attacks are often visible instantly—look for unauthorized text, unfamiliar images, strange redirects, and content in your source code you didn't add.
Best Privacy Settings for WordPress Sites
WordPress sites store visitor data, user credentials, and comment metadata by default—configure privacy settings to restrict collection, encryption, and retention.
How to Protect Your Website Admin Access
Website admin takeovers start with weak passwords and no 2FA, not sophisticated hacking.