This is a guest contribution from Cassie Phillips.

Problogger is where I learned a lot of my own blogging skills, and I cannot compliment Darren enough for creating a space for bloggers that focuses on real improvement and in-depth conversation. Posts on the website such as this one on improving SEO efforts demonstrate the quality we all hope to achieve.

Many bloggers go into blogging thinking that nothing could happen to their blog and that anything on the internet is, to an extent, removable. They believe that they don’t have to worry too much about security on their blog because no one would ever bother to attack their modest blog. These bloggers are, unfortunately, wrong. Thousands of websites and blogs are attacked every single day, and there is no reason why your blog shouldn’t be a target.

Cybercriminals and hackers want to attack blogs for different reasons, and often the size of your blog doesn’t matter. Depending on what you put on your blog, a skilled hacker can even turn it against you.

These factors necessitate a need for increased cybersecurity across the board, but you as a blogger can acquire every tool and habit needed to protect yourself. Each blog is different, but some strategies are universal and will prove necessary in the years to come.

Here are some of the best ways to make your blog safe from online threats:

Make Good Plugin Decisions

There is a strong likelihood that you use updated 2024 mobile phone number data plugins or scripts on your blog to make it more appealing to readers. You might even already use a security plugin such as WP Security Scan or WordFence to protect your blog. It might not be enough, and you should take note of the following so you can use these tools to the best of your ability in the future:

• Make sure to update your plugins (along with your computer) as often as possible. Cybercriminals will often take advantage of exploits to find a backdoor into your blog. Don’t let hackers take advantage of the window between developer patch and download.
• Get rid of the plugins that are no longer updating themselves. Chances are you can find a safer alternative that reacts to exploits and new threats.
• You might need more than one security script or plugin. Check to see what vulnerabilities or other threats your tool fends off. Then, check to see if there are any gaps that can be filled by another tool. Just make sure that any tools you use are compatible with each other.

Use a Virtual Private Network

Public networks are some of the most with these assumptions let’s leave behind for dangerous places online. There is rarely anything stopping a hacker from sitting down and using a “sniffer” program to monitor all data being sent and received on the network. Anything you work with, even your blog’s login information, will come up on the cz leads hacker’s screen with little difficulty. This can easily lead to account and identity theft.