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Month: November 2023

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HTTPS Security Settings for Apache

Well I got into some interesting spaces when I found this site :

https://securityheaders.com

and https://hstspreload.org

In order to get an A+ rating for my blog, I went through all the suggested routines and while I won’t detail them, below is what I have landed on for what works on my WordPress site.

Inject this into your .htaccess file on your Apache webserver

Header set Content-Security-Policy “upgrade-insecure-requests”

Header set Strict-Transport-Security “max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains; preload”

Header set X-Xss-Protection “1; mode=block”

Header set Referrer-Policy “strict-origin”

Header set Permissions-Policy “geolocation=self”

Header set Access-Control-Allow-Origin “https://*yoursite.com*”

Header set Cross-Origin-Embedder-Policy “unsafe-none”

Header set Cross-Origin-Opener-Policy “unsafe-none”

Header set Cross-Origin-Resource-Policy “same-site”

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Phishing Events and CyberSecurity

I can’t tell you guys how important it is to be vigilant over the next few months, you will be distracted with holiday events and other social engagements.

If not already, you will be bombarded with scam phone calls and emails. Please! DO. NOT. RESPOND. to those emails and phone calls. Mark them as SPAM and/or phishing and delete them.

The most recent examples relating to phone calls are for people looking to get your social security number, Medicaid, and credit card information. It will be a foreign sounding individual with a “normal” sounding name, like “Robin” or “John” – Hang up on that person immediately!

The most recent examples relating to scam emails is someone “responding” to an email and BCC’ing you with a “what’s this” or  “what is this” and below will be an invoice looking for payment. Mark as SPAM and DELETE THIS EMAIL!!!

There will be variations of this theme, but it is all the same, they want your money and your personal information so that they can trick other individuals to give them their money!

IF you use a password manager like LastPass, I strongly urge you to change all your passwords and keep them in either a different password manager or in a notebook in a safe place in your home.

Hacking is serious business, with serious consequences for those not careful to avoid from being hacked.

It is up to everyone here to keep your organization safe.