Blog

apple_blog_icon

06 Jun: Woktron Now Accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay

We are excited to make it easier and more convenient for our customers to shop at Woktron. By incorporating the latest in mobile technology, Apple Pay and Google Pay provide our customers options to help simplify and further secure their online purchases.

blog_google

05 Jun: Google introduces the Page Experience metric

In April 2020, Google announced Web Vitals — a new set of metrics designed to measure the speed and user experience of websites. Last week, Google announced that these metrics will make its way into a core algorithm update as new ways of judging and ranking sites based on…

DNS logo

16 Oct: Dns-over-https: curse or blessing?

Opinions divided on encrypted dns queries Dns is also called ‘the last unencrypted mile’ of the internet: the last step in the route that an internet package takes before it presents a website. Exactly this last bit is sent completely in plaintext. The reason for this is that the…

blog_google

28 Apr: Chrome will alert users who visit HTTP sites more often

Google has announced a number of changes to their popular Chrome browser. From version 62 onward additional warnings will be displayed on http sites. These additional warnings will be displayed for example in Incognito Mode and when filling out online forms. Google tells us that the changes will take…

blog_google

20 Oct: Google roll out Penguin 3.0

Google confirmed Sunday that a new version of its Penguin filter aimed at fighting spam went live on Friday. Penguin targets sites deemed to be spammy, especially those found in violation of Google’s guidelines about linking. Some noticed major changes in Google search results beginning late Friday night US…

blog_bash

29 Sep: Bash Latest Patch / Status Update

According to a Google Security Researcher who was able to defeat all of the current patches and make the vulnerability easier to exploit, they are now recommending the following unofficial patch until it is pushed upstream: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/13 Further Information: “http://www.itnews.com.au/News/396256,further-flaws-render-shellshock-patch-ineffective.aspx source: hostingseclist