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Why Regular Security Audits are Crucial for Your Web Application

Your web application is your digital storefront. It might be your primary sales channel, your customer service hub, or the engine driving your core operations. Whether you’re building a new app, migrating to the cloud, optimizing for search engines, or integrating cutting-edge AI, its security is paramount.

Ignoring security is like leaving the vault door open with a neon sign flashing “Free Money!” Regular security audits are not just a ‘nice-to-have’; they are a fundamental necessity for modern digital businesses.

Let’s break down why.

What Exactly is a Web Application Security Audit?

Think of it like a comprehensive health check-up for your application, but instead of checking blood pressure, experts are probing for weaknesses hackers could exploit.

It’s more than just running an automated scanner (though that’s often part of it). A proper audit involves:

  • Manual Inspection: Security professionals meticulously examine your code, configuration, and infrastructure.
  • Simulated Attacks: Ethical hackers attempt to breach your defenses, mimicking real-world attack techniques (this is often called Penetration Testing or Pen Testing).
  • Logic Flaw Detection: Identifying issues in the application’s workflow that could be abused.
  • Configuration Review: Ensuring servers, databases, and cloud services are set up securely.
  • Compliance Checks: Verifying adherence to relevant regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS).

It’s a deep dive, designed to uncover vulnerabilities before the bad guys do. It’s the difference between a quick glance and a thorough investigation.

Reason 1: Protecting Your Most Valuable Asset – Data

Your application likely handles sensitive information. This could include:

  • Customer personal details (names, addresses, emails)
  • User credentials (usernames, passwords)
  • Financial data (credit card numbers, bank details)
  • Proprietary business information
  • Intellectual property

A data breach isn’t just embarrassing; it’s catastrophic. Hackers actively seek this data for identity theft, fraud, or corporate espionage.

A security audit identifies weaknesses that could lead to data exposure, such as:

  • SQL Injection vulnerabilities
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) flaws
  • Insecure direct object references
  • Weak encryption or hashing
  • Poor access controls

Regular audits ensure your data protection measures are robust and functioning correctly. You lock your physical doors; auditing locks your digital ones.

Reason 2: Maintaining User Trust and Business Reputation

Trust is the currency of the digital age. It takes years to build and seconds to destroy.

Imagine your customers learning their personal information was stolen from your application. The fallout is immediate:

  • Loss of customer loyalty
  • Negative press and social media backlash
  • Damage to your brand image
  • Difficulty acquiring new customers

Recovering from a public breach is incredibly difficult and expensive. Potential clients seeking your app development or AI integration services will research your reputation. A history of security incidents is a major red flag.

Regular audits demonstrate a commitment to security. It shows users and partners that you take protecting their data seriously. It’s a proactive measure that builds confidence.

Reason 3: Ensuring Business Continuity

A successful cyberattack can bring your operations to a grinding halt.

5 Reasons Why You Should Integrate AI in 2025 

It's 2025, and AI is revolutionizing business success. No longer just an IT trend, AI is a game-changer for operational efficiency, innovation, and strategic growth. According to Forbes, 72% of businesses now use AI in at least one function, a massive leap from 2023.

Here's why adopting AI today is crucial:

1. Staying Ahead of Competitors

Early adopters of AI are leading the market, developing new products and optimizing experiences. Healthcare, finance, and transportation sectors are witnessing transformative AI applications.

2. Meeting Customer Expectations with Personalization

AI analyzes customer data to offer tailored experiences and real-time interactions, boosting satisfaction and loyalty through smarter recommendations and AI-driven support.

3. Growing Accessibility for Businesses of All Sizes

Previously a luxury for large corporations, AI is now accessible to all. Tech giants offer scalable solutions, enabling even small businesses to leverage AI with pre-built models and open-source tools.

4. Expanding Business Opportunities and Offerings

AI paves the way for innovative products and entry into new markets. From advanced healthcare diagnostics to autonomous vehicles, the possibilities are endless.

5. Enhancing Operational Efficiency

Machine learning improves decision-making by accurately predicting market trends, while NLP enhances customer interactions. AI simplifies operations across sectors like manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation.

6. Improving Decision-Making with Data-Driven Insights

AI excels in extracting insights from big data, driving informed and timely decision-making across operations, marketing, and finance.

Don't get left behind—now's the time to integrate AI, meet customer expectations, and explore new growth avenues.

The Latest Mobile App we built

Navenu IOS and Android apps

Taking advantage of the latest programming technology React Native, we were able to produce IOS and Android mobile apps using a single code base. Saving a significant amount of time and cost to develop the app.

Nick Nguyen who heads projects at Internet Technology Services was appointed as CTO at Navenu, where he spearheading the development of the application.

The robust navenu app launched with over 500 venues in london and dubai, 100 curators/influencers, a personalized AI Concierge, Venue Drops, push notification and a publishing platform.

Navenu Showcase

AI is Your New Super-Employee

AI is Your New Super-Employee (and It Works for Peanuts!)

Running a small business is like juggling flaming chainsaws while riding a unicycle. You’re always busy! What if I told you there’s a way to get some help without hiring another person?

Enter AI.

AI: Not Just for Sci-Fi Anymore

AI isn’t just robots taking over the world (yet!). It’s a set of tools that can seriously boost your business. Let’s look at some ways you can use AI right now.

Sales Chatbots: Your 24/7 Sales Team

Imagine a salesperson who never sleeps, never takes a break, and never asks for a raise. That’s an AI Sales Chatbot.

  • Feature: Responds instantly to website inquiries.
  • Benefit: Captures leads and answers questions even when you’re not online, turning potential customers into paying customers.

Customer Service Chatbots: Happy Customers, Less Stress

Tired of answering the same questions over and over? An AI Customer Service Chatbot can handle it.

  • Feature: Provides instant answers to common questions.
  • Benefit: Frees up your time to focus on more important tasks and keeps your customers happy with fast support.

Automation: Kiss Tedious Tasks Goodbye

AI excels at automating repetitive tasks. Think scheduling appointments, sending follow-up emails, and data entry.

  • Feature: Automates workflows.
  • Benefit: Saves you time and reduces errors, letting you focus on growing your business.

Content Creation: Your New Secret Weapon

Struggling to come up with fresh content? AI can help with blog posts, social media updates, and even email newsletters.

  • Feature: Generates unique and engaging content.
  • Benefit: Keeps your audience engaged, boosts your SEO, and establishes you as an authority in your industry.

AI Agents: Your Virtual Assistants

Think of AI agents as super-powered virtual assistants that can handle a wide range of tasks, from research to project management.

  • Feature: Can be trained to handle specific tasks unique to your business.
  • Benefit: Provides customized support and helps you streamline your operations.

Ready to Unleash the Power of AI?

AI isn’t some futuristic dream. It’s a practical tool that can help your small business thrive today.

Ready to explore how AI can transform your business? Get in touch with us and let’s chat about how we can make AI work for you!

Using Web Bots to hunt for B2B marketing leads

How we got vendor email addresses

Lets use houzz.com (educational purposes)  as our target for this example, goal is to obtain email addresses from the sites online vendors directory. 

Problem is the email addresses ARE NOT available on HOUZZ's website. 

We'll walk you through how we overcame this problem and got what we needed. 

The Houzz BOT at work....Console reporting back results

analysis of site and strategy used

mainpage

Houzz vendor listings

targets indexed

So we use this page to index all the vendors aka our targets.

detail_page

Vendor Detail Page

Email Workaround

We then use our bot to visit each vendors page, and collect any relative vendors details. Unfortunately no email address is listed. but. they do provide the vendors website, so we'll send our bot there next

website_email

Vendors Website

Obtain Payload

Our bot is now on the vendors website, we instruct it to scour the sites pages in search for email address (aka payload) 

Here is the code which you can access bitbucket repository

The MySQL code is commented out, in case youd rather store the data retrieved in a database. I opted to place results in a CSV file.

The script write 2 CSV files, one for indexing website URLs in step 1.

In step 2 we call the CSV file of target of vendor website URLs to search for the email addresses

Feedback is outputted in the terminal using fwrite(STDOUT)


//You can get these files over at my https:\/\/internettechnologyservices.com//internettechnologyservices.com//bitbucket.org/nicknguyenzrd/houzzbot/
require("crawler.php");
require('CSSQuery.php');

error_reporting(E_ERROR | E_PARSE);
//@ini_set('display_errors', 0);



/* Uncomment below to store data in MYSQL
$servername = "localhost";
$username = "root";
$password = "";
$dbname = "invoice";
// Create connection
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);
// Check connection
if ($conn->connect_error) {
	die("Connection failed: " . $conn->connect_error);
}
*/

//Step 1 Gather  Houzz Links

//Open Links File cause thats where well dump our data payload
$handle = fopen("links.txt", "r");
$id=94;
$type=1;
//Data Placeholder Array
$data['href']=array();
$data['company']=array();
$data['type']=array();
$data['id']=array();
$id=1;

//Deal with multiple page results with The All Powerful Iterative Loop 
for ($i = 1; $i <= 30; $i++) { $doc = new DOMDocument(); if($i===1) {$p=0; //To grab the first page had a different URL $doc->loadHTML( file_get_contents( "http://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architect/orange-county"));
	}else{
//Every Page after the first page "/p/{page number}"
	$doc->loadHTML( file_get_contents( "http://www.houzz.com/professionals/landscape-architect/orange-county/p/" . $p ) );
	}
//Webpage loaded for us  
	$css = new CSSQuery( $doc );
	$arr = array();
	$arr = $css->query( 'a.pro-title' );
	foreach ( $arr as $a ) {
		//Get URL Link Filter out Javascript
		if ( $a->attributes->getNamedItem( 'href' )->value === "javascript:;" ) {
		} else {
			//Store link and company name
            $data['id'][]=$id;
			$data['href'][]    = $a->attributes->getNamedItem( 'href' )->value;
			$data['company'][] = $a->nodeValue;
			$data['type'][]=1;
			//Open our List of Links Page
			$handle = fopen('links.txt',"a+");
			$somecontent = $a->attributes->getNamedItem( 'href' )->value."\r\n";
			fwrite($handle,$somecontent);
			fwrite(STDOUT, $somecontent);
			fclose($handle);
			$id++;
		}

	}
	$p=$p+15;
	sleep(1);
	unset($doc);
	unset($css);
	//var_dump( $data );
}

//Step 2 Gather company details (Houzz doesnt list email addresses), so well have to improvise and go to there website to acquire target email contact if its listed on there website. 

//Make sure we double check were dealing with valid URLS cause that can really fuck things up once this bitch is fired up!
function get_valid_url( $url ) {
	$regex = "((https?|ftp)\:\/\/)?"; // Scheme
	$regex .= "([a-z0-9+!*(),;?&=\$_.-]+(\:[a-z0-9+!*(),;?&=\$_.-]+)?@)?"; // User and Pass
	$regex .= "([a-z0-9-.]*)\.([a-z]{2,3})"; // Host or IP
	$regex .= "(\:[0-9]{2,5})?"; // Port
	$regex .= "(\/([a-z0-9+\$_-]\.?)+)*\/?"; // Path
	$regex .= "(\?[a-z+&\$_.-][a-z0-9;:@&%=+\/\$_.-]*)?"; // GET Query
	$regex .= "(#[a-z_.-][a-z0-9+\$_.-]*)?"; // Anchor
	return preg_match("/^$regex$/", $url);
}

if ($handle) {
	while ( ( $line = fgets( $handle ) ) !== false ) {
		$email="";
		$website="";
		$url="";
		$name="";
		$company="";
		$phone="";
		$link="";
		$tier="";
		$location="";
		$license="";
		$error="";
		$sql="";
		$doc = new DOMDocument();
		$doc->loadHTML( file_get_contents( $line ) );
		$css               = new CSSQuery( $doc );
		//Houzz Link to profile
		$data['link']=$line;
		$link=trim($line);
		//Company Name
		$nrr               = $css->query( 'a.profile-full-name' );
		$data['company'][] = $nrr[0]->textContent;
		$company=$nrr[0]->textContent;
		fwrite(STDOUT, "Starting: ".$id.":".$nrr[0]->textContent."\r\n");
		//Website and Email Addresses TODO add conditional statement
		$arr               = $css->query( 'a.proWebsiteLink' );
		foreach ( $arr as $a ) {
			$url= $a->attributes->getNamedItem( 'href' )->value;
if(get_valid_url($url)) {
	$data['website'][] = $url;
	$website=$url;
	fwrite(STDOUT, "Attempting site: ".$url."\r\n");
	$parse = parse_url($url);
	$foo = new crawler($url,$parse['host'],2,true,true);
	$result=$foo->init();

//Found Email Address
	if(isset($result['emails'][0])){
		$email=$result['emails'][0];
		//Output indicating email address discovered CLI 
		fwrite(STDOUT, "Found Email Address: ".$result['emails'][0]."\r\n");
	}
}
		}
		//Phone Number
		$crr = $css->query( 'span.pro-contact-text' );
		foreach ( $crr as $c ) {
			if($c->nodeValue!=="Website") {
				$data['phone'][] = $c->nodeValue;
				$phone           = $c->nodeValue;
			}
		}
		//All company details
		$info = $css->query( 'div.info-list-text' );
		$str="";
		foreach ( $info as $i ) {
			$test = $i->nodeValue;
//Person to contact
			if (strpos( $test, "Contact:" )!==FALSE) {
				$name= str_replace( "Contact:",'', $test );
				$name=trim($name);
				$data['contact'][] =$name;
			}
//Address
			if (strpos( $test, "Location:" )!==FALSE) {
				$location = str_replace( "Location:",'', $test );
				$location=trim($location);
				$data['location'][]=$location;
			}
//License Number
			if (strpos( $test, "License Number:" )!==FALSE) {
				$license=str_replace( "License Number:",'', $test );
				$license=trim($license);
				$data['license'][] =$license;
			}
//Tier
			if (strpos( $test, "Typical Job Costs:" )!==FALSE) {
				$tier =str_replace( "Typical Job Costs:",'', $test );
				$tier=trim($tier);
				$data['tier'][]=$tier;
		
			}
		}
		
//Write architect contact information into a CSV file
		$wr= fopen('archs.csv',"a+");
		$str=trim($str);
//Architect Record
	$details = $id.",".$type.",\"".$company."\",\"".$phone."\",\"".$url."\",\"".$email."\",\"".$link."\",\"".$contact."\",\"".$location."\",\"".$license."\",\"".$tier."\" \r\n";
		fwrite($wr,$details);
		//Disable Comment Below to OutPut to CLI 
		//fwrite(STDOUT, $details);
		$id++;
		fclose($wr);

/*  Uncomment below if youd rather insert scrapped data into MySQL Database 

		$sql = "INSERT INTO ip_oppurtunities(`type`,`company`,`phone`,`website`,`email`,`link`,`contact`,`location`,`license`,`tier`)
VALUES (1,'$company','$phone','$website','$email','$link','$name','$location','$license','$tier')";
		if ($conn->query($sql) === TRUE) {
			fwrite(STDOUT, $id.'-'.$company." Added \r\n");
		} else {
			$error=mysqli_error($conn);
			fwrite(STDOUT,  "Error: ".$company."=[".$sql."]".$error."\r\n");
			echo $error;
			die();
		}
		$conn->close();
		$id++;
*/

	}
	fclose($handle);
}

We build a TV Channel

Thru the "Makers Network" project we bring our ninja internet skills to traditional TV broadcasting, by creating our very own TV channel on the ROKU network of 40 Million subscribers.

Rather than paying for advertising, with appealing content there's potential to get paid for marketing your brand.

We also believe that viewers are also more open to advertising when watching TV in there homes. Content can also be created to sell products indirectly.

ROKU provides a lot of flexibility and options in terms of advertising on the channel. We can help come up with a proper strategy.

Combating Robocalls with Robo-Bouncer

 

In this case study we bring our internet skills to traditional telecommunications, in a project we dubbed the RoboBouncer. RoboBouncer is a bot that screens your phone voice phone calls by asking for the user to speak there name, it then calls you plays the recording and provides you with an option to accept or reject the call.

 

With full programmatic control of call handling, the possibilities the internet brings to traditional calling are endless.  We have set up phone IVR systems (Company Directories), Lead Transfer Systems to High Volume outbound calling.

To test out the RoboBouncer you can call our phone number (949)446-1716

After popular demand we made a commercial version that automates the deployment of a RoboBouncer. Click here to create your own RoboBouncer

For the technically inclined we have posted the code and info at BitBucket 

 

 

Creating a telephone call screening service using Twilio

The Call Flow

-Caller calls your Twilio Number. The agent will ask the caller to speak there name and record it. Then place the caller in enquene (Inbound Call) -Using Twilio REST API initiate an (outbound call), from your Twilio Number to your personal phone number. Plays the recording, and presents you with the following options:

Press 1 (DTMF) or Say Accept (SpeechResult) -connects the call to Caller using Dial Queue Verbs -OR- Press 2 (DTMF) or say Reject (SpeechResult) ->Using REST API we notify the caller and end the call enqueue and hang up our call

Uses TWIML API and Twilio Voice API PHP SDK

Uses Queue https://www.twilio.com/docs/voice/api/queue-resource and EnQueue to place caller on hold. Could use Conference verb as well instead of Enqueue, just replace Enqueue with Conference for more options

Follow this wonderful guide to set up your free twilio account, get a phone number and your API SID and Token https://www.twilio.com/docs/voice/quickstart/php

Dont forget to assign the webhook step1.xml (or if you use TWIMLBIN select the twimlbin URL) to your twilio phone number

Setting up a webserver isnt necessary. Use Twilios TWIMLBin for the XML files and "Functions" for the PHP files (convert logic to Javascript the IVR Menu example is a good starting blueprint) -I would suggest loading the XML files into TWIMLBIN let Twilio host the files so you dont have too, and if your capable Twilio Functions for the server side Code

Proof, hardware is on its way out

https:\/\/internettechnologyservices.com//internettechnologyservices.com//youtu.be/dk3fel0U2C0

As indicated in the video about Foxconn the largest electronics manufacturer in the world, software technology such as the cloud, is overtaking the need for hardware.

The final destination of your previously enjoyed cassette players and pagers, keyboards and mouses shall soon follow, and right behind it is the actual device your looking at right now.

Amazon, Microsoft and Google are buying the latest in hardware technology, so you don’t have to. Imagine not having to buy each new employee a computer, and instead leasing a virtual desktop for which there’s minimal upfront cost no commitments, priced at a rate upon actual useage time? As a start up business this can greatly reduce your initial start up cost.

The above scenario is now a tried and true reality that any business can implement right now. In fact we’ve been doing just that for our clients. The internet based technology is the future , swallowing up entire industries like a merciless dictator treats a nonconformist.

Complete Business Start-up

We helped Native West start there business. With a wide array of solutions, from IP Phone Management, Bidding System, and not only designing there website but also getting it on top of search engines.

Website Design

IT Services was responsible for the design and development of Native West main website. 

nativewestshowcase
nw_seo.fw

SEO

Additional Site Links in Search Results

Native West was a term that was difficult to compete for because it was dominated by Native American related topics.  But in short order and proper site structure search engines not only gave us the top spot we also displayed with additional search results

Phone System

Managed Phone System

Managed Phone System allowing Native West to customise phone call flow, directing calls to field agents etc.

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nw_projects.fw

Management Platform

Bidding and Contract System

This is the companies backbone because its responsibility is to coordinate and connects the various departments (Sales, Construction, Accounting and Management) in the many stages of landscape construction.

Want more control over your company?

Schedule a free phone consultation 

Is your account info compromised?

We've curated over 1.5 Billion hacked credentials (username and passwords) from the internet and the "Deep Web/Dark Web" (aka the internet underground) , our trove of data now totalling over 40 Gigs (appx 13000 songs on an Mp3 Player). Suffice it to say, typical web programming techniques can't carry the weight.

We hope you find this functional demonstration useful and informative, we were quite surprised to find a couple of our own accounts were compromised, to prevent abuse we can only show you a portion of the password. **We hate SPAM email addresses provided will not be redistributed.

8 Tips for picking a better domain name

 

Not only do these tips coincide with easier search engine indexing, They take into consideration human psychology, human memory is vital because if your end user doesn’t recall the proper address they are a lot less likely to reach there intended destination

  1. Choose a .com extension

  2. Use your brand name

  3. Don’t use exact match domains. Partial match domains are okay, but a brand name is always preferred

  4. Make it memorable

  5. Make sure its easy to spell.

  6. Avoid special characters.

  7. Avoid misspelling

8 Under 14 Character, shorter the better.

Shared Hosting

Sharing Address with many others – In shared hosting 1 address could be shared by thousands of other domains. Shared hosting is like sharing a large building, and you have a room and share all the remaining amenities with everyone else.

Increased Hack Vulnerability – If criminal breaks into the building, he would have acccess to your personal belongings as well.

Limited control of Digital Assets – You are renting your space from someone else, and simply storing your personal belongings there, in a dispute the landlord could withhold your personal belongs.

Guilty by Association – The more people that share your IP, you could by deemed guilty by association, if your neighbors are using there domain for nefarious purposes or sex offenders.

Costly Moving – When your ready to move out, you will have to pay for professional movers, some building are not move out friendly.

Technical Perception – Search Engines are able to discern sites on shared accounts versus dedicated

Ownership
Unfeathered Control over your digital assets

Dedicated Address You have your own dedicated address

Security Minimal Public access limits your properties exposure to criminals

Status – Search Engines and future investors will take your more seriously

5 Ways to help ensure your websites secure

These days web sites can expect to be attacked by web bots as soon as a search engine index’s there site. The more advanced web bots will launch every known attack in order to find a vulnerability to exploit, and report back to its attacker, whom can conduct various nefarious acts on your server, any of which could greatly affect your business, domain and/or clients. Recently a very common attack on businesses that does not get enough publicity is ransomware, which could basically criple a companies operations until they pay the attacker money, most times these attacks dont require more effort to accomplish, so even small businesses can fall victim. Here are some tips I think every site should implement to ensure there website is secure.

  1. Run updates on your server and all your software frequently

Plugins are vitally important for keeping websites ahead of potential security breaches. Ensure the ability to create and utilize custom plugins to reinforce site security, such as those that block particular IP addresses. Equally important, developers must also practice up-to-date coding and development standards and should use modern versions of platforms such as PHP and Apache. WDG developers, for example, use only coding structures and syntax patterns that have been proven secure and effective in order to maintain industry best practices.

  1. Require a strong password policy

Require a strong password policy anywhere a password on your site and throughout your organization anywhere a password is used. Attackers will often brute force your user passwords using scripts, which is akin to trying every common password for every username until one is found, such an attack takes a few minutes to conduct and is also typically automated.

  1. Conduct a regular back-up of your applications and databases

Having a backup copy of your applications and database could potentially save your business from any damage and/or prevent the loss of important information such as customer or sales records due damage was done by an attacker or virus. Once the damage is identified, without some sort of backup copy could take a business website offline indefinitely. For e-commerce websites, this could destroy the entire business.

  1. Obtain an SSL (Secure Socket Layer) Certificate and employ an Encryption Protocol

The information traveling from your website to your end-user can be intercepted by an unknowing third party, whom can capture sensitive information such as credit card information, username, and passwords. SSL or secure socket layer secures the information by encrypting it before it transmitted.

  1. Only install plugins or code from trusted sources

Attackers will often disguise viruses in actual functioning plugins, thereby allowing an attacker access to your server. These attacks often go unnoticed until it’s too late.

These steps are implemented automatically whenever possible when I develop for my clients. From a development standpoint, implementing the tips become more costly and difficult to implement as a site grows,

Real world example of unintentional consequences

Some people, best stay away from technology, rather than tell you, go see for yourself and Google “inurl:main.cgi linksys” (minus the “)….click on a few links and fulfill that inner “peeping tom” in you (don’t worry your secrets safe with me)

We now know for sure, encryption wont ensure privacy.

In the hours since the documents were made available by WikiLeaks, a misconception was developed, making people believe the CIA “cracked” the encryption used by popular secure messaging software including Signal and WhatsApp.

WikiLeaks asserted that:

“These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloakman by hacking the “smart” phones that they run on and collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied.”

This statement by WikiLeaks made most people think that the encryption used by end-to-end encrypted messaging clients such as Signal and WhatsApp has been broken.

No, it hasn’t.

Instead, the CIA has tools to gain access to entire phones, which would of course “bypass” encrypted messaging apps because it fails all other security systems virtually on the phone, granting total remote access to the agency.

The WikiLeaks documents do not show any attack particular against Signal or WhatsApp, but rather the agency hijacks the entire phone and listens in before the applications encrypt and transmit information.

It’s like you are sitting in a train next to the target and reading his 2-way text conversation on his phone or laptop while he’s still typing, this doesn’t mean that the security of the app the target is using has any issue.

In that case, it also doesn’t matter if the messages were encrypted in transit if you are already watching everything that happens on the device before any security measure comes into play.

That being said, encryption wont protect your privacy. Uncle Sam has the ability to see and hear everything on our modern devices.

A visual comparison proving where you host your site matters.

Most website owners and marketing often overlook how a web server and its network is configured. The purpose of this article is to provide a "not-so" technical person with a brief side by side comparison of two sites, and how those settings are most likely effecting there search engine performance.

GearedForSpeed.com NativeWest.com

Both sites are basic "store-front" websites. Both are start-up companies. Just like a physical stores address, websites utilize IP addresses, so people are able to locate the website. In shared hosting multiple domains can share a single IP address.

GearedForSpeed.com IP NativeWest.com IP

GearedForSpeed.com shares its IP with over a thousand other domains. Where as NativeWest.com is the only domain associated with its IP address. If you were a search engine, which website seems more credible?

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GearedForSpeed.com NativeWest.com
   
1,357 Other Domains 1 Domain

Sharing IP address with other domains, could also mean your domain could be penalized for the conduct of one of your neighboring domains.

GearedForSpeed.com NativeWest.com
 
7 SPAM Host

Blocked for Adult Content

Clean History

Here is how each company is pulling on search engines when using the company name.

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