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security

Wordpress, Early Birds didn’t catch the Worm!

09.07.2009

I’ve been quite surprised over the last couple of days, that a vulnerability in Wordpress, which was fixed with a recent update, but has been picked up on again on some of the larger sites around the blogosphere!
The rush on this news has now elicited posts of warning from many sites, and probably solicited this [...]

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Deleted, Data Disappearance, Not Consistent!

08.18.2009

Our online lifestyles, prompt a need for security. Most people think they are turning the tap on when they connect to the internet. Open it up fluid flows down the pipes, turn it off! The internet is a two way thing, you send data to get data, who would have known? Now that’s a really [...]

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WordPress 2.8.4 Update, Without this you are Vulnerable!

08.13.2009

WordPress have released a security patch /update today, to address a small loophole that would let a specifically constructed URL to request a change of admin passwords. This would affect the Admin account that is created when you first set up a WordPress installation, whilst not giving outside access to the hacker, it would mean [...]

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Social Mayhem

08.07.2009

As has been reported, ad infinitum today, many social networking sites have been under attack, by hackers, apparently? There still doesn’t seem to be one positively refutable source for the cause of the disruption, but it has affected many social sites. I’m even writing this as I wait for an anti-virus scan to complete. I [...]

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The Future of Windows Mobile!

Now that we know that Windows Mobile is forever rebranded, with Microsoft revealing one of the first OEM Windows Phone 7 series, Prototypes today from LG You know I found another humorous post about LG today, Not to infer that the prototype device pictured above is humorous, While we ...