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WordPress shuts door on new PHP attack vector

WordPress shuts door on new PHP attack vectorHopefully this fixes the the problems we've seen with hacked WP sitesLast spring I discovered that one of our public blogsite servers was under attack by hundreds of compromised WordPress servers. While our security layers have learned to detect and deflect these...

Tags: Scripting languages, Wordpress, new PHP attack vector, PHP attack vector, attack vector, PHP

Discussion threads 2008-09-09

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Windows SMB2 exploit now public; Expect in-the-wild attacks soon

Another "researcher" makes a name for himself.So, just why was it necessary for for this Bozo to actually "create and release the code" for the exploit? Let me guess. His company makes money by hyping up the level of fear. See their web page where they say...

Tags: Firewalls, SECURITY, Network security, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Windows SMB2, attack, firewall, antivirus

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsens

Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsensHey guys, yeah, you three up above. I have a question?When are you guys going to post more Windows only exploits? You know I can bring in the clicks.RE: Adobe swings and misses as PDF abuse worsensThis Acrobat reader bloatware came pre-installed when...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, swing, Foxit Reader

Discussion threads 2009-02-25

Apple announces Safari 4 browser public beta;

Apple announces Safari 4 browser public beta; at least Apple didn't snivel to the EUMost Apple software on PC's sucks. But since Mozilla sniveled to the EU I'd consider putting Safari on Windows, maybe although IE 8 is fine. Good for Apple[i]A new Windows-native look in Safari for Windows, that...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Web browser, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Microsoft Windows, Chrome, public beta

Discussion threads 2009-02-24

News to know: DEMO, Google, Live Mesh apps, Microsoft PCs

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Should Microsoft get into the PC hardware business? OEM licensing confusion starts at Microsoft.com Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: What could Microsoft bring to the PC hardware...

Tags: Google Inc., PC, Microsoft Corp., Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-09-09

WordPress shuts door on new PHP attack vector

The WordPress patching hamster wheel keeps on rolling and rolling. According to an advisory from maintainers of the open-source blog software, WordPress 2.6.2 was released on September 8 to mitigate a new attack vector discovered by PHP security guru Stefan Esser. From the announcement:...

Tags: Password, PHP, Attack Vector, Wordpress, Scripting Languages, Security, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-09-08

The Storm Worm would love to infect you

The Storm Worm malware is back in the game, with its most recent campaign currently active and trying to entice users into executing iloveyou.exe by spamming them with links to already infected hosts acting as web servers, next to SQL injecting malicious domains into legitimate sites for the campaign to...

Tags: JavaScript, SQL, Worm, SQL Injection, Host, Storm Worm, Storm Worm Malware, Scanners, Cyberthreats, Scripting Languages, Programming Languages, Security, Databases, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Peripherals, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Kaspersky: Mac and Linux viruses to rise 'significantly'

Kaspersky: Mac and Linux viruses to rise 'significantly'And this will just go to show......the OS vendors' security stance relies on the end-user to an important degree. Once the home lusers start washing up on their shores, then they'll enjoy the double-edged sword the home lusers represent.A Call to all Linux...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, virus, Apple Macintosh, Linux User

Discussion threads 2007-04-25

Apple updates Tiger to fix iMac video problem

Apple updates Tiger to fix iMac video problemWell that did not take long......:)Now all the Nay Sayers can once again begin their search for something to complain about the iPod or iTunes despite it's popularity.Pagan jimUpdates...Well, I updated my Intel based iMac today with one patch for issues to increase...

Tags: Operating systems, Corporate communications, Desktops, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Macintosh, video problem, supermodel, Pagan, Microsoft Windows, video, Apple iMac

Discussion threads 2006-02-15

Corporate Web servers infecting visitors' PCs

Corporate Web servers infecting visitors' PCsNot just attacking the MSOk who will the first one to say "It's because MS IIS is the most popular webserver around is the reason for this attack". I have news for you, It's not the most popular webserver OS. LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP)...

Tags: Web servers, Web browsers, PRODUCTIVITY, PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, server, Web server, flaw, computer, Web, Microsoft IIS Server, security, software

Discussion threads 2004-06-24