Archive for the 'Security' Category

WordPress 3.0.4 Security Update

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 20 Jan 2011 | Tagged as: Security

A WordPress security update was issued last December 29. It fixes what Matt Mullenweg referred to as a critical security bug in the HTML sanitation library. All versions of WordPress are affected by the bug, including the 2.x editions. I recommend that you update your WordPress site as soon as possible to prevent security breaches [...]

Bringing Social Networking Back Home With Diaspora

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 03 Jun 2010 | Tagged as: Applications, Security

Facebook’s new privacy policies are confusing people just as much as the old one did and many users are closing their accounts. Two days agao on June 1, 35 978 Facebook users fufilled their commitment on QuitFaceBookDay to close their account. The reasons for them leaving are not just concerns over privacy, but also a [...]

WordPress 2.8.4: Security Release

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 12 Aug 2009 | Tagged as: Applications, Security

An update for WordPress was released today after a minor security issue was discovered yesterday. A bug in the code allowed a blog user to reset the administrator’s password and cause a new password to be e-mailed to the admin. The attacker would not get access to the account, but the administrator would be inconvenienced [...]

Please Set My Password As Shoes

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 14 Aug 2008 | Tagged as: Security

It never ceases to amaze me how little knowledge people have outside their area of expertise. While I do think that its important to stay focused on your core abilities in your career, it wouldn’t hurt to learn a few things outside your comfort zone. One area that people should be somewhat familiar with that [...]

Testing WordPress with WP Security Scan

Posted by Johan Cyprich on 06 May 2008 | Tagged as: Applications, Security

In today’s world, attacks on web sites by hackers are common. We need to take precautions to prevent the security in our web sites from being compromised. There isn’t any built-in utility for WordPress to test security, but there is a plugin by Michael Torbert that can be installed for this purpose. WP Security Scan [...]

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