WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password
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The curiosity killed the cat
During the last few months we have been releasing numerous free online tools at Sucuri. One to scan web sites for security issues, another one…
Twitter is down, productivity is up
Twitter has been down for more than one hour today and I suddenly noticed an increased productivity from my peers… any correlation? Maybe that’s related…
Cisco leaking private IP addresses via DNS
One of the first things I learned while setting up my DNS servers was to never leak internal IP addresses to the outside world. Well,…
Multiple top-security sites hacked (zf05)
If you follow the full disclosure mailing list, you are probably aware that many sites of top security professionals were hacked (including Kevin Mitnick, Robert…
Matasano.com hacked
Matasano has just been hacked. They are one of the top security web sites with an amazing group of professionals. This is the screenshot: I…
Careful with Those Shortened Links
Awesome article by Dailyblogtips about the Security of Short links. They even mention Sucuri: If you want to be safe, therefore, only click on shortened…
Sonia Gandhi site hacked
It is not the first time her site got hacked, but we would image that they would be taking their security a bit better by…
Australian Air Force site hacked
And it it still defaced (for more than couple of hours). Link http://www.airforce.gov.au/. Snapshot:
Network Integrity Monitoring Article on DailyBlogTips
Integrity monitoring is a very common practice on server security, generally done inside a file system, where it creates a cryptographic checksum of all your…
SSH 0-day exploit rumors
People are going crazy with the SSH 0-day exploit rumors. Some are even considering to switch back to telnet because of that. Finally, an official…