Joomla 2.5.5 released (security update)
David Dede Joomla 2.5.5 was just released today, with a few bugs fixed and 2 important security updates for a privilege escalation and an information disclosure issue:…
How To: Lock Down WordPress Admin Panel With a Dynamic IP
Tony Perez There is often a lot of discussion around locking down access to WP-ADMIN and WP-Login.php, specially around restricting it by IP. The issues and retort…
How to Remove McAfee SiteAdvisor Blacklist
Updated Jan 30, 2016. As more and more blacklisting authorities come online it becomes important to understand how to go about submitting your site for…
3 Easy Steps to Make WordPress Updates Safer
With the release of WordPress 3.4 inching closer (could be minutes), we wanted to put together a quick post to help you towards a successful…
WordPress 3.4 Released – Update, Update, Update
It’s always very easy to say to update, but the harsh reality is that although the update process has been drastically streamlined over the past…
Public Service Announcement: Microsoft Security Advisory (2719165)
Today Microsoft released a security advisory to all users running the Windows operating system (OS). A new vulnerability has been identified that allows for the…
Security Vulnerability in MySQL
A serious security vulnerability discovered in MySQL was disclosed this weekend. It basically allows anyone to bypass authentication and log in directly into the database.…
Understanding Opportunistic Attacks
In many of the presentations we give each year we often talk about the concept of an opportunistic attack and for some it might be…
Sucuri SiteCheck – Web Malware Distribution – May 2012
Daniel Cid Last month ( May 2012), we were able to identify 94,866 compromised (hacked) websites using our free SiteCheck scanner. These were the top infections per…
Public Service Annoucement: Last.fm Passwords Compromised
Wow, what a week!!! Yet another firm, Last.fm, is claiming to have their passwords compromised. Per comments from last.fm it looks like the same attacker…
PRWeb Stores Passwords In Clear Text
It is 2012 and with the growing web threats you would expect to see increased measures to protect user credentials. We hope that in the…