Category Archives: Web Security

Blogs about web security

Creepy!

When you next Tweet, think about the information you’re giving away. A new tool has been developed that will gather geolocation related information from your Tweet and image hosting services, pin pointing where you were and presenting the information via … Continue reading

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Safely Erasing Data

If you need to reuse or recycle a server it is critically important that any sensitive data on the hard drive is erased and rendered completely unrecoverable. There are methods of rebuilding and recovering data even from formatted drives, so … Continue reading

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Unexpected changes to index files?

One of the more common forms of websites being hacked that we are seeing at the moment is a 1×1 pixel iFrame being added to the bottom of all types of index pages either?. The iFrames normally load a page … Continue reading

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How Security Conscious Are Internet Shoppers?

As we are approaching one of the busiest times of year for internet shopping I recently performed a simple survey of family and friends unconnected with the IT Industry. The topic – security and internet shopping. The survey was small … Continue reading

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Would you lay out the welcome mat for hackers?

The idea of willingly inviting hackers to break into your website or server may seem odd, but if the intention of the hacker are good (i.e. they don’t intend to use what they find to exploit your business) it can … Continue reading

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Basic WordPress Security

WordPress is one of the most popular open source Content Management Systems (CMS) available, with over 25 million users worldwide. The core codebase is extremely secure, but it is all too easy to introduce vulnerabilities into your system. The first … Continue reading

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Concrete5 CMS Advisory – Multiple Vulnerabilities

Application : Concrete 5 Versions Affected: < 5.4 Exploit : Multiple SQL Injections and XSS Threat Level: Potentially high Fix: Update not available Credit: Ryan Dewhurst External Website: http://www.concrete5.org What does it mean, do I have to do anything, if … Continue reading

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WordPress Security Advisory – Adrotate – SQL Injection

Application : WordPress Adrotate Plugin Versions Affected: 3.6.5 Exploit : SQL Injection Threat Level: Low Fix: Update Plugin to 3.6.6 Credit: Miroslav Stamper External Website: http://adrotateplugin.com/page/updates.php What does it mean, do I have to do anything, if so what? Adrotate … Continue reading

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How to Spot a Phishing Email

By now most people are aware that you should always be extra vigilante when receiving email’s appearing to be from your bank or asking for any personal details/passwords to be sent via email. However, sometimes your SPAM filter doesn’t pick … Continue reading

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Firefox Security Tips

With the deluge of pop up’s and malicious malware, there are a few handy open source plugins available for firefox to stop you spending hours running malware scans and virus scans to destroy trojans and the like. When visiting unknown … Continue reading

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