Archive for 'Vulnerabilities'
GoDaddy is No daddy when it comes to Security
How can a company of this size be so vulnerable to the same attack that occurred less than a month ago? In fact, the people behind this attack are the same ones that executed the last attack against GoDaddy. GoDaddy’s servers were hacked Wednesday around 3pm EST, and thousand of WordPress blogs and other PHP [...]
Full StoryWindows 7 Serious Vulnerability Found
Windows 7 has a serious security vulnerability that could expose users to code execution and or denial-of-service-attacks. Microsoft first announced this vulnerability late last night. The vulnerability, which only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, was publicly discussed ahead of Microsoft’s advisory but the company said there are no reports of attacks attempting [...]
Full StoryHow to Fix the Recent WordPress Hack
I know there are many WordPress blogs that have been recently infected with Malware, and not only blogs hosted at GoDaddy. A friend today had his WordPress blog hacked and I immediately checked the source code and found a script located before the closed body tag </body>. When his blog would load, it would launch [...]
Full StoryGoDaddy Addresses WordPress Attacks
GoDaddy steps up to the plate in a timely fashion to address the latest WordPress exploits. In a recent blog post at GoDaddy, they are working to secure WordPress blogs that are vulnerable to exploits such as PHP injections and Malware. We’ve confirmed from reports we seen that customers of BlueHost, DreamHost, Media Temple, Network [...]
Full StoryHTML 5 Poses Possible Security Risks
It’s not rocket science to figure out that the new version of HTML 5 due out by 2011 will have some holes to fill. Just like any thing new in the IT space, there will always be risks. If we look back at Windows XP for example, Microsoft is still patching this elderly OS today. [...]
Full StoryWordPress Under Attack Again
About a month ago it was WordPress blogs hosted at Network Solutions that were under attack, and now that list of host companies has expanded to DreamHost, GoDaddy, Bluehost and Media Temple. It’s disturbing that after the news about Network Solutions more than a month ago, you would think these host companies would have had [...]
Full StoryWordPress Self Hosted Blogs Under Attack
There have been a number of reports about a WordPress hack affecting self-hosted WordPress blogs. The hack seems to affect WordPress 2.9.2, the latest version of the blogging platform. The attack leads into an infection chain that leads to various Malware, including a rogue antivirus which we written many articles about here. Facts about the [...]
Full StoryFirefox 3.6 Exploit Could Be Causing Browser Crashes
Firefox is faced again with another challenge in the security of its latest browser, Firefox 3.6. As of late, I have noticed more browser crashes in the last two weeks in which could be a result of this exploit. There’s new zero day exploit in Firefox 3.6. The exploit allows attackers to remotely gain control [...]
Full StoryWhy You Should Turn Off Microsoft Auto Updates
If you were one of the unlucky users who installed the last security update (MS10-015) you may be experiencing Windows XP crashes. You can read more about this issue from our article posted on February 12, 2010 here. How to turn off Microsoft Auto Updates: Go to Start/Control Panel/Automatic Updates and select Turn off Automatic [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft Security Update causes Blue Screen of Death
We all remember the famous Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) back in the Win 95 days, but its back. If you were one of the unlucky users who applied the Microsoft patch earlier this week to fix vulnerability in its virtual DOS machine may result in boot problems on some systems. The Blue Screen of [...]
Full StoryBlogs Targeted By Cyber Crooks
If you’re one of the lucky blogs that have a good Pagerank and Alexa ranking, your blog could be in danger. In most cases, bloggers work hard to obtain good ranking scores and cyber crooks look for those same ingredients to target attacks. Cyber crooks are using Black Hat SEO to create backlinks to malicious [...]
Full StoryWhy You Should Moderate All Comments in WordPress
In WordPress, you can choose how to moderate comments. I HIGHLY recommended that you moderate all comments! If you have “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” selected in “Discussions” under Settings in the WordPress Admin dashboard, you’re exposing your blog to comment spam and links to malicious sites. If you feel that this [...]
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