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Tag Archives: Security
I was wondering about that
An IT security newsletter I get at work led me to a story on SC Magazine. It’s since been edited to correct some of the problems with it. In its original form, the headline suggested that wordpress.com, the hosted service … Continue reading
Be careful…
You know when you sign up for a new webmail account, or join the latest popular site, how you have to give an answer to a question that anyone who knows anything about you could answer? Well, it seems there … Continue reading
WordPress 2.6.4 is NOT available
As widely reported yesterday[1], somebody had a site running claiming to offer a new version of WordPress – 2.6.4. Some people running older versions had their sites attacked in such a way that the area in the Dashboard that announces … Continue reading
Now look here, 007…
Police are investigating the sale of a digital camera said to contain MI6 images of terror suspects, the Foreign Office has said. Apparently Bond left his camera in a taxi and someone sold it on eBay. The buyer became suspicious … Continue reading
Major Security Alert
I’ve just seen a disturbing report at Boing Boing about a potentially disastrous security vulnerability. Nothing so trivial as deleting all your email, or planting illegal material on your hard disk, or even sending your bank account details to fraudsters … Continue reading
WordPress Security Alert
I’d seen a few things in the Support Forums which suggested that there was an active exploit of previous releases of WordPress. This has now been confirmed by Donncha O Caoimh: There’s never been a better time to upgrade WordPress … Continue reading
Now that’s what I call secure
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | Canada pilot in toilet trip drama Passengers on a Canadian plane had an unsettling in-flight experience after the pilot found himself locked out of the cockpit after a trip to the toilet. Instead … Continue reading
Don’t drop things on planes
WoW.com Forums -> I played WoW, I became a terrorist (story!) My friend William[1] told me about this one. It comes from the “too loony to make up” department, and it actually does seem to be true, according to various … Continue reading
Talking of security
BBC NEWS | England | Tyne | Kitten was found in hand luggage This is hard to believe. After all the recent security measures at airports, you’d think that it would be pretty hard to get on a plane without … Continue reading
Stupid Security Awards
Now this should be fun. Privacy International has announced the 2006 Stupid Security Competition. Nominations are invited in the following categories: Most Egregiously Stupid Award Most Inexplicably Stupid Award Most Annoyingly Stupid Award Most Flagrantly Intrusive Award Most Stupidly Counter … Continue reading
