Archive for April, 2008
Facebook: What they really have on you
Old clip, but its a classic, enjoy!
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WordPress 2.5 Secret_Key Vulnerability
José Carlos Nieto Jarquín has found a vulnerability affecting WordPress 2.5 ONLY. His advisory was released on SecurityFocus yesterday.
Our recent "Secure WordPress Whitepaper Revision" shows the new WordPress SECRET_KEY variable in the ‘wp-config.php’ file. This SECRET_KEY must be set to something random, as specified in the WordPress documentation. If not, it may be possible for [...]
WordPress Whitepaper rev-1.2: New Release
Great news! We are pleased to announce, to our translators dismay, that we have revised our popular "How to Secure WordPress" whitepaper.
The new revision takes a more hands-on approach making it easier to follow and implement. New sections have been added to cover important topics like Spam and Blog Encryption.
Check out more information at the [...]
When to Upgrade your Software
We got an interesting comment from Dave today that made me reflect on the question of when to update or upgrade your blog software.
Until you folks on this site tell me I’m not doing the update. WP always has some security issues when its released.
It may seem like a fairly simple question, but when should [...]
bs-wp-encrypt plugin: Encrypt Logins
This simple plugin will ensure that all requests to ‘wp-login.php’ and ‘wp-admin/*’ are redirected over HTTPS. By using HTTPS you mitigate the risk of attackers capturing sensitive information such as usernames and passwords, which when accessed over HTTP provide no level of security.
Please ensure that your site supports HTTPS before enabling this plugin. This can [...]
