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Twitter Vulnerability History

More and more bloggers are using Twitter as a micro-blog service. In Twitter’s words:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?
Its interesting to me to compare vulnerabilities discovered in different web 2.0 frameworks. Can [...]


3 Tips to Avoid Dangerous Themes and Plugins

We all love how easy it is to install plugins and themes but how do we know there is no hidden jack in the box waiting to pop out? Viruses, worms and backdoors could be embedded into any theme or plugin and uploaded to the Internet for public consumption.
Here are three easy to use ideas [...]


WordPress Developer Notes

Introduction
WordPress scanner is a free online resource that blog administrators can use to provide a measure of their wordpress security level. It is BETA software and is continually being developed.
If you have landed here directly we suggest starting at the wp-scanner launch page.
This page is part of a group of pages discussing various aspects of [...]


WordPress Scanner FAQ

Introduction
WordPress scanner is a free online resource that blog administrators can use to provide a measure of their wordpress security level. It is BETA software and is continually being developed.
If you have landed here directly we suggest starting at the wp-scanner launch page.
This page is part of a group of pages discussing various aspects of [...]


WordPress Scanner Next-Gen Released

Here it is!!!
Its been a long and exciting week. Not only are we experiencing the most severe snow in Kent but I’ve finally managed to role out the massively improved WordPress vulnerability scanner. It can also be accessed using the menu link above, “WordPress Scanner”.
It is a complete re-write of the old scanner. I’ve not [...]