Posts Tagged ‘security’

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WordPress 2.8.3 available (security update)

Not everyone blogs daily. If you have your own wordpress install you may not yet know a security update is available. You can find details and a download link for version 2.8.3 here or upgrade via your admin area.

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Receive Joomla cms Security Update Emails

Do you have a Joomla cms based website? The Joomla cms team produce regular updates and you can subscribe to receive notification of updates via email. Even if you have a web team that deals with your Joomla site updates, it is wise to subscribe yourself and monitor to make sure your site is being [...]

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Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) Security flaw found

A flaw has been discovered in Internet Explorer that could allow criminals to take control of your computer. The malicious code to take advantage of the flaw could be already on as many as 10,000 web sites. So far game passwords have been stolen, but it is presumed it will be adapted to do far [...]

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Data theft when selling old hardware

The BBC have just published a news article regarding how someone brought a network device from ebay, that happened to provide vpn access to a UK council. Apparently the council are concerned but are confident of their levels of security to protect the network! I wouldn’t be and they are lucky the chap who brought [...]

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Reveal Chrome Passwords on Windows

So not unexpected, a free piece of software has been released by Nirsoft that will reveal usernames and passwords saved by Google’s Chrome browser on Windows. This just reinforces the importance of not saving your usernames and passwords in any browser currently on Windows. You put your security at risk. Why? If you machine is [...]

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