If you use WordPress to power your blog, you'll be interested to know that an "urgent security release" was dropped for WP this morning - version 2.3.3.  There's an exploit available in the xmlrpc.php file that is being taken advantage of, so they've patched it and are recommending that all users upgrade.

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A lot of people we know use MySpace.com. But, do they know that their private pictures are not exactly private and are being viewed by others as you read this? There is a security breach in MySpace.com's security in protecting private pictures. Find out how someone even without a Myspace.com account can easily view your privat

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You often hear complaints in America about the extensive camera system used in the UK to keep an eye on its citizens. Some Americans feel that it is a blatant violation of privacy. Some Brits feel the same way too. Others think that if you aren't doing anything wrong in the first place you shouldn't worry about it. Either way

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A conference in the annual exhibition "Transmediale" in Berlin brought up some very interesting issues about online privacy: Fistly, the definition of privacy was discussed. We all take the term and its connotations for granted, but it surely isn't so. Secondly the subject of true, absolute privacy. How can it be ach

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This just showed up in my dashboard about an hour ago - according to WordPress, an urgent security release is now available, with the recommendation that all users running 2.3.1 upgrade as soon as possible.

I’m not normally in the habit of posting stuff like this here on BloggingNotes, but being that it’s a Saturday, it would be

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Over the last little while, there’s been a lot of coverage about the fact that Facebook’s Beacon will let your Facebook contacts know when you make a purchase at certain online sites, and invite them to purchase something from that site as well.
Naturally, a lot of people freaked out about this.

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See! I am not just a bit paranoid!!!rnrnExtract from forth coming novel by Paul Dice......rnrn'I would draw m'Lud's attention to the previous article placed by my client on the Helium site recalling the his account of being hacked by a foreign power's security agency, and has provided his computer records showing the software devi

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A review of the software application Mailwasher and how it can help in protecting out computers from malware.

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The terms login and user are often used interchangeably within the industry. However, they are used consistently to refer to two different things in Microsoft SQL Server context. You will get a good idea of how they differs to Microsoft SQL Server in layman term.
This would be helpful in configuring security for business operation powers by

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This is a spooky story about how the Light Blue Touchpaper was hacked. The attacker was able to create a WordPress account for the site, which he then promoted to be an administrator. While investigating this attacker, Light Blue Torchpaper was able to find his password by doing some searches in Google. It's pretty technical, but really inte

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Firefox, heralded as the web browser to end Microsoft's monopoly on web surfing, may have a problem.

According to MS' own AntiSpyware program, Firefox poses a high level of risk to security, on account of not being updated regularly.

Is that a fair assessment, coming from the company that left critical flaws in Inte

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Couple of days ago was the International Privacy Day. Although studies have shown, that people are getting more concerned about their privacy online, they also sometimes don't know what to do about it.

In this post the major privacy harms are expressed along with 6 simple ways to increase your privacy online. From enc

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A true account of drug rape, cyber attack.

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A video blog from a homeland security consultant. In this tip, he offers the tip of using Twitter in the event of a disaster, to avoid tying up the phone lines and cell phone services for emergency responders. Finally, a real use for Twitter! Now, if I can just get my non-net savvy relatives to also sign up and start following each other, we

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WordPress security should be an integral part of your blog installation and setup and doing it right can be a difference between a happy blogging and fighting with problems.

One of my customers and readers - Sherif, who runs his own hosting and blog managed to beat me to the punch and have released a 16 pages Report that co

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Its rife, its rampid, its a really big problem and the majority of everyday bloggers don’t have a clue they have been hacked and infected with spammy links that will punish their site and any site that is affiliated via links inbound or outbound.

This article attempts to deal with security to help prevent such an attack and

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This is an article on computer security and some of the methods which can be used to get rid of spyware, virus and adware attacks. The collective term for this type of software is Malware, because it has a MALicious intent.
Having your computer att

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