Archive for security

That’s right, another change for your Facebook Page.  If you are using an iFrame Application to host a Page Tab, beginning October 1, 2011, your Facebook Page Tab will disappear if you are not securely serving the content.  With the recent changes going on at Facebook it was decided to Read More→

TimThumb Vulnerability Uncovered

posted on August 18th, 2011

About two weeks ago a vulnerability in a PHP plugin that is quite popular in performing image resizing tasks, and that I’d incorporated into my WEBphysiology Portfolio Plugin, was uncovered. I found out based upon an email that came out of my local WordPress Meetup group. The issue had to do with Read More→

Obfuscating Email Addresses

posted on March 21st, 2011

Froggy

I’ve long held that putting a plain text email on a website is not a good idea. Even with being careful like this I’m inundated with a large amount of Spam. While I don’t put my email address online in a plain text fashion, and preach the same to others, I’m not always afforded Read More→

Medium WP Blue ButtonSorry for the intrusion but wanted to let you know about this issue right away. Today, WordPress released an update, which they have labeled as a critical security update. Read More→

WordPress Security

posted on December 29th, 2010

padlockToday I happened to come across a great article (update – article no longer exists, so, link removed) that has some details on hardening a WordPress install. I already follow Read More→