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After reading that WordPress 2.3.3 was an ‘urgent security release’, I figured it was probably best to upgrade. So I did. I also took the time to upgrade all active plugins, delete the plugins I was no longer using and install some new plugins that looked worthwhile. It took a while but I’m glad to [...]

“Live OneCare caught 99.91% of the known active viruses it was tested against. This left it vulnerable to 37 separate malicious programs.” “Version 1.5 of Windows Live OneCare was co-launched with Vista and uses the same scanning “engine” as the security tools bundled with the operating system.” I had always planned on waiting a good [...]

One of the websites I administer got hacked today. I’m not sure how they managed it because the password wasn’t easy to guess being an alpha numerical one. That’s not to say that my password was their way in, it might have been the server, the script running on the site or something else entirely. Thankfully [...]

The vulnerabilities, reported on Saturday, were identified as “very critical”, but no cases had been reported of them being exploited. Several security firms identified the flaws which could let websites run malicious code on a person’s computer. Critical flaws found in Firefox Firefox’s flaws fixed in upgrade You can download the new version here.

My mum and sister went into the city centre yesterday with plans to do some shopping and get their hair done. What they didn’t expect was to have to deal with a burglary! Having parked in a multi-story car park, you’d think that the security would be enough to deter would-be thieves from committing a [...]