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WordPress 2.6.2 Is Available

Security,Wordpress 9 September 2008 View Comments

WordPress has a new release to fix the danger of SQL Column Truncation. It is recommended if you are allow open registration on your blog. This problem is not critical but it is annoying. Upgrade to the latest version is highly recommended.

Securing Your MySQL Installation

Debian,Open Source,Security,Ubuntu 24 June 2007 View Comments

Many distributions of Linux have an option to install MySQL. In this case, or even if you compile MySQL, the default password is blank. Make sure that you set password for the root user. This is the command: mysql -u root mysql SET PASSWORD FOR ‘root’@'localhost’ = PASSWORD(‘s3cr3tp4s5w0rd’);

Inspekt Build Available

PHP Programming,Security 7 June 2007 View Comments

Yesteday, I presented a full-day tutorial on SQL Injection & Session Hijacking In PHP Programming which seems to have been well received by those who attended. And today, I would like to present to you a new Inspekt Build available to be downloaded at Google Code. What is Inspekt? Inspekt acts as a sort of [...]

Secure Your Gmail On A Public Wifi

Google,Security 16 January 2007 View Comments

Yes. It’s True. Public Wifi can be dangerous if you don’t use it securely. Unsecured connections make it possible for anonymous attacker track your surfing. If you want to use Gmail in a public Wifi : If you go to the default google mail page – http://gmail.google.com you will be redirected to a secure site [...]