So after teaching several classes to people discussing proper way to identify if the site you are logging into is actually eBay’s, it looks like phishers have gained the edge again. Apparently they have found a weakness in the way eBay redirects you to a new (what should be eBay) page. The phishers have discovered [...]
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve been a little busy lately. One of those projects I’m proud to offer a sneak peak at today, my new GPS Review blog.
I’ve always had a passion for all things maps. My home office walls are lined with National Geographic maps, aviation Sectional Charts, etc. While there really [...]
If you drop by here with any regularity you will notice there has been a lack of posts over the past couple of weeks. Well, you see the Tour de France is in progress which takes a few hours out of each morning. I also had a client with a hard drive failure that unexpectedly [...]
I think I’m about to give-up on email. Well, not really, but I’m frustrated to the point that the thought crossed my mind.
You see back when I first got on the Internet nearly fifteen years ago email was great. I used Pine as an email client and it was fantastic! But then things started to [...]
Over at Netcraft there is an article about the onslaught of security vulnerabilities found in phpBB. Here is one of the downsides of being popular… you become a good target of attacks. In the grand scheme of things phpBB probably isn’t a ton more vulnerable than other discussion forum software, however it makes for a [...]
A major flaw has been found in the XML-RPC library. This library is found in many software packages based on PHP. From discussion forums to blogs to CMS systems many PHP software packages use the XML-RPC.
I heard about the flaws and had taken full preventative measures on all sites across all of my servers within [...]
I couldn’t believe it when I saw this same guy post the same question again to yet another different forum. This guy built a poor website on purpose that takes over two minutes and thirty seconds to load over dial-up and then asks in every forum he can how to fix it. His real quest [...]