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Selecting a MAC Anti-Virus Solution

I am what most would consider to be a new adopter of Apple machines, less than 6 months, other than the obvious iPhone that is. It’s important to note though... Read More The post Selecting a MAC...

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Review of the WordFence Plugin – Effective or Not?

As of late I have been seeing a lot of traffic on various mediums, WordPress.org, Twitter, and Facebook about this new plugin – WordFence. It hasn’t been around for too... Read More The post Review of...

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Review of the WordPress AntiVirus Plugin – Effective or Not?

After my most recent Review of the WordPress WordFence Plugin post I felt it was only fair that I take time to review the effectiveness of other similar security focused... Read More The post Review of...

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DNSChanger Malware: Verifying You Are Clean

There has been a lot of buzz this week about the DNSChanger malware, I wanted to take a minute to summarize it for my friends and family. History If you’re... Read More The post DNSChanger Malware:...

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Facebook Malware SPAM Chats

To family friends, most of you likely live on Facebook sharing all your awesome details and humorous rants, but please surf Facebook cautiously. I’ve been monitoring the interwebs for a... Read More...

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Getting to Know Stuxnet

While monitoring the malware feeds today someone rehashed an article that described how Stuxnet had been deciphered by InfoSec professionals back in 2011. Although the article is exceptionally long,...

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Black Hole Exploit Kit 2.0 Released

If you’re not aware, there are number of kits available to crackers intent on causing your website harm. And NO, not all crackers are created equal. There are those that... Read More The post Black...

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WordCamp Las Vegas 2012: WordPress Security, Dealing with Today’s Hacks

In December I had the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Las Vegas 2012 on the topic of WordPress Security, Dealing with Today’s Hacks. Every day there are new hacks that... Read More The post WordCamp...

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Web Application Vulnerability Scanners: W3AF – 12.10 xUbuntu Installation

I have been interested in the Web Application Attack and Audit Framework (W3AF) since I first heard about it last summer, 2012. It was unfortunately not the most straight forward... Read More The post...

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Web Threats Are Real: Be Proactive

This post is really designed for my family and friends. I write it because in the business that I am in I get to see hear the detrimental impact web... Read More The post Web Threats Are Real: Be...

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WordPress Security: Learning From Hacks

This evening I will be giving a presentation at WordSesh at midnight PST (0800 UTC). This goal of this presentation is to learn from hacks as the name implies. It’s... Read More The post WordPress...

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Website Security and Auto-Updates

If we could only auto-update our applications when vulnerabilities are identified, then we’d surely be safe… that seems to be today’s mindset. To a certain extent, that’s true, but it’s... Read More...

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Selecting a MAC Anti-Virus Solution

I am what most would consider to be a new adopter of Apple machines, less than 6 months, other than the obvious iPhone that is. It’s important to note though... Read More The post Selecting a MAC...

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Review of the WordFence Plugin – Effective or Not?

As of late I have been seeing a lot of traffic on various mediums, WordPress.org, Twitter, and Facebook about this new plugin – WordFence. It hasn’t been around for too... Read More The post Review of...

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Review of the WordPress AntiVirus Plugin – Effective or Not?

After my most recent Review of the WordPress WordFence Plugin post I felt it was only fair that I take time to review the effectiveness of other similar security focused... Read More The post Review of...

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WordCamp Las Vegas 2012: WordPress Security, Dealing with Today’s Hacks

In December I had the opportunity to speak at WordCamp Las Vegas 2012 on the topic of WordPress Security, Dealing with Today’s Hacks. Every day there are new hacks that... Read More The post WordCamp...

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Impacts of a Website Compromise

The threats of a compromise are real, and are not specific to operating an online store. Attackers find value in a number of things, some of which include your audience... Read More The post Impacts of...

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