You may have seen in the news this week that some routers are failing security tests putting home computers at serious risk of being hacked. Over the past week owners of Linksys and Asus routers have experienced hacking attacks which are exploiting loopholes in the built-in firewalls. The Moon virus A virus, called The Moon, has been…

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Just had an email which appears to be from PayPal. Has the logo and comes from [email protected] The first line says “Your account has limitations – you can resolve this now” and then: You may have noticed that some limitations have been placed on your PayPal account. This is part of our security process and…

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Just had a telephone call from India telling me they were representing the Windows Security Centre and that my Windows Inique ID had been shared with up to 4 other people, that my computer had been hacked and that my operating system would soon be switched off! At first I thought that this was the…

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I run several WordPress sites which have not been updated for ages. None have been hacked. I feel the need for a new blog post….  WordPress Security Keep it updated If you only update from a few select locations and have static IP, block all but your IP from access /wp-admin – see below for…

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I just received an email asking to purchase advertising space on my website for up to $750 a month. Here is the full email (warning – do not click the links / enter the email, it attempts to run a Java program on your computer!!!): Hello! My name is Liza Mecklenburg, representing the advertising department…

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If you get an email with subject “Facebook Support sent you a notification” it is a scam. It is not from Facebook, but a company trying to steal your Facebook login and password. So ignore it. If you use an antispam on your email your probably will not see it.

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As I have mentioned before I run several WordPress sites, and on them I have a firewall that reports any odd goings ons. Today a bunch of sites had this warning: WordPress Firewall has detected and blocked a potential attack! Web Page:   www.***********.co.uk/wp-login.php Warning: URL may contain dangerous content! Offending IP:   178.137.94.88 [ Get IP location ] Offending Parameter:  …

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Uploadify.php is a jQuery plugin that provides a way to upload files to a Wordpress blog without having to use the Media Upload in the admin area. Unfortunately, the plugin and theme developers do not update them, but people still use them. If you use uploadify as a standalone plugin you would have received an update.

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I run a few WordPress sites (this is one of them) and today have seen several attacks coming in (all bouncing off the firewall). The latest seems to be attacking a vulnerability in a WordPress plugin called Front End Upload. The URL people are hitting is /wp-content/plugins/front-end-upload/upload.php Front End Upload requires WordPress 3.2 or higher, so…

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The ability to tether a mobile phone to a computer has allowed for much more flexible ways of using the Internet. Whether connected by USB cables, Bluetooth, or Wi-Fi networks, tethered connections enable 3G and 4G cellular networks to be joined onto a core laptop or desktop. Most of these connections rely on a mixture…

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Once again my firewalls are bouncing off attacks. In the last week all my sites have been targeted many times. All attacks are looking for weaknesses in the same places – Timthumb.php plugins within some WordPress themes. Now, I am not a techy really, or a developer / coder, so what I am about to…

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If you use Facebook you are probably very used to sort of hoax virus alerts. I am still not sure what the point of them is. Here is the one I saw today: Please forward this to all e-mails. VIRUS COMING ! Hi All, I checked with Norton Anti-Virus, and they are gearing up for this virus! I checked Snopes ….. is it real?

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