Basic Access Authentication: Protection Against Automation
I wrote an article recently talking to the use of Basic Access Authentication to help harden your administrator panel. I have been monitoring my logs to see how it protects and this is what I found:
Read MoreWordCamp Baltimore 2012: WordPress Security Panel
This weekend I’ll be jumping on a jet plane again — this time to WordCamp Baltimore 2012 happening September 8 at the Maryland Science Center. I’ll be joining my business partner Dre Armeda and development partner Brad Williams for a WordPress Security panel, where we’ll be answering YOUR questions about security, WordPress, and keeping your…
Read MoreFacebook 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 few days and have been seeing a lot of discussion on SPAM bots distributing malware via Facebook emails, Sopho’s reported on it as well, but…
Read MoreJava Zero Day: Two Vulnerabilities
Yesterday was an interesting one for the security world, it was a buzz over the new Java 0-Day and today is no different. It turns out however that it’s not just one (1) zero-day, it’s two and they were introduced back in July of 2011. We shared our initial thoughts on the vulnerability yesterday. Today…
Read MoreWordCamp Chicago 2012: WordPress Security, The Nitty Gritty
I was fortunate enough to be accepted to talk at WordCamp Chicago 2012 on WordPress Security, The Nitty Gritty as part of the Advanced Developer Track. In this presentation I talk about web security, WordPress, and how they co-exist. this is an expansion on previous presentations, updating it with the latest trends and sharing more…
Read MoreAccessing Your Server via SSH Keys
The past couple of weeks I have found myself dabbling in a number of system / network centric tasks. In the process I have been configuring a number of servers and thinking through a number of initial tasks that need to be taken. From time to time I find myself compelled to take a few…
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