Posts Tagged ‘Vulnerabilities And Malware’
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 and resources. In this webinar I spend some time exploring a number of the impacts we should all be aware of as website owners. I…
Read MoreWebsite 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 also false. The idea of auto-updates is not new, it’s been around for a while. It’s all the rave as of late when we talk…
Read MoreWordPress 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 fairly straight forward to talk about hardening and malware, it’s something different all together to understand the attackers. That’s what this presentation attempts to do…
Read MoreWeb 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 based threats have on people. I hear horror stories of lost data, the amount of information they have lost and the impacts it has had…
Read MoreWeb 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 installation, it contains a number of dependencies and not something I was willing to invest into. I was also a bit more novice than I…
Read MoreWordCamp 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 come online and the problem is affecting everyone. If you or a friend have found yourself at a tail end of a hack then then…
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