Recent Security Related Posts

Recent Web Security News

Sometimes I wonder why I did this to myself, start a blog that has to be maintained, but don’t worry I will maintain it, I hope. That being said, the past few weeks have been busy. While I have posted here, there have been a number of things going on. The most notable, notable in…

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WP Late Night #15: My First Podcast

WP Late Night WP Candy

Following up on my post this morning, talking to my experience on WPLate Night, WPCandy released last nights live recording this afternoon, so go check it out. Oh and special thanks to the guys at WP LateNight for getting my good side in the banner: Look forward to feedback. I always feel funny listening to…

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Review of the WordPress AntiVirus Plugin – Effective or Not?

WordPress Security Plugin

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 plugins in the WordPress.org repository. It’s important to understand that while I work for an InfoSec company my focus is not on whether its a…

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Review of the WordFence Plugin – Effective or Not?

WordPress Security Plugin

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 long I don’t think, maybe 6 months or so, and I have been getting a lot of questions around its effectiveness, etc… I get this…

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Selecting a MAC Anti-Virus Solution

Mac Security

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 that this hasn’t been my first try, I attempted the conversion about 14 months ago and failed miserably. I found myself secretly getting my Windows…

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Is LastPass Secure?

Digital Password Security

Back in February I put out a post talking about Web Security: Managing Your Passwords, with the recent compromises on sites like LinkedIn, eHarmony and Last.fm I felt it was appropriate to go back and look at some of the technical aspects of the LastPass solution. Specifically on whether it is secure. This week I…

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