Latest Wordpress security related releases are now available for download. The Wordpress 2.2.2 is security and bug fix release for Wordpress 2.2 branch and Wordpress 2.0.11 is for the legacy 2.0 branch.
(more…)
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Kontera DynamiContext Plugin helps you to easily add Kontera ads to wordpress posts , but this plugin may be unknowingly stealing google juice from your websites.
This plugin adds some unwanted hidden links to blog footer that are invisible to website visitors but are visible to search engines.
The previous versions were adding a single hidden link to the plugin page with version info. But the author recently updated the plugin to adds 5 links in the footer contained within a hidden DIV tag pointing to author’s various websites.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Gadget Theft is free online gadget theft recovery system. It provides a software application to track missing USB gadgets.
Once you install the agent files are in the root of a USB mass storage devices, such as a USB flash drive, digital camera and iPods. If your USB item get lost or stolen, you have to goto the Gadget Theft site and flag the item as missing.
The next time the device is accessed it will attempt to contact gadget theft service and will provide critical forensic data regarding the system it is plugged into including:
The agent will only work on Windows systems (Windows 98-XP) and will automatically run when the device is plugged in. For more information you can read the help page or FAQ.
Technorati Tags: gadget theft, theft recovery, ipod, usb
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
Psiphon is a censorship circumvention solution that allows users to access blocked sites in countries where the Internet is censored. Psiphon software which was released on December 1st, 2006 turns a regular home computer into a personal, encrypted server capable of retrieving and displaying web pages anywhere.
How it works ?
There are psiphon providers who install and administer a psiphon server (psiphonode) in an uncensored country, and psiphon users (psiphonites) who login and access the server from a country that censors the Internet.
If you want to access any blocked website in your country, all you should have is a friend in a country where there are no restrictions on Internet. Now, ask your friend to install Psiphon on his computer. After installing psiphon your friend will provide you with an ID and a password along with an URL. Then type in that URL in your browser, after which you will be prompted for an ID and password. Supply those fields with ID and password given by your friend. That’s it!! Now you can find a blue bar in your browser where you can type any blocked website address.
Read the Psiphon FAQ for more details. You can download Psiphon from here.
Thanks Ramesh
Technorati Tags: psiphon, access, blocked, proxy
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
One of my internet friends Fuad lost his blog tech-scope. Tech-scope was very popular blog with thousands of hits daily.
So what went wrong ?? You can read his story here.
If you have your blog hosted on blogspot or wordpress.com then theres nothing to worry, but if you host your blog yourself then regularly backing up your blog database is very important.
BTW, you can take backup of your blogspot and wordpress.com blogs if you want. Follow the links below to know how.
You can read this simple tutorial about Mysql Backup from shell or if you are using wordpress try the plugin to get Wordpress DB Backup in Your Mailbox.
Technorati Tags: backup, restore, blog, database, mysql, wordpress
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
The growing popularity of online video has caught the attention of malicious hackers and hi-tech criminals.
While websites like YouTube make it easy to watch video online, many of the downloadable clips posted on the web require extra software, called a codec, to play them. Some of the codecs let users play types of net-based video, but also have spyware and adware wrapped inside.
Security firms were now logging instances in which spyware and adware firms are turning out software bundles that claim to roll together many popular codecs or just have the one needed to play a particular clip. Some of the codecs do help to play clips, but others are disguised as a variety of nuisance or malicious programs.
Be careful while installing a codec from unknown website.
via BBC Tech
Technorati Tags: virus, trojan, codec, adware, spyware, online video
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!
