Akismet Plugin is Vulnerable to XSS Attack!
Akismet, the popular Anti-Spam WordPress plugin that comes installed standard has a bug that could wreak havoc on your entire website. Get the details!
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Security Vulnerability in Yoast’s SEO WordPress Plugin
The popular SEO WordPress plugin by Yoast had a major security vunerability. Here’s what you need to know.
SlimStat Analytics Plug-in Makes Your Website Vulnerable
The Hacker News is reporting a major vulnerability with the popular SlimStat Analytics plugin for WordPress. The plug-in uses an encryption method for obscuring and encrypting data in transit as it goes from your visitor’s computers to your website. That encryption uses a “secret key” – effectively a password – to encrypt that data. The …
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Google Addreses Security Issues
The joy and pain of Google Apps and other services is the single sign-on system. While it’s great to be able to access online your email, document repository, analytics and other services by only logging on once, it can also open yourself up to a world of information theft if your password is compromised. Combine …
Facebook Has Abandoned Their Users’ Privacy
Facebook apparently has overstepped some bounds and taken more than liberties with its policies that govern users’ personal information. In addition to sharing with applications on Facebook, information will now be able to be shared with any Website that inserts a Like button.