Posts filed under 'Security'

North America joins 27 European countries to celebrate Data Privacy Day 2008 today on January 28, which will feature several efforts to promote the importance of data protection. (more…)

Has your MyBlogLog community got the seal of approval? MyBlogLog introduced a new feature that lets community owners verify their sites by using an authentication code on their blog. After that your community is marked with a tick like ours. (more…)

I use Yahoo! Mail and get lots of spam emails in my inbox. Then I upgraded to Yahoo! Mail Plus, and though the spam is less, I would like it to be lesser. Yahoo! is now tightening up spam controls and have begun rolling out a significant new defense system…. (more…)

A wordpress bug lets people read your draft posts with future timestamps, as well as get hidden information about your database table structure and limits! Wordpress version 2.3.2 is now released and fixes these important security issues. (more…)

Many wordpress bloggers test a simple math question for posting comments for spam protection. I recently installed the Math Comment Spam Protection and comment spam for moderation is almost zero, and Akismet spam is down to a minimum. (more…)

Ankit Fadia is an internationally renowned independent computer security consultant who has authored several internationally best-selling books on Computer Security. Want to become an Ankit Fadia Certified Ethical Hacker? (more…)

What happens if you remove your blog spam filters completely for one day? By turning off Akismet, can you manage the huge spam that flows in? Participate in the Spam Filter Free Day and recognize how anti-spam tools are indispensable for the modern blogger. (more…)

Whenever a new wordpress version is released, and we upgrade wordpress, there is one file we never upgrade: wp-config.php which has the MySQL database details. Have you ever looked up how this file has changed over the year? Have you ever upgraded wp-config.php? (more…)

The Microsoft Counterfeit Software Gallery shows examples of counterfeit software in three categories (low-grade, mid-grade, and high-grade counterfeits). The more you know about counterfeit software, the easier it will be for you to ensure you always purchase genuine Microsoft software.

Microsoft had recently launched a blog called Hackers @ Microsoft which was meant to blog issues related to white hat hackers and legal hacking, however, for the average reader it was confusing, so they renamed the blog to this amazing name %41%43%45%20%54%65%61%6d (more…)