Tag Archives: security

WP Hide Dashboard

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Owen

Image via Wikipedia Do you ever open up your WordPress blog to let your subscribers set up and modify their profile? Well, if you do, you might want to lock down your blog a bit to stop them from wandering … Continue reading →

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WordPress v2.8.4

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Owen

Hot on the heels of the latest version of WordPress comes a new version with another security hole fixed. This wasn’t a major one, just an annoyance that lets a malicious user keep reseting a particular user’s password. It wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Help, my WordPress blog is giving a virus warning!

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Owen

I got called in to resolve an issue on a WordPress blog today. On the surface it looked as if the administration side of the site had broken, but the real cause turned out to be much darker than that. … Continue reading →

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Wordpress 2.6.2 released

Posted on September 13, 2008 by Owen

There’s been a new drop of WordPress which addresses some security issues and a couple of bugs. Here the write up from the development blog: Stefan Esser recently warned developers of the dangers of SQL Column Truncation and the weakness … Continue reading →

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