Gary Eckstein Internet 0 browsers, Cascading Style Sheets, Internet, JavaScript, Links, malware, scams, script, seo
Browser history sniffing is nothing new however continues to prompt debate; is it a black-hat, white-hat or grey-hat technique at identifying specifics of visitors to Websites? Browser history sniffing uses JavaScript and CSS (or Python) to identify Sites that the visitor has been to. This information may then be used for a multitude of purposes [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 0 Automattic, malware, security, VaultPress, WordPress
A while back I wrote about how one of my Sites was ‘hacked’ (the Posts were populated with iFrames). The hacking was nothing I could have prevented through WordPress however it is very welcome news that ValutPress is now being rolled out (by invite initially). I certainly look forward to taking advantage of the monitoring [...]
Gary Eckstein WordPress 3 AVG, godaddy, google, hosting, iframe, iframes, malware, mysql, patches, plugins, rss, search engines, security software, VaultPress, websites, WordPress, wordpress plugins
Recently one of my Websites was hacked (not this Website!). The hackers had managed to populate the WordPress site posts (Blogs) with iframes that redirected visitors to a suspicious Website. It appears that a SQL script was run on every post to replace the contents of the posts with the redirecting iframe (WordPress and all [...]
Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 anti-virus, antivirus, Australia, Canada, chat rooms, computer identity, computer protection, facebook, Hong Kong, information theft, korea, malware, New Zealand, Online, Privacy, privacy safeguards, scammers, security, social networking, social networking sites, Software, technology, virus protection
This week is ‘Privacy Awareness Week’ 2010 and as such it is urged that we familiarise ourselves with our rights, obligations and best-practice in relation to privacy. The few recommendations below, from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, are related to Computer identity and information theft. They are well worth reading through: Make [...]
Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 anti-virus, internet scam, malware
Well done to Trend Micro for their latest Australian TV adverts. They are excellent (my favorite below):
