PHP Programming » Hacking & Cracking

Large-scale attack on WordPress

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:30:56 +0000

According to various reports, in the past few days a number of websites created using WordPress have been hacked. While the attack initially appeared to be limited to web sites hosted by American ISP DreamHost, it has since become apparent that blogs hosted at GoDaddy, Bluehost and Media Temple have also been affected. Unconfirmed reports [...]

New attack today against WordPress

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 16:36:10 +0000

Update 2: Simple clean up solution: http://blog.sucuri.net/2010/05/simple-cleanup-solution-for-latest.html

Update 1: Note that we are not blaming WordPress here. I am assuming that if the problem was on WordPress itself, the number of infected sites would be much much bigger. Maybe a plugin is vulnerable or someone stole lots of passwords. Also, all the hacked sites were on [...]

How to Protect Your Funds Online

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:48:10 +0000

By Craig Priess March 8, 2010 11:34 AM ET CSO – The rise in popularity and the pervasive nature of online banking over the last decade have been meteoric. The power of convenience has largely trumped customer fears about security, but there are signs that the tide may be turning. Perhaps exacerbated by the global recession and [...]

Internet Explorer Flaw Implicated in Chinese Attacks

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:33:19 +0000

A bug in the browser was a key part of recent attacks by Chinese hackers. By Erica Naone

George Kurtz, CTO of McAfee Security, revealed new details of the recent attack on Google and other companies in a blog post this afternoon. A “zero-day” bug–a previously undiscovered vulnerability–in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser seems [...]

How To Reset The Subscription For Norton Antivirus Version 11

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:21:10 +0000

This article was posted by mac Hacker at Blogspot, and explains how to get your Norton Antivirus subscription to continue past its expiration date. So, when that annoying subscription window pops up and you ask yourself, “How would I make the subscription reset itself?” you can do it yourself. The PHP Kemist does not recommend [...]

“SEO Web Marketing” Scammers Faking Invoices

admin — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 04:56:10 +0000

A company calling itself “SEO Marketing” is sending mocked-up invoice layouts to trick companies into purchasing non-existent SEO services. The scan involves sending a letter or fax to a company’s billing department in the hopes it will be perceived as a bill to be paid, and overlooked as complete scam garbage.

The fake invoice does [...]

Spam Junk Email Images

admin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:49:47 +0000

People have been asking us why they get images in their spam and junk emails. They’re obviously garbage and yet so much effort has been used to generate them. We’ll try to answer this question…

Most junk and spam email images are not actually attached, but rather embedded in the source code of the email itself. [...]

Sniffing Networks And Network Security

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 02:16:09 +0000

When you transmit data between your computer and the rest of the world, you are not the only one who can see and hear your data in transit. Generally, your transmissions are intended for a specific recipient, which is typically a server of some sort. A PHP server receives web requests and generally responds with [...]