Computer Security
« Previous EntriesGoogle Offers Encrypted Search
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Ever wonder if your ISP might be spying on you and intercepting your traffic? Well now you can put your paranoid self to rest as far as your ISP knowing what search terms you are searching on in Google.
Although your search terms might remain a secret between Google and you, technically speaking your ISP (and [...]
Own An Apple? Get Your Java Updates!
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010May 19, 2010
A full year it has taken Apple to update some of the vulnerabilities found in Java for Apple – but finally, it is releasing a new version that fixes over 30 reported issues. Although Oracle provides updates for Java on Windows and UNIX/Linux, Apple issues it’s own for Java.
The oldest issue fixed was [...]
Modsecurity On Centos 4.7 64 Bit Architecture
Friday, December 12th, 2008Some might have a problem installing Mod Security on Centos 4.7 and 64 bit architectures, if following the instructions on the Modsecurity website.
My webserver has been upgraded to httpd-2.0.52-41 using the CentosPlus repository. I don’t know if others using versions previous to this will have the same problem or not – but it has to [...]
Should You Turn Off Your Flash Player? CRITICAL Vulnerability
Friday, May 30th, 2008May 30th, 2008
It’s been reported that there is a serious vulnerability in Adobe’s Flash Player. By visiting a website that has Adobe Flash media and allowing the media to run on your computer with Adobe Flash Player, you are at risk of having your computer compromised if the Flash file has been created to [...]
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Quick Linux Partitioning Tip
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008One way that black hat hackers can get access to your server is by locating a vulnerable application or script that might allow them to upload files to the server. The tmp (/tmp) directory is a directory where such files might get uploaded to.
This quick tip won’t guarantee that your Linux box will never be [...]