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WordPress installations under attack

published on February 11, 2014 by Mike Categories: Internet, Social Media #Tagged: Attacks, Brute Force, featured, FTP, Hacking, security, servers, Wordpress

I was checking my syslogs yesterday and I noticed a lot entries that started with the word ALERT and seemed to relate to someone or something trying to force their way in to some of my sites. Entries like: ALERT – tried to register forbidden variable ALERT – ASCII-NUL chars not allowed within request variables […]

Adobe Security Alert

published on October 4, 2013 by Mike Categories: Internet, Social Media #Tagged: Adobe, Credit Cards, featured, Hackers, Hacking, Passowrds, security

Important Customer Security Alert To view this message in a language other than English, please click here. We recently discovered that attackers illegally entered our network. The attackers may have obtained access to your Adobe ID and encrypted password. We currently have no indication that there has been unauthorized activity on your account. If you have placed an order with us, information such as your name, encrypted payment card number, and card expiration date also may have been accessed. We do not believe any decrypted card numbers were removed from our systems. To prevent unauthorized access to your account, we have reset your password. Please visit www.adobe.com/go/passwordreset to create a new password. We recommend that you also change your password on any website where you use the same user ID or password. As always, please be cautious when responding to any email seeking your personal information. We also recommend that you monitor your account for incidents of fraud and identity theft, including regularly reviewing your account statements and monitoring credit reports. If you discover any suspicious or unusual activity on your account or suspect identity theft or fraud, you should report it immediately to your bank. You will be receiving a letter from us shortly that provides more information on this matter. We deeply regret any inconvenience this may cause you. We value the trust of our customers and we will work aggressively to prevent these types of events from occurring in the future. If you have questions, you can learn more by visiting our Customer Alert page, which you will find here. Adobe Customer Care

Adobe have issued a security alert after they reported a pretty large security breach on their systems. According to the Adobe blog almost 3m customer are affected.

O2 #NOTW

published on July 7, 2011 by Mike Categories: General Rambling, Internet #Tagged: #NOTW, Hacking, News Of The World, O2

I asked @o2 about advertising with the News Of The World this morning. [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/mike_rawlins/status/88893685537845248″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/o2/status/88897990625992704″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/mike_rawlins/status/88898438414073856″] [blackbirdpie url=”https://twitter.com/o2/status/88932640878628864″]

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