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New Theme

by certifiedbug on August 11, 2008

in This and That

Thesis 

One of my all time favorites by Chris Pearson was/is CopyBlogger. His themes are always a joy to work with.

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I have a new theme

by certifiedbug on February 12, 2008

in This and That

Brian Gardner’s Revolution Pro.

Please excuse the construction and use the Blog tab rather than Home for the moment, lots to learn.

It will be fun, no really… ;-)

Update: Blog tab is now “Articles”

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Beware Google Search email alerts on Blogger

February 4, 2008

I saw this article over at NetWorkWorld dated 01/31/08. Google blog used to spread malware
A Google-hosted blog is running phony security content that’s linked to malware, as well as using Google’s automated notification service to try to entice subscribers to click on an infected link, says one security expert.
“This is the first time we’ve [...]

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Facebook drops Secret Crush over spyware claim

January 7, 2008

A FortiGuard Advisory January 2, 2008 warned their researchers had discovered a malicious widget called “Secret Crush” spreading on Facebook, the social networking site, which prompted users to install the application.
Users were informed they needed to invite at least five more friends to Secret Crush before proceeding, and then were invited to download a Crush [...]

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certifiedbug is back

January 3, 2008

My hosting company did something in the wee hours that caused 404 errors.
Thank you dgosling and Corrine for notifying me.
My gratitude to a friend in the community known as LWM who was able to locate and resolve the problem.

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Storm Worm botnet

December 31, 2007

Storm is evolving into a very complex beast.
From rbnexploit.blogspot
Obviously the Russian Business Network (RBN) is working overtime during the Christmas and New Year holiday, no doubt planning for many in the ISP security and anti-spam arena to be on skeleton staff.
There are some interesting elements concerning which make this attack innovative:
# Although much of [...]

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Content scrapers and Rogues

December 29, 2007

With more frequency I see content scrapers subscribe to security orientated blog feeds, simply to draw traffic to their own pages which link to Rogue anti-spyware programs.
FeedEntryHeader is a useful WordPress plugin, allowing you to add a copyright statement with a link to the original article, at the top of your feed entries.

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Windows Live Writer

November 20, 2007

I tried this program awhile back when it was first released and didn’t much care for it at the time. However Writer has greatly improved and I see it being very useful for blogging on the fly.
To be continued, edited and updated as I try it out.
Update:The ability to see exactly how your post will [...]

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FeedSmith Plugin for FeedBurner. Security Update

October 8, 2007

Potential security vulnerability
Some WordPress plugins that permit the entry of user-entered values, such as older versions of FeedSmith, can be vulnerable to what is called a “cross-site request forgery.” Without getting overly technical, this permits someone to change WordPress plugin settings on your system without you noticing during the time you are signed into your [...]

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Blog life, plugging a plugin

October 4, 2007

For those going through ‘Simple Tagging’ withdrawal after installing WordPress 2.3 with native tags, you will be pleased to know Amaury Balmer has released Simple Tags.
For WordPress 2.3 only, now you have no excuse not to upgrade.

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