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from 21st Century Learning and Teaching
March 11, 2014 10:47 AM
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Legitimate sites forced to aid criminals' illicit botnet operations
Hackers have hijacked more than 162,000 legitimate WordPress sites, connecting them to a criminal botnet and forcing them to mount distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, according to security firm Sucuri.
Sucuri CTO Daniel Cid said the company uncovered the botnet when analysing an attack targeting one of its customers. Cid said Sucuri managed to trace the source of the attack to legitimate WordPress sites. "The most interesting part is that all the requests were coming from valid and legitimate WordPress sites. Yes, other WordPress sites were sending random requests at a very large scale and bringing the site down," read the blog.
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February 10, 2014 9:52 AM
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Ce bulletin a été rédigé par Vigil@nce : http://vigilance.fr/offre SYNTHÈSE DE LA VULNÉRABILITÉ Un attaquant peut employer plusieurs vulnérabilités de (...)
Gravité : 2/4 Date création : 24/01/2014 DESCRIPTION DE LA VULNÉRABILITÉ Plusieurs vulnérabilités ont été annoncées dans WordPress WP-E-Commerce. Un attaquant peut uploader un fichier illicite via save-data.functions.php, afin par exemple de déposer un Cheval de Troie. [grav:2/4] Un attaquant peut utiliser ajax.php, afin d’exécuter du code. [grav:2/4] Un attaquant peut utiliser display-sales-logs.php, afin d’exécuter du code. [grav:2/4] Un attaquant peut utiliser misc.functions.php, afin d’obtenir des informations sensibles. [grav:2/4] Un attaquant peut provoquer un Cross Site Scripting dans swfupload.swf, afin d’exécuter du code JavaScript dans le contexte du site web. [grav:2/4]
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January 16, 2014 12:41 PM
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It's Theme Thursday! We’re happy to introduce an amazing new premium theme: Poly. Designed by the talented Justin Carroll, Poly is a colorful theme that features a dynamic grid layout perfect for a...
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January 9, 2014 1:03 PM
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It's the first Theme Thursday of 2014, and we're kicking the year off with two new free themes. Motif was designed to help you create a beautiful online presence for your business. You can integrat...
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January 2, 2014 4:15 AM
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Publishing a blog can be tons of fun, and a great way to make friends and create opportunities. Starting one couldn't be easier: sign up, pick a theme, and off you go. But maintaining one and build...
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December 3, 2013 8:07 AM
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We've launched a number of updates, from visual enhancements to handy admin tools, to improve your overall WordPress.com experience. Here's a rundown of what's new: Improved theme preview: A sleeke...
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November 20, 2013 5:15 PM
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Party planning for the holidays? Scheming up a New Year's Eve 2013 bash? Or, maybe you host regular gatherings, like a weekly book-swap-and-wine-tasting night, or are planning "NaNoWriMoNowWhat?" w...
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November 7, 2013 12:46 PM
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When we launched a makeover of the dashboard, one of the features you requested the most was the ability to shake up its color scheme. Starting today, you can do just that. You can now choose betwe...
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November 1, 2013 9:52 AM
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At the bottom of every WordPress.com post is a little message that looks like this: This is the Like button, and it's a way for people to show their appreciation for posts they come across on WordP...
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from 21st Century Learning and Teaching
October 26, 2013 3:09 PM
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Automatic updating comes to self-hosted WordPress sites, with the hope of stamping out security vulnerabilities.
If you run a WordPress-powered website, check today which version you are running - and upgrade to "Basie".
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September 27, 2013 4:43 PM
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It’s being reported that hackers have seized control of a number of WordPress sites and are launching DDoS attacks against various websites.
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September 10, 2013 9:34 AM
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For any business that would like improve its presence
on the Internet, choosing the right Content Management System (CMS)
can be the key decision in this marketing plan.
While there are several C
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August 15, 2013 3:54 PM
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Fontfolio is a grid-style theme, perfect for designers, illustrators, and artists. Show off your best work with Featured Images, a clean, responsive layout, two custom menu areas, support for multi...
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February 18, 2014 4:35 PM
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Want to connect with others and create a supportive blog community that protects your -- and your readers' -- privacy? Try these tools.
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February 2, 2014 11:52 AM
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January 10, 2014 6:42 AM
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When you refresh your résumé for the new year, why not also refresh (or create!) your online presence? An online portfolio highlights you in a whole new way. Portfolios aren't just for artists -- w...
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January 7, 2014 4:24 AM
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WordPress is not only easy to use, it also comes with many plugins and themes for you to choose from, making it extremely customizable. However, like all other popular platforms, it is also more prone to hacking.
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December 11, 2013 6:35 PM
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The issue of hacked WordPress sites continues to persist, as evidenced by one victimized URL being used to host links to thousands if not millions or billions of shady pharmaceutical sites without the knowledge of the owners. ===> And, the team recommended the common-sense step of upgrading WordPress and all plugins to their latest versions. <===
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December 2, 2013 2:24 PM
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Your WordPress.com site is your home on the web. It only makes sense, then, to spruce it up for the holidays as you would your brick-and-mortar address. With the ideas we include here, you'll be ab...
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November 20, 2013 5:12 PM
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We have a special treat this Two Theme Thursday: new premium themes from two of our most popular sellers, Organic Themes and The Theme Foundry. Do you have stories to share from a trip to timeless ...
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from 21st Century Learning and Teaching
November 2, 2013 7:59 PM
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October 31, 2013 1:23 PM
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Happy Halloween! It's Theme Thursday and we are excited to announce Writr, a free content-oriented tumblelog theme. Writr's modern look and attention to crisp typography let your readers focus on t...
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Gust MEES
from 21st Century Learning and Teaching
October 10, 2013 5:55 PM
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Attending the Digital Family Summit this coming weekend in Baltimore Maryland? Our own Karen Arnold will lead a workshop to teach kids and their families how to get started blogging on WordPress.co...
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September 27, 2013 9:07 AM
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Researchers have concluded that 73% of the 40,000 most popular websites that use WordPress software are vulnerable to attack. But they admit they might be wrong. Even so, they still highlight an im...
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September 7, 2013 12:52 AM
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We’ve already discussed numerous times that you can use WordPress in a variety of ways. We’ve written articles about it before, but every once in a while, we feel as though that- – as the WordPress platform evolves — we need to issue a refresher. Below are six different ways to use WordPress that aren’t blogging. Nope, you don’t have to use WordPress to blog at all! Some of these ways you may know about, but you may very well not know about the others. That’s why we’re here to help.
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Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/wordpress-annotum-for-education-science-journal-publishing/?tag=Botnet
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Botnets
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/visual-it-securitypart2-your-computer-as-a-possible-cyber-weapon/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/visual-cyber-security-see-attacks-on-real-time/
Learn more:
- http://www.scoop.it/t/wordpress-annotum-for-education-science-journal-publishing/?tag=Botnet
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Botnets
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/visual-it-securitypart2-your-computer-as-a-possible-cyber-weapon/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/visual-cyber-security-see-attacks-on-real-time/