Secure SSH with PAM-abl
It is Automatic Black-List with PAM module, which can help you to protect SSH server. I have Centos 5.5 linux server on Butstnet. From log file, I saw a lot of fail login on my SSH server every day. To...
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Turn off register_globals in 1&1 linux hosting
It is shared hosting account. Some php program ask for register_globals to be turned off. The default is on. How can I turn off it? I can not touch php.ini. So go for .htaccess. Just add one into it. AddType...
Make your Gmail more safe
As we know, official Google blog give a post said it get attack from China. It means from China Gov. This attack tried to access the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. I do not think it is just...
Security for VOIP
Information technology has seen a major development in this decade that has created more innovative products to make communication faster and cheaper than we expect. Internet telephony or the (VOIP) voice over internet protocol is one of the major development...
Microsoft Security Essentials released
Right now, Microsoft released its free security program, Microsoft Security Essential. It can not work on Windows 2000. Operating System Requirement: Genuine Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or Service Pack 3); Windows Vista (Gold, Service Pack 1, or Service Pack...
Firefox 3.5.2 release
Firefox 3.5.2 released today. There are some critical issues fixed. Upgrade now. MFSA 2009-46 Chrome privilege escalation due to incorrectly cached wrapper MFSA 2009-45 Crashes with evidence of memory corruption (rv:1.9.1.2/1.9.0.13) MFSA 2009-44 Location bar and SSL indicator spoofing via...
Joomla 1.5.13 Security Release
It is announced that the Joomla 1.5.13 can be upgraded through Dreamhost one-click upgrade. For security purpose, I upgrade my installation of Joomla 10 minutes ago. This release contains 26 bug fixes, two moderate-level security fixes and one low-level security...
Stay away from Google Money Scams
When you suffer websites, you may see these kind of Google Money Scam ads. It tells that you can make thousands money without any computer skills from Google. It is really Scam. Google officially provide the information about How to...
phpBB 3.0.5 released
phpBB released its new version. 3.0.5. This release fixes numerous bugs since the 3.0.4 release, corrects style issues, fixing one very minor security bug as well as increasing performance and scalability again. They also added a few new minor features....
Upgrade to Mozilla Firefox 3.0.8
It is released today. For two critical issue fix. Fixed in Firefox 3.0.8 MFSA 2009-13 Arbitrary code execution through XUL element MFSA 2009-12 XSL Transformation vulnerability
Upgrade DavidYin Blog to Movabletype 4.24
It is time to upgrade Movable Type 4.23 to 4.24. The steps to upgrade is followed my own upgrading procedures here. * Release Type: Security Release. This update fixes a serious potential vulnerability which has not yet been exploited in...
phpBB official site comes back
It is good to see phpBB come back. http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1436615&sid=dd745501f600206640f52e3c7b614707 It gave us an sample, that be careful on any small issue. Small hole will lead to a big problem. Keep software update is such an important thing.
Spam Attack of WordPress
I saw a very strange comment in this blog, which is hold for review.
Protect wireless network without Encryption
There are six steps to secure the wireless netword. I feel it is too complicated for me at home. I don’t want to remember the Password or WEP key. So I choose the step 4 to protect my Home wireless...
Upgraded to MovableType 4.23
It is a mandatory security upgrade. There is no MT4.22 for some unknown reason. So I upgraded my MovableType 4.21 to 4.23. change logs here. * Release Type: Security Release. This update fixes a potential vulnerability which has not yet...