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TimThumb.php Vulnerability Not Only Affecting Themes – Plugins too (vslider)

17

Aug

2011

The Timthumb.php vulnerability is being used in the wild to hack and infect thousands of WordPress sites. Hopefully everyone is checking their themes and updating the script to make sure it is not vulnerable. This is wishful thinking. Unfortunately, the issue is not limited to themes alone. There are some plugins that include the TimThumb.php […]

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Lady Gaga found dead in hotel room? Beware Facebook clickjacking scam

05

Aug

2011

Has Lady Gaga really been found dead in a hotel room? A scam which has spread rapidly across Facebook would certainly like you to think so. Heres’s an example of a message that is being seen spreading virally on Facebook, posing as a link to a BBC TV News report. BREAKING: Lady Gaga Found Dead […]

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Timthumb.php Security Vulnerability – Just the Tip of the Iceberg

03

Aug

2011

There has been some buzz about a zero day vulnerability found in Timthumb.php that can allow for arbitrary file uploads. Although this is a platform independent issue, it is specially an issue on WordPress where a lot of theme authors choose to include scripts in themes without any extra security measures. You can read more […]

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