Posts Tagged ‘security reasons’

Official WordPress Plugin Directory – Forcing Plugin Updates

May

2012

For some while we have wondered what happens when a plugin is removed from the official WordPress plugin directory for security reasons. Historically, we haven’t seen much of anything happen – no notification to users, no official blog post, nothing beyond the plugin disappearing from the repo. Sometimes when it did disappear, my understanding is […]

Category Security Written by Sucuri 0 Comments

Phishing for Security

Apr

2012

Social Engineering plays an extremely significant role in the success of phishing attacks. As more and more users become aware of the problem fraudsters need to find more creative ways of convincing users to surrender personal information to fraudulent websites. It seems that most fraudsters have come to the conclusion that messages crafted to address […]

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Hotmail phishing: Don’t send us the wrong password or we’ll suspend your account!

Jan

2012

Have you been told to verify your Hotmail account? Did you receive a message saying that Hotmail’s email servers were congested, and so they were removing all unused accounts? If so, I hope you responded to the email with a roll of the eyes and a quick stab of the delete button. Because if you […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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