03.03.07

Wordpress 2.1.1 compromised by cracker

Posted in Web Design at 2:42 pm by stark

Recently the team behind the popular blog engine, Wordpress, released version 2.1.1 of their software but now claims that the version was compromised by a cracker. Anyone running Wordpress is strongly urged to upgrade to version 2.1.2 immediately.

It was determined that a cracker had gained user-level access to one of the servers that powers wordpress.org, and had used that access to modify the download file. We have locked down that server for further forensics, but at this time it appears that the 2.1.1 download was the only thing touched by the attack. They modified two files in WP to include code that would allow for remote PHP execution.

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03.01.07

Vista’s AERO vs. Ubuntu’s BERYL

Posted in Technology, Videos, Microsoft at 5:12 pm by stark

An interesting look and comparison of Microsoft Vista’s AERO interface and Ubuntu Linux’s BERYL interface. It sure looks like Microsoft (and Apple for that matter) has a long way to go. Why don’t these big companies hire some of the talent behind BERYL for their next release?

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