A UK Parliament’s computer was hacked by a six-year-old child after he managed to install a keylogger on the system. It was a part of a UK campaign meant to improve the security of the online activities using several experiments. The Get Safe Online program was started some time ago and is currently promoted through a website that presents useful statistics and number about the online security.
Archive for March, 2007
Ubuntu Feisty Beta hits the servers! From Official Announcement:
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the beta release of Ubuntu 7.04.
Ubuntu 7.04 is the most user-friendly Ubuntu to date and includes a ground-breaking Windows migration assistant, excellent wireless networking support and improved multimedia support.
Ubuntu 7.04 server edition adds support for hardware facilities that speed up the use of virtual machines as well as other improved hardware support, making it an excellent choice as a web, database, file and print server, the fastest growing area of Linux server use.
Long story short: If you downloaded WordPress 2.1.1 within the past 3-4 days, your files may include a security exploit that was added by a cracker, and you should upgrade all of your files to 2.1.2 immediately.
Longer explanation: This morning we received a note to our security mailing address about unusual and highly exploitable code in WordPress. The issue was investigated, and it appeared that the 2.1.1 download had been modified from its original code. We took the website down immediately to investigate what happened.
