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Stories · 3

  1. WordPress Exploit Allows Admin Password Reset

    It · Security · · posted by Soulskill · from the probably-the-first-time-most-have-been-changed dept. · 100 comments
    Multiple readers have sent word of a vulnerability in WordPress 2.8.3 which allows anyone to lock an admin out of his or her account by resetting the password. "The bug ... is trivial to exploit remotely using nothing more than a web browser and a specially manipulated link. Typically, requests to reset a password are handled using a registered email address. Using the special URL, the old password is removed and a new one generated in its place with no confirmation required." An alert on the Full Disclosure mailing list detailed the vulnerability, and WordPress quickly rolled out version 2.8.4 to address the issue.

  2. Is Your AJAX App Secure?

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the something-to-think-about dept. · 142 comments
    ShaolinTiger writes "An article looking in detail at some of the security problems with AJAX, how to find them and how to approach them or fix them. Security with AJAX is of course an important consideration as it's asychronous and a malicious user could write data back to your database if implemented incorrectly."

  3. 10 Best Security Live CD Distros

    · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the don't-leave-home-without-it dept. · 122 comments
    Ant writes to tell us Darknet has a summary of the ten best LiveCD distributions dealing with security. With links to download and a little information about each one." An great overview of some handy tools, some you know and probably a few you don't.