Tag: "Security"
Google Plus To Shut Down
Google Plus recently (in March 2018) suffered a security flaw in their social networking product that exposed user data that had been set to private. Such data like name, age, gender, occupation and email address has been exposed. The security vulnerability was kept quiet and only recently revealed in the media. Google has now announced they […]
Read More | ShareFacebook Offers Privacy Check Up For Public Posts
Lately we have seen Facebook prompting users who share public content in a ‘Privacy Check-Up’. In an effort to make sure users are sharing their updates with the correct audience, Facebook has been prompting users who share Public Content to verify what audience their posts should reach: This is especially useful for younger audiences who […]
Read More | ShareWordPress Auto Updates Millions Of Blogs Around The World With Important Security Fixes
WordPress has just released an important security fix for their blogging software – version 3.8.2. The WordPress site goes on to explain this is an important security update and all WordPress.org users should update to the latest version as soon as possible. If your blog supports automatic updates, then WordPress would have automatically updated you […]
Read More | ShareTwitter Is Finally Rolling Out 2 Factor Authentication Security Feature
Twitter announced yesterday that they are finally rolling out a 2 factor authentication feature to help us all keep our Twitter accounts more secure. For some time, Facebook has had a sophisticated security features. If you sign in from an unfamiliar location (to your previous sign-ins) – Facebook will then prompt you to pass some […]
Read More | ShareWordPress 3.3.1 Released
The WordPress 3.3 update was rather large, with a number of new features and layouts for blog users. WordPress have now rolled our version 3.3.1 of their software to tackle some security vulnerabilities that arose from the 3.3 update. Blog Security is an important aspect often overlooked and I am always vigilant about making sure […]
Read More | ShareWordPress 3.3 Now Released
WordPress 3.3 has been released and you should start seeing the Upgrade button in your WordPress dashboard. A number of enhancements have been made, such as: Automatic file type detection on media upload Drag and Drop media interface More file formats allowed for upload WordPress Dashboard redesign New Header Admin toolbar New Info popups in […]
Read More | ShareWordPress Security
WordPress is the most popular blogging software in the world, and ‘out-of-the-box’ the security is pretty good as WordPress are always actively releasing updates that include security enhancements. However there is still further room to secure your WordPress installation, particularly if you are on your own server. If you have a shared host *generally* the […]
Read More | ShareWordPress releases version 3.1.4 – Security Updates
Hi All – just a quick update to let you know WordPress has released version 3.1.4 of their popular blogging software to feature a number of security updates. Specifically the update addresses Database and Editor level vulnerabilities that could allow deeper access into the site beyond assigned user roles. So go in into your WordPress dashboard and […]
Read More | ShareWordPress 3.1.2 now released
Hi All, Just a quick update to let you know WordPress has released Version 3.1.2 of their blogging software. This release is a security update for all WordPress users. Updates include: – Fix tag bugs – Fix user query bug when ordering by post count – Fix contributor level vulnerability – Fix title bug when […]
Read More | ShareFoursquare updates iOS app, 3.0.1 – gets HTTPS encryption
Geolocation mobile application, Foursquare has just released version 3.0.1 of their iPhone/ iOS application. The new version fixes a few small bugs that the last major update, V3 unveiled. Foursquare has also taken extra security measures for its users by using HTTPS by default across smartphone applications, mobile site and even regular websites. That’s right, […]
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