Archive for November, 2007

Ubuntu forums helping identify malicious code

Most users new to Linux spend a lot of time browsing web forums looking for help. Unfortunately some people on those forums may post commands that do not do what they say. The Ubuntu Forums have added a page listing a few dangerous commands that you need to watch out for.
CrunchBang has an [...]

AdSense ads less clickable

A change in AdSense is making the clickable areas smaller. While before a click anywhere on the ad would take the visitor to the page advertised and credit the publisher with the click, now only the title and URL are live as shown in the graphic below.

My thought is that this change will result [...]

WordPress theme cheat sheet

Are you working on a theme for WordPress but spending too much time digging through the Codex for all the right calls? Take a look over at WordPress Candy for their WordPress Theme Cheat Sheet.

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WordPress cross site scripting vulnerability

The WordPress development team has released a new version that patches a vulnerability which can allow attackers to execute arbitrary scripts. The exploit is caused by an input validation error in the file ‘wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php’ when used with the posts_columns parameter.
Versions of WordPress prior to 2.3.1 are all affected and the solution is to [...]