Script Kiddie Breaks Into v3.9 WordPress

What happens when an enterprising young person is in front of a computer too long? Oh yes one thing leads to another and WordPress is something to conquer. It does require patience and diligence.  Every day somebody is finding new vulnerabilities in new and old software (this problem was uncovered by ‘speckz’ poster on reddit). … Read more

Don’t Trust And Verify

I know the gipper had the famous saying: But that is only for the soviet union arms control in the 1980’s. In the 1990’s and early 2000’s we have the following: “Trust but verify” and always back up your work. But I think it is not enough in the 2010’s specifically March 10th, 2016. Now … Read more

Wendy’s got hacked – now what?

As KrebsonSecurity noticed yesterday with his post¹.  Credit Unions are seeing fraudulent transaction on Debit cards that were used at Wendy’s I created this image from Engadget’s² image of a drive-thru sign at a Wendy’s   So the next time you drive thru Wendy’s (until they fix it) imagine a hacker actually also receiving your debit card … Read more

Now Criminals Ransom 6800 Hospital Computers

2016 Has Arrived – the First of Many Shoes to be dropped unfortunately. My apologies for the sensationalist story… Wired magazine Story¹ Los Angeles Hospital  Presbytarian Medical center computers have not worked for a week – being ransomed for $3.4Mil in bitcoin and “only then” will get back in business. Even now the CEO Allen … Read more