I recently found this neat little snippet of code, which essentially can be entered into any theme’s functions.php file and can be used to inject a user account with a specific name/password and full administrative rights into any WordPress install by simply visiting a secret URL. Fun!
This thing seems pretty malicious, but I can think of a few good ways to use it and you’d already need FTP access anyways to build it, so I thought I’d share. One example is if you’ve done work for a client and they are refusing to pay this grants you access into the WordPress Dashboard even if they delete your account. You could simply activate your backdoor URL and regain access to the site. I personally wouldn’t do such a thing Read more »
You might have missed it, but a few weeks ago OS X had one of the biggest malware epidemics that it’s ever had thanks to a lovely little exploit called FlashBack. It’s been estimated that 600,000 and counting Mac’s have been infected with FlashBack. All thanks to a combination of a bunch of outdated WordPress sites and a really old exploit with Java, which Apple should have patched ages ago. Basically what happens is an infected WordPress website will redirect a Mac secretly to a URL, which would then download and run a Java exploit programmed to install the malware on your computer–without you knowing. Read more »
Recently I had purchased a second Hard Drive to install in my Macbook Pro to offload some data from my SSD, which was starting to burst at the seams. Off topic and for the record this has been an amazing solution and has not cost me any performance at all using Matt Gemmell’s guide to SSD+HDD management. I’ve been pretty thrilled with the results so far, but one thing I noticed was anything I migrated to my new “Media” drive AlfredApp wasn’t finding when I used the find commands. This pretty much destroyed my workflow. For a while I was confused, since that drive was indexed just fine in Spotlight and I was able to pull up files using that system without issue. Read more »
AlfredApp is an awesome MacApp which I literally use 20-100 times a day. It’s become such a core part of my workflow that I can’t stand using a friends Mac without it. One of my favorite features of AlfredApp is it’s ability to store clipboard history for the past month so you can easily recall things you’ve recently copied and pasted. This has saved me countless times with work. When I forget to save something, chances are I can recover it from my clipboard history if I try hard enough. One thing that really bothered me however was storing password information inside of your clipboard database on Alfred Read more »
Now I don’t really care about tracking, mostly about security, but a lot of people seem to be bothered by the fact that the internet is tracking what they do for profit. I’m not really sure why they feel this way since, you know, they continue to use the services these companies provide for free, but people seem to be so concerned about it that companies like Mozilla are putting “Do Not Track” features in their browsers. If you happen to be part of the increasing market share who is finally realizing that Firefox is a pretty sloppy browser compared to Chrome, but are missing security/privacy features such as Do Not Track and NoScript this blog post might be helpful for you. Read more »