Category Archives: Security

Security related things, scripts, firewalls, updates and other goodness

WordPress mass update script 3.1.4

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.3

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.2

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.1

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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Jboss Exploits

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Liz Quilty

There is a JBoss exploit out in the wild.  See http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-0738 and https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-30741 for details.

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WordPress mass update script 3.1

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.05

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Liz Quilty

From the guys at wordpress We've fixed a pretty critical vulnerability in WordPress' core HTML sanitation library, and because this library is used lots of places it's important that everyone update as soon as possible. I realize an update during … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.04 – Urgent

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Liz Quilty

From the guys at wordpress We've fixed a pretty critical vulnerability in WordPress' core HTML sanitation library, and because this library is used lots of places it's important that everyone update as soon as possible. I realize an update during … Continue reading →

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WORDPRESS MASS UPGRADE SCRIPT 3.0.2

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Liz Quilty

Its that time again, yet another release of wordpress is out, and this one seems important due to a few exploits. Read up here more about it http://wordpress.org/news/2010/11/wordpress-3-0-2

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Disabling exploitable proftpds

Posted on November 13, 2010 by Peter Bryant

A stack overflow bug has been identified in ProFTPd.  This bug allows users to gain remote access (usually root) to an attacker.  This bug requires immediate attention and potentially a restore to the last backup image of your server. Information … Continue reading →

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