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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; security</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/category/sysadmin/security/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>Microsoft drives to kill off IE6 and get you to upgrade</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[countdown]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ie6]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1060</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hurray!! Even Microsoft wants users to upgrade from IE6 to something modern &#8211; with the IE9 beta, Firefox 4 beta and thrilling upgrades to Opera aboundng, the 8.4% of users in South Africa still using IE6 (and more than 34% in China!!) are urged to upgrade to the most recent stable version of their browser. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/05/microsoft-drives-to-kill-off-ie6-and-get-you-to-upgrade/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Three Oh Five &#8211; WordPress Upgrade are out</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 09:28:18 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1052</guid> <description><![CDATA[The upgrade to 3.0.5 was resleased yesterday. From the release notes: Two moderate security issues were fixed that could have allowed a Contributor- or Author-level user to gain further access to the site. One information disclosure issue was addressed that could have allowed an Author-level user to view contents of posts they should not be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/08/three-oh-five-wordpress-upgrade-are-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expire private images to protect privacy on the Internet?</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1038</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new product over at x-pire.net (which redirects to x-pire.de) was unveiled in Germany today, with the aim of embedding expiry times and information into images so that they cannot be viewed after a certain time. In that way there should be a maximum lifespan to digital images on the web to prevent future embarassment, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/forgetful-internet/Vergessendes_Internet_Grundkonzept.wmv" length="7110026" type="video/asf" /> </item> <item><title>Upgrade to WordPress 3.0.4 &#8211; HTML Sanitation bug</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:46:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1031</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the WordPress Development Blog: Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or for download here, is a very important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible because it fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation library, called KSES. I would rate this release [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Stuxnet lessons &#8211; and resources</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 08:15:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best practice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stuxnet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[virus]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1010</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just a quick grouping of resources relating to Stuxnet resources and analysis after the targeted infections of the frequency converters of the Vaasa, Finland based Vacon (though Vacon publicly denies this) and Iranian company Fararo Paya. The bottomline takeaway &#8211; never use default passwords (partical attack vector of the PLCs and SCADAs), and keep systems [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/11/27/stuxnet-lessons-and-resources/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Proxying all Linux Traffic &#8211; set web access for Ubuntu behind a proxy</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 08:22:51 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-get]]></category> <category><![CDATA[environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[export]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proxy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web traffic]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1006</guid> <description><![CDATA[So that it&#8217;s documented&#8230; I&#8217;m using port 8080 as the default port as the likelyhood of your upstream proxy being on 8080 is high &#8211; else, typical proxy ports are, of course, 80, 800 (transpartent), 8000, 3128 (squid) To force your server to force web traffic via a proxy, just two quick things to set [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/10/22/proxying-all-linux-traffic-set-web-access-for-ubuntu-behind-a-proxy/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MTN Business Data lines crash &#8211; down again</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[datacentre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lines down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outage]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=984</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last time, generator maintenance in Johannesburg took everything offline. There was just notification with the subject line &#8220;unknown&#8221; (referring to the categorisation of the issue) at 14h22: SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED: Intermittent Degradation in Service SEVERITY: Critical STATUS: Attending ATTENDING: MTN Engineers ADDITIONAL: Please note that we are currently experiencing packet loss and browsing issues to some [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WordPress 3.0.1 &#8211; I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve upgraded already</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/wordpress-3-0-1-im-sure-youve-upgraded-already/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/wordpress-3-0-1-im-sure-youve-upgraded-already/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:53:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <category><![CDATA[maintenance release]]></category> <category><![CDATA[update]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=971</guid> <description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve done it already, but WordPress 3.0.1 (a maintenance release) is out since Friday and you should have upgraded (and updated the database) already by downloading the 3.0.1 version. List of revised files: wp-signup.php wp-includes/default-filters.php wp-includes/nav-menu-template.php wp-includes/taxonomy.php wp-includes/class-http.php wp-includes/update.php wp-includes/post.php wp-includes/version.php wp-includes/default-widgets.php wp-includes/theme.php wp-includes/comment-template.php wp-includes/ms-blogs.php wp-includes/query.php wp-includes/link-template.php wp-includes/wp-db.php wp-includes/formatting.php wp-includes/ms-deprecated.php wp-includes/general-template.php wp-includes/canonical.php wp-includes/capabilities.php [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/09/wordpress-3-0-1-im-sure-youve-upgraded-already/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle Firmware upgrades</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:43:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fonts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[password]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=965</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember to upgrade your Kindle from Amazon &#8211; there&#8217;s a new firmware upgrade available, taking the system to version 2.5.2 (24.3MB &#8211; you may want to transfer via USB&#8230;)Updates include: PDF Pan and Zoom (finally) &#8212; you can zoom into small print! Collections &#8211; to group books and documents by topic or type (not just [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Secure SSH Tunneling &#8211; at no extra cost</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:20:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category> <category><![CDATA[port forwarding]]></category> <category><![CDATA[putty]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ssh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[terminal]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tunnel]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=824</guid> <description><![CDATA[Assuming you have a Windows machine and you interact with Linux boxen at any stage, chances are high that you have used and interacted with PuTTY at one stage or another. That beautiful, less than 2 sec, 444K download of a tool (currently at version 0.60 beta) allows you to SSH, COM-direct, RSH, Telnet etc [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/19/secure-ssh-tunneling-at-no-extra-cost/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Adobe Flash and Adobe PDF zero-day critical vulnerability in the wild.</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/05/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-zero-day-critical-vulnerability-in-the-wild/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/05/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-zero-day-critical-vulnerability-in-the-wild/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:32:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adobe acrobat]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adobe reader]]></category> <category><![CDATA[exploit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[flash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[in-the-wild]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vulnerability]]></category> <category><![CDATA[zero-day]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=799</guid> <description><![CDATA[From Adobe&#8216;s advisory: A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Flash Player 10.0.45.2 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh, Linux and Solaris operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-1297) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/05/adobe-flash-and-adobe-pdf-zero-day-critical-vulnerability-in-the-wild/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Symlinks (symbolic links) in Samba Ubuntu for Windows</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:02:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[file sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samba]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=768</guid> <description><![CDATA[To enable symlinks in Samba for filesharing across platforms inWindows, modify /etc/smb/samba.conf and add in the [global] section: follow symlinks = yes unix extensions = no There has been some discussion about wide symlinks = yes However, due to the attack vector on Samba servers from Windows allowing file traversion, back in February 2010, you [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/06/04/symlinks-symbolic-links-in-samba-ubuntu-for-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Goodbye Facebook</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/goodbye-facebook/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/goodbye-facebook/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 18:22:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deactivate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remove account]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=742</guid> <description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s it &#8211; I&#8217;m out &#8211; got to wait for the 14 days now before the account is deleted from Facebook. As promised, I was asked whether I&#8217;m really sure that I want to delete my account &#8211; have to enter your password and the 2 CAPTCHAs before getting the confirmation: Doesn&#8217;t quite end there: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/30/goodbye-facebook/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Completely removing and deleting your Facebook account</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/26/completely-removing-and-deleting-your-facebook-account/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/26/completely-removing-and-deleting-your-facebook-account/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 05:12:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deactivate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remove account]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=728</guid> <description><![CDATA[Assuming you don&#8217;t have any link shares in place (Digg, OpenID, MySpace etc), the process should be quite simple: Go direct: http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account (you have to be logged in to use the link) and then don&#8217;t access the account for 21 days. Some say 14 days, but what&#8217;s the hurry? Some recommend no interaction with Facebook [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/26/completely-removing-and-deleting-your-facebook-account/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Delete Facebook Account</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/17/delete-facebook-account/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/17/delete-facebook-account/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:48:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deactivate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remove account]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=719</guid> <description><![CDATA[Only a few days to go before the end of my use of Facebook &#8212; 31 May 2010. I&#8217;ve written about it before. The New York Times has written about it. With security loopholes that allow any (non-)user to search any user&#8217;s content, what security model is in place, anyway (with full-size profile picture)? Want [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/17/delete-facebook-account/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Security Summit 2010 Wrap-Up</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 18:25:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[synch.cc]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security summit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=716</guid> <description><![CDATA[So the Security Summit 2010 has come to an end. Featuring speakers such as Moxie Marlinspike, Joe Grand and Jeremiah Grossman (again), it&#8217;s a pity to say that there wasn&#8217;t much new that was presented. With repeated concerns about input- and output-validation, as the OWASP Top 10 for 2010 highlight and were used as a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/14/security-summit-2010-wrap-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Security Summit 2010</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/09/security-summit-2010-2/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/09/security-summit-2010-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 09 May 2010 19:27:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[conferences]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[events]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security summit]]></category> <category><![CDATA[web security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=714</guid> <description><![CDATA[So, it&#8217;s that time of the year again &#8211; Security Summit 2010 in Sandton, Johannesburg. Items on the agenda include: The business of security – Threat horizon 2010 and beyond, legislation (PPI), risk, compliance, standards (PCI), security metrics, social networking, web application security, web services, web 2.0 and more. Technical/operational security – Top 10 hacks, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/05/09/security-summit-2010-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>How to remove yourself from Facebook by deactivating your account</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/how-to-remove-yourself-from-facebook-by-deactivating-your-account/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/how-to-remove-yourself-from-facebook-by-deactivating-your-account/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:27:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[deactivate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[remove account]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=677</guid> <description><![CDATA[Facebook &#8212; now will accounts up for sale ($25 / 1000 where there are less than 10 friends, and $45 / 1000 where there are more than 10 friends) &#8211; has again changed their privacy approach &#8211; even retroactively&#8230; So &#8211; here&#8217;s a quick how-to on removing yourself from the system: Log into your account [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/25/how-to-remove-yourself-from-facebook-by-deactivating-your-account/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>clamav 0.94 finally reaches end of life</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/16/clamav-0-94-reach-end-of-life-not-updatin/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/16/clamav-0-94-reach-end-of-life-not-updatin/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:18:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamav]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamav-milter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[end of life]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=650</guid> <description><![CDATA[clamav finally sent the end-of-life payload yesterday evening &#8211; 0.96 is the current version, so it&#8217;s been a good run Possible symptons you experienced: Repeated notifications:WARNING: getpatch: Can't download daily- All freshclam mirrors are ignored Your mailq fills up with detailed MAILER-DAEMON messages referring to the End-of-Life nature of clamav 0.94 (&#8230; add your own [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/16/clamav-0-94-reach-end-of-life-not-updatin/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Clamav errors on upgrade to 0.96 clamd and clamav-milter</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/clamav-error-yum-upgrade-to-0-96-clamd-and-clamav-milter/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/clamav-error-yum-upgrade-to-0-96-clamd-and-clamav-milter/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:26:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[0.96]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamav]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamav-milter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[clamd]]></category> <category><![CDATA[errors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[socket]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=597</guid> <description><![CDATA[Some updates to the yum-sent clamav-milter.conf and (to a lesser extent) clamd.conf may be necessary. After an automatic yum-update of the clamd family on RHEL, there&#8217;s a disparity in the way clamav-milter listens and clamd services the socket or port connection &#8212; clamav-milter doesn&#8217;t know what to go with (local socket on unix:/tmp/clamav.socket or tcp:127.0.0.1) [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/04/03/clamav-error-yum-upgrade-to-0-96-clamd-and-clamav-milter/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
