Tag Archive for: security

Magento’s critical vulnerability requires immediate update

Thanks to the work of Sucuri‘s research team, a critical security flaw has been recently discovered in the popular Magento e-commerce platform. SUPEE-7405 Multiple Update is available for patching over 20 flaws that put the site at risk of falling under the control of cyber-criminals that can exploit them.

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Server security: a poisonous threat

After heartbleed, a breakthrough new vulnerability has emerged in some of the world’s leading virtualization platforms, powering millions of VPS hosting contracts, virtual private servers, and shared hosting. This is Virtualized Environment Neglected Operations Manipulations (VENOM, English poison), which allows those who know how to exploit it to control of not only the virtual machine affected by the bug but also all those on the same hypervisor. By analogy, if someone with Heartbleed had the chance to enter your home and take possession of it, now VENOM can take control of your home and neighborhood.

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Rimuovere la Delta Search Toolbar

Delta Search Toolbar ci sta antipatica due volte perchè:

  • n.1 il nome ed il logo dell’azienda rischiano di essere confusi per somiglianza con quelli della nostra rispettabilissima web agency. Va da sè che non c’entriamo nulla con Delta Search.
  • n.2 è uno degli spyware più invadenti e tenaci che si possano trovare in circolazione (purtroppo è molto diffuso), in grado di infestare i browser Chrome, Mozilla Firefox e Internet Explorer, modificandone la home page, il motore di ricerca predefinito, le impostazioni per l’apertura di una nuova scheda, ecc.

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