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17 Nov: vBulletin active exploit

We have been trying to validate a possible 0day in vBulletin. While we do not have definitive proof that one exists at this time, we decided to send out a alert to be on the safe side. Various forums have taken their sites down until further notice, if you…

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01 Nov: Joomla vulnerability discovered

A vulnerability has been discovered in older versions of the Joomla! content management software that allow an authenticated attacker to upload active content through the media manager form (‘administrator/components/com_media/helpers/media.php’). Joomla! allows files with a trailing ‘.’ to pass the upload checks.

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24 Oct: Yet another WHMCS exploit

This is getting beyond ridiculous at this point. Another exploit related to WHMCS billing software has been discovered. It would appear that poor coding practices are the root cause of this.

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17 Oct: New WHMCS exploit discovered

We have taken offline our billing and support system due to a new discovered exploit with our billing system WHMCS, which appears to have come from the same source as the previous exploit. We will keep you updated.

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14 Oct: vBulletin vulnerability discovered

vBulletin is a popular proprietary CMS that was recently reported to be vulnerable to an unspecified attack vector. vBulletin is currently positioned 4th in the list of installed CMS sites on the Internet. Hence, the threat potential is huge.

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12 Oct: CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap Announced

CA Technologies announced on Tuesday the availability of a new monitoring tool, CA Nimsoft Monitor Snap, which allows users to monitor up to 30 devices for free. The tool is a free version of its CA Nimsoft Monitor solution, and provides monitoring capabilities for network resources, physical and virtual…

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12 Oct: PayPal Study

Consumers Need to Be Proactive with Mobile Security: PayPal Study Roughly half of respondents to a PayPal/National Cyber Security Alliance poll are comfortable with the idea of replacing passwords with biometric security options for their mobile devices. 53 percent of users are comfortable with fingerprint identification, while retinal scans…

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02 Oct: Exploit discovered

Due to an exploit discovered in our billing and support system, our system was taken offline temporarily. This was done to ensure client data safety. The exploit was patched a short time afterwards, however we have decided to keep the billing portal temporarily offline until validity of this patch…

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24 Mar: Office Closure on March 31

We will be moving into our new and improved office location on sunday the 31st of march. Our office will be closed during this day. We will be unable to operate live chat support during this time. Your tickets will be answered as normal, however a small delay in…

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19 Feb: cut fibre link

Due to a cut fibre link near Frankfurt, Germany we are currently experiencing intermittent packet loss on our main hosting website, ns1.woktron.com nameserver, Solus VM VPS Control Panel. The issue is under investigation. Update 1: Fibre break has been located. Update 2: Issue has been resolved