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25 Nov
Analysis of a WordPress Pingback DDOS Attack
Two months ago, one of the websites we manage was hit by a wave of Distributed Denial of Service attacks, each with a changing attack vector as the systems mitigated the attacks. These started with... -
19 Sep
ReviewSignal Testing: A Conetix Perspective
When the opportunity arose to be part of an unbiased performance test which looked to be including regional focus, we decided to be part of this testing. As we are no strangers to benchmarks (having... -
09 Jun
Root Cause Analysis of a Hacked WordPress Website
As a follow-up to my recent presentation at WordCamp Sunshine Coast entitled “Post-Mortem of a Hacked Website“, the following Monday we of course had yet another hacked site. While most hosting companies don't get involved with... -
10 Dec
WordPress 4.4: What’s New
Christmas has come early for WordPress users with release of WordPress 4.4, "Clifford", honouring jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown. On first glance there isn't much in the way of knifty content management tools, but this release... -
16 Jul
“Plugins” – The unseen Security nightmare
If you have been around PC's long enough you will remember the early days of Windows and the quest by some people to litter their task bar with tools and utilities possibly thinking it was cool...
