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6 million web pages hacked in the last 3 months!!!
Did anyone see this article?
Almost 6 million web pages were hacked in the last 3 months.
New data shows website hacks continue to grow unabated - SC Magazine US
Almost 6 million web pages were hacked in the last 3 months.
New data shows website hacks continue to grow unabated - SC Magazine US
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Optionsroyal Member Posts: 3,352 ■■■■□□□□□□Exact reason I do a full backup and a database backup of my blog after any change.“For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.” - Harry F. Banks
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Optionsdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□I just host my site on a Mac. They don't get viruses, are impossible to hack, and have the best performance in the world.
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Optionstiersten Member Posts: 4,505All that article says is that there are a lot of webservers or applications out there with bad security or bugs. Nothing new there. People either don't know or don't care that they've got vulnerable software and just leave it alone.
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Optionstribe_menx Member Posts: 83 ■■□□□□□□□□Last month major websites in Namibia where hacked and it seems target were joomla powered website withB.Science Information Systems
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Optionslaidbackfreak Member Posts: 991I just host my site on a Mac. They don't get viruses, are impossible to hack, and have the best performance in the world.
lol and on that nice fluffy cloud over there you can see angels frolicing ;-Pif I say something that can be taken one of two ways and one of them offends, I usually mean the other one :-) -
OptionsTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□I just host my site on a Mac. They don't get viruses, are impossible to hack, and have the best performance in the world.
Steady on security buff..according to Cardiff University Mac's do get viruses.
Apple Mac Anti-virus Software and Security
"The SH/Renepo worm (also known as Opener) can turn off the Mac OS X firewall and other security software; will download and install hacker tools for password-sniffing and cracking…"
Renepo worm targets Mac OS X users, Sophos reports 25 October 2004 -
OptionsPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□Steady on security buff..according to Cardiff University Mac's do get viruses.
Apple Mac Anti-virus Software and Security
"The SH/Renepo worm (also known as Opener) can turn off the Mac OS X firewall and other security software; will download and install hacker tools for password-sniffing and cracking…"
Renepo worm targets Mac OS X users, Sophos reports 25 October 2004
I could be wrong but I think he's trying to pull our pishers (sounds great when my scottish chum says that).
I am not really sure how secure my hosting is, for that matter I am not even sure what box it sits on. Maybe I should find out!DevOps Engineer and Security Champion. https://blog.pash.by - I am trying to find my writing style, so please bear with me. -
Optionsveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■I just host my site on a Mac. They don't get viruses, are impossible to hack, and have the best performance in the world.
Please tell me that was joke.
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Optionsveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■I could be wrong but I think he's trying to pull our pishers (sounds great when my scottish chum says that).
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Optionsdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□veritas_libertas wrote: »Please tell me that was joke.
No, I'm completely serious. It's a G3, so virus code can't even possibly run on it. It's even impervious to physical theft because it's one of those old iMacs. I just put an aquarium screen saver on it, and intruders just think it's a crappy fish tank.veritas_libertas wrote: »I have no idea what that means but it made me laugh....
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Optionsshednik Member Posts: 2,005No, I'm completely serious. It's a G3, so virus code can't even possibly run on it. It's even impervious to physical theft because it's one of those old iMacs. I just put an aquarium screen saver on it, and intruders just think it's a crappy fish tank.
Tell me about it; people from across the pond crack me up
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Optionsveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■No, I'm completely serious. It's a G3, so virus code can't even possibly run on it. It's even impervious to physical theft because it's one of those old iMacs. I just put an aquarium screen saver on it, and intruders just think it's a crappy fish tank.
Apple Cube Aquarium
Somewhere there is a Make Magazine article on how to literally do that with a G3...Tell me about it; people from across the pond crack me up
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Optionsabefroman Banned Posts: 278I just host my site on a Mac. They don't get viruses, are impossible to hack, and have the best performance in the world.
ROFL, good one!