If you have a blog, especially if you have a DoFollow blog, you’re going to get tons of spam. The main kind of spam is from automated programs that try to register links to their websites via a Trackback. If someone writes an article about a blog post you did, they can enter your trackback [...]

Detection and Protection from Spyware Part 1 of this 2 part series looked at how common Spyware is. Let’s now take a look at how to protect your computer, privacy and identity from spyware attacks. Here are a few solutions for spyware along with my personal recommendation.

Programs that compromise your personal information… or… Spyware 101 Spyware is any program that communicates data about your computer and/or you that you do not explicitly authorize. Imagine that some program is transmitting your behavior and usage patterns on your computer to some individual or company? Well unfortunately, its far more common than you might [...]

Does your hosting protect against a common vulnerability of email? The default installation of WordPress uses the PHP mail function to send all email. There is a common exploit of this function to allow spammers to use your blog as a relay for sending spam. The exploit is called Header Injection. Here are a few [...]