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If you’ve been having any of the following problems at LGF: * Login from the main page doesn’t work, but clicking through to an article page and logging in does. * The “top rated links” area just spins and spins and doesn’t open, until you click through to another LGF ...
Tech Note, LGF Blog Engine, Javascript, Security, htaccess, mod_rewrite
We’re being besieged by web crawlers again, trying to download every page at the site as quickly as possible, ignoring the rules in our robots.txt file, and generally being a huge pain in the posterior. They always seem to get active on weekends, probably counting on people to be less ...
I’ve gotten emails from several people seeing notices from Firefox or Safari that there are “errors opening the page.” It’s because of the embedded YouTube videos. YouTube’s code has suddenly started trying to read a file named ‘crossdomain.xml’ from ‘localhost’, and the browser prevents it and throws an error as ...
The serious bug discovered recently in most of the world’s DNS servers has even greater implications, according to security expert Dan Kaminsky: Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail. LAS VEGAS - A newly discovered flaw in the Internet’s core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to ...
SANS has some details on the reason for that Site Meter problem that blocked out Internet Explorer from many sites: We received several reports (thanks Thanos and Jim) of sites which use the Sitemeter visitor counter that were no longer loading as of last night for users with Internet ...
LGF, Internet, Security, IE7, Internet Explorer, Site Meter, Sitemeter
What’s up with Site Meter? We first reported the problem last night, but today their code still causes Internet Explorer 7 to throw an “Operation aborted” error. There are a lot of sites affected by this; did they just release a buggy update and go on a long weekend vacation? ...
LGF, Internet, Security, IE7, Internet Explorer, Site Meter, Sitemeter
I’ve confirmed that there’s some kind of problem on the Internet, that only seems to affect users of the Internet Explorer 7 web browser. Attempting to browse to many sites results in an ‘Operation Aborted’ error. No information about the problem elsewhere yet ... stay tuned. UPDATE at 8/1/08 7:20:27 ...
If you plan on visiting Beijing for the Olympics, watch out what you do on the Internet. WASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - China has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the major hotel chains serving the 2008 Summer Olympics, a U.S. senator charged on Tuesday. “The Chinese government has put ...
LGF, China, Olympic Games, Olympics, Security, Privacy, Spyware, Internet
Something odd’s happening on the Internet. A lot of sites are inaccessible and I had to turn off our advertisements to get LGF to load. An attack, or just a burned out router somewhere? UPDATE at 7/10/08 7:16:56 pm: Time Warner Cable seems to be having serious trouble on the ...
The Viacom entertainment conglomerate has won a ruling that will force YouTube (owned by Google) to disclose details about every person who has ever watched a video at the site: Google must divulge YouTube log. The ruling comes as part of Google’s legal battle with Viacom over allegations of ...
Suddenly this morning, the YouTube videos embedded in our pages (there were 2 on the front page) started causing page loading errors; the server ‘i.ytimg.com’ (a YouTube address that normally serves thumbnail images for the videos) was trying to read a file from localhost, via port 8881. The exact URL ...
LGF, Youtube, Internet, Security, i.ytimg.com, crossdomain.xml
Un-freaking-believable: Barack Obama aide: Why Winnie the Pooh should shape US foreign policy. Richard Danzig, who served as Navy Secretary under President Clinton and is tipped to become National Security Adviser in an Obama White House, told a major foreign policy conference in Washington that the future of US ...
Amateurish beyond belief. On its very first day online, the Barack Obama “Fight the Smears” web site has been pwned. Also see: Obama’s Amateurish Web Designers Obama’s Amateurish Web Designers Still Leaving Directories Open Obama Campaign Belatedly Looking for a Security Expert - After the Problems Are Exposed UPDATE ...
As we’ve pointed out recently, the official Barack Obama campaign web site is full of utterly amateurish security problems, such as open directory listings. LGF reader EC Marm points out that the campaign is now advertising for a “security expert:” Barack Obama | Change We Can Believe In | Secure ...
It’s about time, and it’s beyond frightening that the people charged with guarding our nuclear arsenal have become this lax: Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up. And if you really want to be scared, imagine what nuclear security is like in the former Soviet Union. WASHINGTON - ...
As the Democratic Party continues to hammer away at their message and insist that the Bush administration’s policies “have not made us safer,” here’s news that directly contradicts their defeatism: Iraq figures distort terrorism statistics: study. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A study released on Wednesday reports a decline in ...
Oops. Massive Attack: Half A Million Microsoft-Powered Sites Hit With SQL Injection. A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. While the attack is not necessarily Microsoft’s ...
Our post about zombie combat may have confused a few readers, but here’s a zombie threat that’s not a joke: Zombie Computers Decried As Imminent National Threat. SAN FRANCISCO — Gangs of thousands of zombie home computers grinding out spam, committing fraud and overpowering websites are the most vexing ...
Islamic hackerz defaced another Fitna fan site today; Jawa has the scoop: Fitna Website Hacked by Cyberterrorists!
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Hacking, Security, fitna, Militant Islam
Let’s check the PHP error log, shall we, and see what kind of spambots we’ve caught in our trap? When I installed our new spambot blocking code yesterday, I made sure to log all email script accesses that didn’t pass the token verification procedure. This lets me collect a list ...
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Technology, Spam, Bots, captcha, jQuery, Javascript, Security
Here’s an update to yesterday’s report on the spambot infestation at LGF, attacking our contact form and “email an article” form: both forms have been available and active since yesterday afternoon, and not one spam email has gotten through since I installed the token-based method (using the jQuery Javascript library) ...
LGF, Internet, Blogosphere, Technology, Spam, Bots, captcha, jQuery, Javascript, Security
Wow. As someone very concerned with web site security, it just blows me away that a company thinks they can use publicly available URLs with no authentication to provide services to paying customers. This is Web Security 101: do not rely on “hidden” URLs, because someone will find them: MobiTV ...
He forgot it was there: TIA Passenger Had Box Cutter In Hollowed-Out Book. TAMPA — A 21-year-old Clearwater man was arrested at Tampa International Airport this weekend after security personnel found a box cutter in a hollowed-out book, authorities said. About 7:30 a.m. Sunday, airport security ran Benjamin Baines ...
You may remember the story of troops on layover at Oakland International Airport being denied access to the terminal facilities; it was a big “outrage” story in the blogosphere last year. But after an investigation, the Transportation Department now says the airport was only behaving according to policy: Airport found ...
Annie Jacobsen has another harrowing story from the world of air travel, in which a passenger is mistakenly labeled a terror suspect: Terror on the Tarmac.