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WordPress 2.8.4 Security Release

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Another heads up for all WordPress users. The WordPress dev team just released another security update WordPress 2.8.4 to fix a vulnerability discovered yesterday. Yesterday a vulnerability was discovered: a specially crafted URL could be requested that would allow an attacker to bypass a security check to verify a user requested a password reset. As a [...]

Hiatus & WordPress 2.5.1

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Most of you are probably wondering what happened to me and why I haven't updated this blog for more than a month now. Well, I've been busy and preoccupied the past few weeks. I had a lot of personal stuff that I needed to attend to and I also had some sort of "writer's block" because of the long absence from blogging. I know most of you know what I'm talking about. It's hard to get back to the "groove" of blogging/writing when you stop doing it for a while. That's why when you're a roll, never stop and keep the momentum going.To be honest with you guys, I also went through a phase where I thought about quitting from blogging. I don't know but it seemed like I lost interest and sense of purpose in this blog and blogging in general. But because of the encouraging emails and instant messages I received from friends and loyal readers of this blog, I was inspired to go back. I realized that this blog is not just about me but it's also about you, my readers. I really appreciate all your support inspite of the lack of updates and the month-long hiatus.Anyways, the first thing I did was to upgrade my WordPress installation to version 2.5.1. Everything went smoothly and installation only took a few minutes. Before I did the upgrade, I got to read my friend Jhay's post regarding the issues he had upgrading to WordPress 2.5.1. It turns out his blog was compromised and it was what caused the problem. I was alerted and I checked my blog's database to see if it was also compromised. Fortunately for me there were no phantom users or plugins installed. It's always a good practice to check your blog thoroughly every now and then just to be sure that everything is okay and secure.