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  • Is the disclosure of user names and email addresses a weakness?

    Is the disclosure of user names and email addresses a weakness?

    On the same day that a security searcher released details of a vulnerability in the way WordPress deals with password resets, I too reported a security issue. Well, more of a concern.

    For a while I’ve noticed that more and more sites are not telling you, when you do a password reset, if the email you’ve entered is valid or not. They’ll, instead, give you a message along the lines of “if that email is valid, we will send you details on how to reset your password”. That way you can’t use the password reset feature to fish for people’s emails.

    But WordPress doesn’t do that. Enter a user name or password and it will tell you if it was valid or not.

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  • Churchill account security

    Churchill account security

    https://twitter.com/DavidArtiss/status/841570230958735360
  • Why you should avoid any website that emails you your password

    Why you should avoid any website that emails you your password

    The next time you sign up for a website or you click on the ‘Forgotten password’ link and they email you your password…. run! Delete your account and don’t use them.

    Let me explain why.

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  • Why many websites don’t have security as a priority

    Why many websites don’t have security as a priority

    As part of my new job online security is paramount. To this end, for a number of months I’ve been ploughing through my online accounts and updating passwords to be unique and strong. A password manager is essential to this – I use LastPass but 1Password is also recommended. I also changed my email address recently too so I’ve been taking the opportunity to update that as well.

    Unfortunately, some websites, and retailers in particular, don’t seem to want to help out, making it difficult, one way or another, to be as secure online as you’d like.

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  • WordPress and Update Signing

    WordPress and Update Signing

    So, you’ve created open source software to make it easier to provide update signing. It requires auditing but  you ask WordPress to implement it with their system but, for now, they decline, simply because it’s not something immediately planned. However, Matt Mullenwegg agreed to donate towards getting the audit done.

    What would you do the next day?

    I’m guessing it wouldn’t involve posting a massive rant about WordPress, but specifically aimed at Matt, about how much WordPress doesn’t care about security, even to the point of trying to make popular a hashtag of #StopMullware? Well, that’s just what Scott Arciszewski did, via Medium.

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