Blogger Blog Hijacked

April 19, 2009 · Filed Under Wordpress · 4 Comments 

A few minutes ago, I did a little bloghopping and my blogger-friend Ellaine of Lainy’s Musing claimed that her Blogger blog (formerly located at www.lainyonline.com) was hijacked by an unknown entity. That being said, she has transferred her site to WordPress, a very efficient and flexible content management system (CMS). I was even telling here to migrate to WordPress a long time ago but since her first blogging platform was Blogger, she stuck with it for a while only to realize that blogs hosted by Blogger are very vulnerable to hijacking.

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Secure Websites are Even Vulnerable to DDOS Attacks

October 21, 2008 · Filed Under Internet Security, Internet Technology · 3 Comments 

Recent news on internet security reveals how vulnerable our online activities are, especially online transactions. This is because even teenagers can hack secure sites like the Church of Scientology website using DDOS attacks. Before this, I have blogged about the Limbo Malware and Invitation Virus (which turned out to be a hoax). Please read them if you are interested in more stories about internet security. :-)

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