Posts Tagged ‘web applications’

Why Do Ugly Things Work Better

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

I’ve been evaluating a couple of software lately. I’m looking for a nice platform to do tons of documentation. I talk about “nice”, because things need to be beautiful for people to want to use. But at the same time, they have to work. Actually, having to work is even more important. It is such a dilemma sometimes when you have to choose between what’s beautiful and what works.

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Urgent Security Update to Wordpress

Sunday, December 30th, 2007

IMG_7430-1.JPGYes it keeps us busy even during the festive season. A number of critical security issues were identified with Wordpress 2.3.1 (may apply to older versions too) that necessitated an urgent security release. Wordpress 2.3.2 is now available. One of the problem is a SQL Injection Vulnerability that exposes internal information about your Wordpress installation. These are common problems that plague web applications. I did a brief presentation on Secure Web Programming a few moons ago. It was primarily intended to be a high-level overview to familiarize programmers with web application security issues. You can download it if you’re interested. :)