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The 30-Minute Job Interview That Steals Your Entire Hard Drive
If you're looking for freelance development work on Reddit, LinkedIn, Upwork, or similar platforms, be careful. Scammers are increasingly disguising malware as coding assessments and technical interviews. What appears to be a simple GitHub repository for a 30-minute coding test may actually be an attempt to get you to execute malicious code on your own machine.
The setup looks completely legitimate. A recruiter or startup founder reaches out with what appears to be a freelance opportunity. The interview
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Posted in Technology in the News
Tagged coding, developer, downloads, freelancer, GitHub, linkedin, malicious code, malware, phishing, plugins, reddit, reputation, sandbox, scammer, tech interviews, third-party code, third-party plugins, trust, upwork, virtual machines, vm
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Ucraft Data Leak Exposes User Information, Raising Security Concerns
Website builder Ucraft recently experienced a data leak that exposed sensitive information of hundreds of thousands of users.
The exposed data included:
- Unredacted domain registration information: This includes email addresses, phone numbers, names, and home addresses.
- User email addresses: While potentially less harmful on its own, this information can be used for targeted phishing attacks.
- Hashed passwords: While considered more secure than plain text passwords, hashed passwords can still be cracked with enough computing power.
The leak poses a significant
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Tagged account takeovers, data leak, doxxing, phishing, security, spam, ucraft
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Is WooCommerce Safe? The Risks & Hidden Costs of Its Plugins
One of the biggest questions store owners ask: Is WooCommerce really safe for running an online store?
Choosing an e-commerce platform is one of the most critical infrastructure decisions for an online business. Because WooCommerce is a free WordPress plugin, it is often the default choice for launching a store. Its massive ecosystem of themes and extensions offers immense flexibility, but that fragmentation comes with significant compromises in performance, security, and long-term costs.
If you are considering WooCommerce - or
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Posted in Ask David!, Compare Website Builders, E-commerce
Tagged bloat, compatibility issues, data breaches, ddos attacks, e-commerce app, e-commerce features, european union, fraudpayment gateway security, gdpr, general data protection regulation, online store, phishing, plugin compatibility, plugin vulnerabilities, regulatory compliance, resource intensive, safe, search engine optimization, seo, third party plugins, third-party plugin, woocommerce, woocommerce safety
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