WooCommerce: Spam Orders and Accounts from Bots

Alex Swabey November 09, 2020 0 Comments

Versions of WooCommerce prior to 4.6.2 contain a vulnerability that allows guest users to create accounts during checkout even when the "Allow customers to create an account during checkout" setting is disabled. This vulnerability is being exploited by a bot to place spam orders and create user accounts that are then used to probe for vulnerabilities in other plugins on the site. In response to...

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Second Lockdown: What are the new rules from 5th November 2020?

Dan Hatherall November 05, 2020 0 Comments

New lockdown rules were introduced in England from just after midnight last night (Thursday 5th November 20202). Pubs, restaurants, gyms, and non-essential shops will close for four weeks. These new measures are intended to reduce the growth rate of COVID-19, protect the NHS and ensure that as many people as possible can continue to work. It’s up to all of us to play our part to avoid...

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We’re here to help you & your business through lockdown

Andy Smart November 05, 2020 0 Comments

With the first day of this new national lockdown (5th November 2020) upon us, I wanted to let you know that, as during the previous lockdown, we will be here to help you and your business, club, or other organisation through these difficult times. If you haven’t already updated your website to provide information to your customers, members, or visitors then we can help you do this – either as...

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Post Grid WordPress Plugin Flaw Found “Patch it sharpish if you use it…”

Andy Smart October 13, 2020 0 Comments

Two high-severity vulnerabilities in Post Grid, a WordPress plugin with more than 60,000 installations, opens the door to site takeovers, according to researchers. To boot, nearly identical bugs are also found in Post Grid's sister plug-in, Team Showcase, which has 6,000 installations. The issues are a cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw as well as a PHP object-injection issue. Both bugs are pending...

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Coronavirus: It’s up to all of us to keep each other safe

Chris Grant (he/him) October 12, 2020 0 Comments

It’s up to all of us to know what we must do to keep ourselves and others safe in the weeks and months ahead. The medical advice is clear: you must self-isolate if you have coronavirus symptoms or live in the same household as somebody who does. The main symptoms of coronavirus are: High temperature – this means you feel hot to touch on your chest or back (you do not need to measure your...

What Is a PAGES File?

A file with the PAGES file extension is a Pages Document file created by the Apple Pages word processor program. It might be a simple text document or more complex and include several pages with pictures, tables, charts, or more. PAGES files are actually just ZIP files that include not only the document information necessary for Pages but also a JPG file and an optional PDF file that can be used...

Upgrade macOS to access new Microsoft 365 for Mac updates

Alex Swabey October 06, 2020 0 Comments

As of the Microsoft 365 for Mac, November 2020 update, macOS 10.14 Mojave or later is required to receive updates to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and OneNote. If you continue with an older version of macOS, your Office apps will continue to work but you will no longer receive any updates including security updates. If your organisation is not using macOS then you can disregard this change,...

Why am I seeing a PHP Upgrade Message in WordPress?

The cause of this notice is that our firewall doesn't allow connections to 3rd party servers unless absolutely necessary. WordPress tries to make an outgoing connection to send information about your website and our servers to WordPress servers and this is something our firewall prevents. Because of this WordPress "detects" a PHP version of "0" and shows the message. If you wish, we can add some...

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