Dickimaw Books Blog
Category: Security
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UK mobile networks are sending a “stay at home” message to everyone in response to the current nationwide lockdown. While the link in that specific message is safe, don’t click on links in text messages. It’s very easy for scammers to fake that message and replace the safe link with their own nasty version.
If you are a regular visitor to the site, you may have noticed that there’s a new “Account” link in the navigation bar (situated below the title banner). That page provides access to the main site account where you can manage your notifications and keep track of any bug reports, feature requests, comments or typo reports that you have submitted.
You’ve probably come across websites that want you to prove that you’re human and not a robot. This may come in the form of a picture challenge (for example, select all the squares with bicycles) or it may simply require you to check a box to assert that you’re not a robot. Perhaps you’re wondering why you need to do this. Why is the website so concerned about being visited by robots? Alternatively, perhaps you’re a website developer and are determined to find a way to keep out all bots.The Dickimaw Books store has unfortunately closed until further notice. The reason for this is because PayPal has removed support for encryption with its PayPal Payments Standard option.
I was recently informed that
dickimaw-books.com had a medium severity reflected cross-site
scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the version of cPanel this website
was using at the time. I solved the problem by moving to a
new web-hosting provider that didn’t have the issue. The security
researcher used a non-invasive probe. No data was compromised.Search Blog
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- A crime fiction short story (available as an ebook) set in the late 1920s on the RMS Aquitania. See the story’s main page for further details.
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- Information about the illustrated children’s book. See the book’s main page for further details.
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