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  1. BikeGremlin

    Notepad++ hacked - WARNING

    In case you are using this software, I would recommend uninstalling it (ideally, use the free version of Revo Uninstaller - that is generally good for cleaner uninstalls from Windows). It has been hacked - and any updates it may (have) install(ed) could be harmful. The news...
  2. BikeGremlin

    pCloud cross-account data exposure WARNING

    Warning. pCloud users may be able to see each-others' data. Latest, but far from the only source: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcloud/comments/1qs6ylv/possible_crossaccount_data_exposure_on_pcloud/ I could not witness and confirm this first hand. Since Reddit blocks Wayback machine storage, I...
  3. BikeGremlin

    Plex security breach - 2025-09-10

    The incident notification On 10th September 2025, I got this email from Plex.tv: What does this mean? Apparently, someone got hold of the login info in a way that the Plex company is aware of (when that's done without the owner being aware of is usually trickier, since you don't know that you...
  4. rthwakel

    Cloudflare Zero Trust tutorial

    Thanks for https://io.bikegremlin.com/30705/cloudflare-zero-trust-tutorial/, it helped me a lot. Anyway, protecting wp-admin/* causes any matched file returning 401 error unless the user is logged in. It also affects /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php, usually called by WooCommerce (native mini-cart...
  5. BikeGremlin

    Worldwide outage due to a CrowdStrike software update

    I can't stress enough the importance of making backups, and testing updates in a test ("staging") environment before pushing it to production. At the time of writing, a huge number of businesses worldwide are down due to a problem that seems to be related to a CrowdStrike software update (so...
  6. BikeGremlin

    Create by Mediavine plugin critical vulnerability

    Update: The vulnerability has been patched. Create version 1.9.5 is back on the WP.org. If you have installed the Create by Mediavine plugin (WP.org link), it may be a good idea to remove it. Mediavine official Create plugin page link. There is a critical vulneratility. According to...
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