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Disable Java Browser Plugin to Improve Browser Security

The Java runtime environment has become one of the most exploited of each operating system. Even the Department of Homeland Security United States warns users to disable Java unless
they have a good reason to use it. For most of the days of the Web sites that require Java applets has long since passed. However, there are still a number of desktop applications in Java in a simple uninstall is not practical. Instead, a good way to minimize risk is to disable Java browser plugin. This is the main attack vector, or as Java is exploited, in most cases, and closing the door that will significantly improve the security of your device.

The plugin can be disabled in most modern browsers. Below are the instructions for how to disable the Java plugin for the popular Internet browsers.

Internet Explorer

1. Open Internet Explorer and click on the gear icon on the far right side of the window.
2. Select Manage Add-ons.
3. While the Toolbars and Extensions section is selected, change the Show box to All add-ons.
4. Scroll down through the add-on list until you get to the Oracle America, Inc. section.
5. Right click on each Oracle add-on and select Disable.
6. Click close when you are finished and then close and restart Internet Explorer.

It is important to understand that this will disable applications from running in the browser but be very careful of any applications that launch as a download since those bypass IE completely.

Chrome

1. Open Google Chrome and navigate to chrome://plugins/
2. Locate the Java plug-in and click Disable.
3. Restart Chrome.

Firefox

1. Open Firefox and hit Ctrl + Shift + A to bring up the Add-ons Manager.
2. Select the Plugins category.
3. Locate all java related plugins and click the Disable Button.
4. Restart Firefox.

Disabling spam email notification of AntispamBee plugin in WordPress multisite

Antispam Bee is a great spam filtering plugin for WordPress. Its free of charge and ad-free. But the thing is when you apply it for your network, a WordPress multisite with hundred or thousand of blogs, you have to set it up one-by-one. Luckily, I found an easy way to apply the default settings of Antispam Bee for all the blogs, such as disable the spam email notifications or even delete the spam without sending it to the spam folder.

Its quite easy, you just need to open the antispam_bee.php (/path/to/your/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/antispam-bee/) file and modify these lines as following (around line #370, #371):

                                flag_spam             => 0,
                                email_notify          => 0,

Dieses Plugin ist verwundbar und sollte aktualisiert werden Flash Player Linux

In letzter Zeit erscheint unter Firefox immer die Meldung "Dieses Plugin ist verwundbar und sollte aktualisiert werden". Das ist eine gute Gelegenheit, um (wieder) auf das Problem mit dem Adobe Flash Player hinzuweisen.
Wird eine Internetseite mit Flashinhalt aufgerufen, dann erscheint oben links der Hinweis, dass das Ausf�hren des Adobe Flash Player auf der Seite xyz verhindert wurde.
Dieses m�ssten wir oben links in der Leiste erlauben, damit der Flashinhalt abgespielt wird.

Warum ist das so?
Ihr bekommt Updates f�r den Adobe Flash Player, wenn dieser installiert wurde. F�r Linux gibt es aber nur Sicherheitsupdates und keine allgemeine "Playerupdate". Das bedeutet unter Linux habt Ihr die Version 11, dabei w�ren wir bereits bei Version 16. Um euch zu sch�tzen warnt euch Firefox und blockt Flashinhalte.
Auf der Homepage von Adobe k�nnt Ihr das jederzeit selbst �berpr�fen (externe Link).
Sollte die Meldung erscheinen, dann einfach eine Update durchf�hren:
Wer die neuste Version nutzen m�chte, der muss zu Opera oder Google Chrome greifen (Anleitung Opera / Google Chrome).