Archive for December, 2010

One of our servers was hacked, 5 days after a Debian Security Advisory. The exploit was executed in two phases, the first to gain access to the system and the second to escalate privileges. The exploit used targeted Exim with a memory corruption issue that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code as the […]


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I have been a developer for roughly 10 years and have worked with an extensive range of technologies. Whilst working for relatively small companies, I have worked with all aspects of the development life cycle, which has given me a broad and in-depth experience.