osCommerce: Recovering from a Hack Attack

I was called upon yesterday to sort out a website running osCommerce. It had been installed a few years ago, had a few modifications added and that was it. No security updates. Ever!

The first sign something was amiss was it became impossible to browse the shop. I quickly traced that to a key . . . → Read More: osCommerce: Recovering from a Hack Attack

Euthanasia in the aisles

As the computerised lady thanked me for using Sainsbury’s Self Check-out, for one awful moment I had a vision of Dignitas’s Swiss practices making their way into the supermarkets.

Clever Cash Machine

I was in Gobowen the other day, walking past the Co-op.  The ATM had a notice on it saying “This cash machine will charge £1.85 for withdrawals.”

No, the cash machine won’t charge you. The bank operating it will charge you.

Presumably they feel less opprobrium will be heaped on their shoulders if they . . . → Read More: Clever Cash Machine