What to do when your free cloud storage fills up

"So before you start uploading your entire digital life into sky storage, let’s take a closer look at how SkyDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox deal with your files after their promotional plans expire. The cloud can turn mighty dark indeed when your time is up."

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Microsoft: "Security Essentials should not be your only protection"

"Now, Microsoft has said it sees Security Essentials as merely the first layer of protection, advising customers to use additional, third-party antivirus - although the company stressed that wasn't because the product wasn't good enough to stand on its own.... The natural progression is that we will always be on the bottom of these tests. And honestly, if we are doing our job correctly, that’s what will happen."

 

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Data Broker Giants Hacked by ID Theft Service

 

"has for the past two years marketed itself on underground cybercrime forums as a reliable and affordable service that customers can use to look up SSNs, birthdays and other personal data on any U.S. resident. "

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Siri bypasses your iPhone security

" post to sites like Facebook and Twitter; send messages and email; make phone calls; and collect such information as calling history, contacts, and saved Maps locations all without having to unlock the phone"

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Google Android Device Manager

Remotely ring, lock, and locate your Android devices.

https://www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Apple Updates OS X to Thwart “Leverage” Trojan

"Apple has remotely updated the Xprotect anti-malware mechanism on OS X computers blocking a new Mac Trojan (OSX/Leverage.A) that creates a backdoor on infected machines."

 

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iOS 7 Bug Lets Anyone Bypass iPhone's Lockscreen

"The latest version of the iPhone’s operating system currently offers a gaping hole in its old-fashioned passcode lockscreen."

Forbes

Are browser cookies on the way out?

" is developing an anonymous identifier for advertising, or AdID, that would replace third-party cookies as the way advertisers track people's Internet browsing activity for marketing purposes, according to a person familiar with the plan."

USAToday

Windows 8.1 Prices

Retail packages of Windows 8.1 will have a retail price of $119.99, and Windows 8.1 Pro will be $199.99. The Pro Pack, to convert 8.1 to 8.1 Pro, will be $99.99  ....upgrading from 8.0 to 8.1 will be no-cost.

ARS

iOS7 Available

Apple customers will today be able to download the company's new operating system in what is being billed as a major step forward for iPhones and iPads.

Telegraph

New Internet Explorer (8,9) "Zero Day" Exploit

"Microsoft has released an emergency workaround for users of Internet Explorer, to protect against a “limited number” of targeted attacks being specifically directed at IE 8 and IE 9 – but which could potentially affect all versions of the web browser."  Users of IE 8/9 should use the Microsoft Fix It.

 

 

Cluley

Firefox 24 Released

" Improvements include a new option to mass close tabs 'to the right,' as well as WebRTC support and NFC sharing on Android. Firefox 24 has now been released over on Firefox.com and all existing users should be able to upgrade to it automatically."

Slashdot

Mac Updates: OS 10.8.5 and Mac Office 2011 Patch

Mac users should update soon.

Mac Office

OS X 10.8.5

Patch Tuesday:Microsoft and Adobe

Tuesday was the day for updates for Microsoft and Adobe products.  Make sure to update your apps and OS.

Adobe

Microsoft

The NSA Hasn't 'Cracked' Basic Internet Encryption

 

"Cracking" conveys that they have found a way to break down encryption codes, prime among them being RSA,  the cracking of which would lead to the catastrophic collapse of trust in internet communications and transactions.

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What the story of AdBlock Plus tells us: The online economy is broken, and won't be easy to fix

But as ads steadily become even more annoying, users click even less, forcing revenues down even further.

“This is creating a vicious circle, which will at some point lead to the whole system collapsing,” says Faida.

 

Salon

Online Attack Leads to Peek Into Spam Den

"His pleasant existence, living in obscurity, changed this summer when a court in Moscow linked Mr. Artimovich and three others with one of the world’s most prolific spambots, or illegal networks of virus-infected computers that send spam."

 

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