Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Monday, August 25, 2014
Thursday, August 21, 2014
UK study puts cost of ad free Internet at $230
More than 50% just click through w/o reading, 16% use ad blockers.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Another reason you should use Google Chrome
Another layer of protection is being added to Chrome. Auto blocking of things that will change your browser settings without your knowledge.
Thursday, August 14, 2014
Apple Safari Patch
Apple has released a patch for a critical vulnerability in Safari that would allow "click to own." If you click on the wrong link, the bad guy has full access to your Mac. All users should use Software Update to patch.
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Adobe patches Flash, Reader, Acrobat
Adobe has released critical patches for Flash, Reader, and Acrobat. All users should patch ASAP.
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Microsoft Patch Tuesday
It's that time again, please make sure your Windows PCs and Microsoft Products are patched.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
"Rachel from Cardholder Services" and Defcon
where they set up a contest called “Zapping Rachel” for hackers to build a honeypot for attracting robocallers.
Tomorrow is Patch Tuesday
"Microsoft has posted nine bulletins in its August Patch Tuesday update, covering Internet Explorer, Windows, Office, SQL Server, and Sharepoint."
Fastforward through your life's videos with Hyperlapse
Microsoft intros FF w/o camera motion for your GoPro videos.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Microsoft to drop support for Internet Explorer 6,7,8 in Jan 2016
If you still must use XP, you shouldn't be using Internet Explorer. Microsoft to drop support for old IE versions.
Hacker "redirects" 19 ISPs in Bitcoin Theft
Using BGP, a bad guy controlled router traffic in an attempt to steal cpu cycles for mining Bitcoin.
Company that sells "professional" keylogging software hacked
FinFisher, the company that sells the similarly named professional spying software, has lost about 40GB of data that contains effectiveness reports and other internal documents.
Wordpress/Drupal DOS vulnerability
A newly discovered flaw could allow Denial of Service attack vs websites.
Apple's patent for Siri as a "third" input
In addition to keyboard and mouse, Siri may also be used for input to a computer.
Google to give search priority to sites using https encryption
Trying to promote the use of https, Google will now use that to influence search results.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Bad guys have 1 billion passwords, probably a record.
A "Russian" gang of "hackers" have gather a record number of Internet usernames and passwords.
Don't aim lasers at aircraft
a 26-year-old to one year and nine months in prison for firing two different laser pointers at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter over a six month period in 2013
Monday, August 4, 2014
Critical Vulnerability in Samba 4.x
A flaw has been found in Samba that allows remote access through a flaw in nmbd with root level rights. Ubuntu has released a patch, but nothing from Redhat yet. Patch or disable nmbd if you run an newer version of Samba.
Update: PF Changs in Chattanooga affected by security breach
"On Tuesday, June 10, the United States Secret Service alerted P.F. Chang's to a possible security compromise involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from certain P.F. Chang's China Bistro branded restaurants located in the continental United States. An investigation into this incident was immediately initiated. Our team, including third-party forensics experts, has been working continuously to understand the nature and scope of the incident. This investigation is ongoing. The security compromise, however, has been contained, and P.F. Chang's has been processing credit and debit card data securely since June 11, 2014."
Sunday, August 3, 2014
NFL allows use of Microsoft Surface during games
A deal between NFL and MS to promote both companies.
Mozilla leaks addresses and passwords of developers
Another company suffers data loss, this time from a failed "data santization script."
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