Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Windows 10 will ship with IE 11, but the default browser will be Spartan
A new, leaner, faster Microsoft browser will be the default for the next Windows. It will still be based on Microsoft javascript and browsing engines.
Tablets Dead? Phablets the new Thing?
It seems that tablets are on the way out being replaced by large phones.
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Facebook has indexed 1 trillion posts
Combined with the data about those who generated the posts gives Facebook an unprecedented vault of data.
Facebook "Year in Review" causes pain
The automated "Year in Review" had some people reliving terrible moments in their year. Facebook says sorry.
Google, Apple, others adding "Do Not Track" exemption for themselves
Do Not Track is dying or at least being subverted by the Big Guys.
Anonymous vs. Lizard Squad
Anonymous warned Lizard Squad to not attack Tor, but they created many relays anyways in an attempt to take over the network.
Sony's PSN back online after extended DDOS
Sony says all is well now, I would change your password just in case.
ISC.org WordPress hacked, visitors may be infected
If you went to isc.org recently scan your PC for malware.
Anonymous posts data from hacked sites
Account info, credit card numbers, and more from Xbox Live and PSN networks. 13000 passwords. You might want to change your passwords on those networks.
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
North Korea suffering DDoS, affecting country's Internet access
Someone is performing a denial of service attack vs. N Korea's DNS servers preventing timely resolution of names.
Apple forces ntp patch on OS X users
This is the first vulnerability that has caused Apple to install a fix without asking the user. The vulnerability in ntp (network time) is thought to be critical and all users should make sure they're patched via the App Store.
Saturday, December 20, 2014
Staples breach may affect 1.2m credit cards
The breach, whose investigation began in Oct, involved POS terminals in 35 states.
Friday, December 19, 2014
The Instagram "Rapture"
Instagram has killed off thousands of fake accounts causing drastic drops in the number of followers of many celebrities.
Microsoft sues tech support scam artists
Some of the scum the prey upon the less technically minded of us is being sued by Microsoft for copyright infringement.
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Innovative way to "p@wn" someone's computer via usb and $20 worth of hardware
Creative thinking, and some coding skill, and you too could have usb p@wning device.
12 million home routers "at risk" from http cookie exploit
Routers, mostly owned by ISP and rented by consumers, with the RomPager firmware may be at risk for arbitrary memory overwriting (aka code execution) by receiving a single packet containing malicious code wrapped in an http cookie. No serious details available to help minimize exploitation.
Ars Technica hacked, users should change passwords
If you login to the news site, change your password.
Android phones with preinstalled malware CoolReaper
Chinese Coolpad phones came with the malware in the ROMs.
Google's End-To-End OpenPGP Chrome Extension
Allows Gmail users to send OpenPGP encrypted messages to each other.
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Google Drive now has primitive OpenDocument format support
The native file formats for openoffice and libreoffice can now be opened in Google Drive.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Google Chrome tops the list with most vulnerabilities
This is a good thing as Google fixed all of them.
Local govt access to servers trigger Microsoft,Google to leave Russia
A new law requiring companies keep local info geographically local, and accessible to govt officials, have caused M/G to bail on Russia.
Hackers have leaked Swedish login info due to Pirate Bay shutdown
So the Swedish Authorities seized the Pirate Bay servers and then the hackers leaked some login credentials of govt officials.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Pirate Bay is offline, but piracy continues...
"On the TV front, over the Dec. 6-11 period, pirates swarmed over AMC’s “The Walking Dead” (717,190 average peers per day), followed by CW’s “The Flash” (576,093), CW’s “Arrow” (518,816), FX’s “Sons of Anarchy” (427,167), Showtime Network’s “Homeland” (413,620) and CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (412,729)." Yahoo
Friday, December 12, 2014
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Youtube may get autostart videos
Some people may start having their suggested videos to start playing automatically.
Sony using Amazon to DDOS servers holding stolen data?
Reportedly Sony is creating a denial of service attack against the servers distributing its stolen data.
New Ransomware, OphionLocker, uses Elliptical Curve Encryption
ECC is faster/smaller with the same strength....$358 to get your data back...
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Seagates new 8TB hard drive
"Seagate, using its new shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology to cram more data into fewer platters, is preparing to launch an 8TB hard drive priced at just $260."
Vulnerability found in Keurig 2.0 KCups
So does anyone read these posts? You can hack your Keurig....
Sony's stolen cert used to sign Destroyer malware
A new variant of the same malware used in the latest Sonly breech has been signed with the cert stolen during the breech.
FIDO alliance announces specifications for password free authentication
Paypal, Google, Samsung, and others agreeing to "patent" free methods of authentication.
Apple Releases iOS 8.1.2
If you plan on patching "over the air" you will need up to 7G of free space on the device. You should probably patch using iTunes via Windows or OSX.
Critical Adobe Flash Patch
Adobe has released a critical fix for all current versions of Flash. Users should upgrade ASAP.
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, December 2014
Microsoft has released patches for this month. All users should review the changes and then patch as needed.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Windows 10, Fall 2015
The next version of Windows won't be released to the public until the Fall of '15.
Some dangers of using "Login with Linkedin" and other 3rd party authentication
An article on how unverified email addresses were used to login to sites. "could register a victim's email address with an identity provider and a chosen website, then click the social network sign-in button to gain access, all without ever clicking an email verification link."
Latest Dec 3rd Safari Patch Buggy
If you patched OS X Safari in the last few days, you might be experiencing difficulties using the browser.
Adobe Patch List for December 2014
Adobe plans on releasing patches on Dec 9th for Reader and Acrobat for critical vulnerabilities.
Sony hack included 47k SSNs
Mostly employees, including contractors, stored in unencrypted Excel format.
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