Repeat after me: I will not use unsecured wireless access points, I will not use unsecured wireless access points, I will not use unsecured wireless access points… Among the websites whose cookies Firesheep can identify are Facebook, Flickr, Amazon.com, bit.ly, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, WordPress, and many others. Firefox extension makes social network ID spoofing trivial…
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New Firefox add-on hijacks Facebook, Twitter sessions
A new Firefox add-on lets “pretty much anyone” scan a Wi-Fi network and hijack others’ access to Facebook, Twitter and a host of other services, a security researcher warned today. New Firefox add-on hijacks Facebook, Twitter sessions – Computerworld. Tags: FireFox, Twitter, FaceBook
Why Netbooks Are Better Than the Apple iPad
42 Reasons Why Netbooks Are Better Than the Apple iPad, from PCMag.com.
The Last Page of the Internet
The last page of the Internet, who knew?
Identity Theft and Internet Fraud
If you believe you are a victim of identity theft, please contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) immediately to fill a complaint. The FTC recommends the following steps: 1. Place a fraud alert on your credit. Contact one of the three reporting companies listed below. By doing this it can help prevent an identity thief…
The importance of keeping Java up to date
“[B]y the beginning of this year, the number of Java exploits (and by that I mean attacks on vulnerable Java code, not attacks using JavaScript) had well surpassed the total number of Adobe-related exploits we monitored.” Have you checked the Java? – Microsoft Malware Protection Center
Symantec Scareware Tells Customers To Renew Or ‘Beg For Mercy’
Andy Greenberg, in the Forbes column “The Firewall” has an interesting story: Symantec Scareware Tells Customers To Renew Or ‘Beg For Mercy’ I hate McAfee (which I now call “McCrappy”). Symantec’s behavior with consumers here is reprehensible. Don’t “Beg for Mercy”. Instead, choose another anti-virus product. Tags: Antivirus
PDF standard should be Dumped!
Paul Baccus, a senior threat researcher at Sophos, conducted a straw poll on the future of PDF during a conference session, and found that 97 per cent favour dumping the standard and working on a safer format with better software security. Baccus then asked whether anyone from Adobe was in the audience. After a pause…
Nick Miller’s Suggestions for Field Engineers
Nick is a SCCM contractor working with me at Veterans Affairs Suggestions for Field Engineers Never question your own abilities Do or do not, there is no try The best engineers I have ever known have the philosophy of… “what’s this button do?” <insert explosion here> “oh crap, well let’s fix it” Moral of the…
Time Spent With Adobe
Another funny graphic from ?GraphJam. It is certainly my experience. I hate Acrobat Reader. Tags: Adobe