Wireless hotspots are great. They do have one drawback though in the fact that your web traffic is not encrypted (for the most part). Someone with minimal knowledge can capture all those packets flying through the air, and potentially get your passwords, etc. Google to the rescue! Google has announced they’re [...]
Write down all of your passwords on a small piece of paper and stick it in your wallet. Sound crazy? Some security experts actually think this might be a good idea. Why? By not allowing people to write down their passwords, they tend to choose poor passwords. Obviously, never put [...]
George Ou from ZDNet compares the number of recent security flaws found in IE vs Firefox.
From March 2005 to September 2005 10 vulnerabilities were published for Microsoft Internet Explorer, 40 for Mozilla Firefox. In April-September timespan there were 6 exploits for MSIE, 11 for Firefox. Conclusion? As you can see, the facade that Firefox is [...]
Dilbert’s August 12th comic about phishing cought my eye. I get about 10-20 of these types of e-mail a day. Hopefully everyone knows NOT to click a link in an e-mail, and that no bank will ever ask you for your password in an e-mail. Another sign that an e-mail is fake [...]
Could Star Trek weapons be just around the corner? Wired News reports:
For years, the U.S. military has explored a new kind of firepower that is instantaneous, precise and almost inexhaustible: beams of electromagnetic energy. “Directed-energy” pulses can be throttled up or down depending on the situation, much like the phasers on Star Trek could [...]
Flickr: The 7/7 Community (formerly London Bomb Blasts) Pool
My thoughts go out to those friends & families that were affected by the London bombings. Flickr has a photo pool with photos taken by real people.
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The Bush administration announced Thursday that the U.S. government will not hand over control of the Internet to any other organization, a surprise move that could presage an international flap. At the moment, the U.S. government maintains control of the Internet’s “root”–the master file that lists what top-level domains are…
From PC Magazine:
Citing national security and [...]
InfoWorld: Microsoft discloses 5 critical security holes: April 12, 2005: By : SECURITY
Make sure to run Windows Update today.
Microsoft on Tuesday released eight security bulletins on its products, including five concerning vulnerabilities rated “critical.”
Microsoft on Thursday filed 117 civil lawsuits against alleged phishers trying to scam Microsoft customers out of personal information such as credit card numbers.
Thanks Microsoft.
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