Security

Researcher: Windows flaw remains

You don’t have to be a rocket science to figure this one out. The majority of computer users use Windows; hackers go for the majority. Easy as that. News.com has a great article (obvously more in-depth) about this issue “A…

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Todd Cochrane
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Microsoft Issued Security Warnings

If you have not run Windows Update in a while you may want to. Microsoft announced yesterday it had found some security issues with almost all flavors of Windows. As this is really no surprise as it seems they are…

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Todd Cochrane
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Some reporters should not be allowed on TV

I just watched the Kevin Mitnick interview with Maria Bartiromo on CNBC, I think Kevin spent more time laughing at the reporter. The interviewer obviously winged the interview and had done absolutely NO background research. Absolutely pathetic with what could…

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Todd Cochrane
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Website Defacing Challenge overrated

The dire warnings sent out last week about the website defacing challenge has not materialized as expected. The site announcing the contest was removed by the hosting company. We will see how this pans out over the next several days.…

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Todd Cochrane
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‘Soft walls’ will keep hijacked planes at bay

Hack Proof (?) invisible software based walls will save our cities in case of hijackers… I’m more worried about messed up avionics casuing a non-hijacked flight to crash in a building… Imaging if the software screws up and you can’t…

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Todd Cochrane
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Wardriving Visiting an Area Near You

The third WarDriving event is underway thru the 5th of July so if you spot a vehicle parked outside your house with some geeks inside running a laptop and a couple of weird antennas on the roof don’t be surprised…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

Flaw in Freeware version of ZoneAlarm

Having used the registered version of ZoneAlarm for a long time I did not even know they had a freeware version. Apparently there is a serious security flaw in the freeware version. [The Register]

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Todd Cochrane