by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals
from the embrace-the-slack dept. Microsoft has published an explanation of the failure of Windows Azure earlier this month. Users of the Azure storage saw that an SSL certificate had expired. Microsoft’s explanation says that the certificate had in fact been...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | NERD NEWS
from the admiring-from-afar dept. LG’s reluctance to embrace Windows Phone 8 underscores the difficulties that the platform faces with both consumers and vendor partners. LG was one of the early partners that signed on with Microsoft, releasing the LG Quantum in...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | Blog Entry, Data Recovery, HACKING, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, PRIVACY, SECURITY, Technicals
from the burrs-on-the-heel-of-the-foot-would-be-mercy dept. It appears that two weeks ago my email address got into the wrong database. Since that time there have been continuing attempts to access my accounts and create new accounts in my name. I have received emails...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 5, 2013 | NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
San Francisco — Despite the best efforts of cloud service providers and industry groups like the Cloud Security Alliance, cloud security remains a troublesome issue for IT execs. At an RSA session devoted to cloud security, IT security pros complained about the...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 4, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY
from the brought-to-you-by-c-sharp dept. Oracle has once again released an emergency Java update to patch zero-day vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in, the fifth time it has updated the platform this year. Today’s update patches CVE-2013-1493 and...
