by Joseph Forbes | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
The company believes the attack was a coordinated attempt to compromise its systems Evernote, which makes business and consumer productivity software for things like taking notes and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY
from the once-more-unto-the-security-breach dept. Here we go again. A new Java 0-day vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. If you use Java, you can either uninstall/disable the plugin to protect your computer or set your security settings to ‘High’...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, PIRACY
from the prior-permission-and-assumed-wrongdoing dept. This last week, the Copyright Alert System was rolled out. Now that everyone is getting a better idea of what the alert system looks like, criticisms are building against the system. Freezenet says that the mere...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
The IT security world is full of charlatans and wannabes. And all of us have been “advised” by at least one of them. All you want in an IT security consultant is expertise, unbiased advice, and experienced recommendations at a reasonable price. But with...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | DATA, GMAIL, Technical Support
Whitson Gordon These days, it’s hard to get by with just one email address. If you want to sync your contacts between all your email accounts, it’s actually very easy to do with a free tool called Soocial. Here’s how. We’ve talked about Soocial...
