by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the something-to-be-said-for-consistency dept. Adobe has pushed out an emergency Flash update that solves two critical vulnerabilities (CVE-2013-0633 and CVE-2013-0634) that are being actively exploited to target Windows and OS X users, and is urging users to...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
from the there’s-a-sauce-for-that dept. Microsoft is advising users to stick with other browsers until Tuesday, when 57 patches for Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, 9, and even 10 are scheduled. There is no word if this patch is to protect IE from the 50+ Java...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | Blog Entry
from the how-to-break-things dept. Packets of death. I started calling them that because that’s exactly what they are. … This customer location, for some reason or another, could predictably bring down the ethernet controller with voice traffic on their network....
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | NERD NEWS, Technical Support, Technicals
from the the-nineties-never-left dept. FreeDOS — the drop-in, open source replacement for MS-DOS — was started after Microsoft announced that starting from Windows 95, DOS would play a background role at best for users. Almost two decades later, FreeDOS has survived...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 10, 2013 | HACKING, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY
from the dubya-the-painter dept. The apparent hack of several e-mail accounts has exposed personal photos and sensitive correspondence from members of the Bush family, including both former U.S. presidents. The posted photos and e-mails contain a watermark with the...
