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The 16th Century Religious Wars And Today’s Copyright Monopoly Wars Have More In Common Than You Think

by Joseph Forbes | Jan 22, 2013 | Blog Entry, NERD NEWS

Information advantage has always equaled power. The group in society that can control what the other groups know and don’t know will rise to power in every other aspect. Therefore, information technology has always been policed and even militarized to some extent, by...

A technical analysis of a new Java vulnerability (CVE-2013-0422)

by Joseph Forbes | Jan 21, 2013 | Malware Reports, SECURITY

Recently, a 0-day vulnerability (CVE-2013-0422) was disclosed. Oracle promptly reacted on this 0-day vulnerability, and last weekend a new patch was made available. Here’s the advisory from Oracle. You can download latest JRE here. As the vulnerability is...

Bad Grammar Make Bestest Password, Research Say

by Joseph Forbes | Jan 21, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, NERD NEWS, SECURITY

NewScientist reports, ‘Along with birthdays, names of pets and ascending number sequences, add one more thing to the list of password no-nos: good grammar.’ Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University seem to have developed a password cracking algorithm...

Student Expelled From Montreal College For Finding “Sloppy Coding”

by Joseph Forbes | Jan 21, 2013 | NERD NEWS

In what appears to be a more-and-more common occurrence, Ahmed Al-Khabez has been expelled from Dawson College in Montreal after he discovered a flaw in the software that the college (and apparently all other colleges across Quebec) uses to track student information....

Patient Access To Electronic Medical Records Strengthened By New HHS Rules

by Joseph Forbes | Jan 20, 2013 | NERD NEWS

The Department of Health and Human Services has released newly revised rules for the Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act (HIPAA) to ensure patient access to electronic copies of their electronic medical records. Several years ago, there was a great deal...
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