by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technical Support
As an official patch is yet to become available, Microsoft has released a temporary Fix-it tool to close a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer web browser. According to a blog post by Yunsun Wee, Trustworthy Computing Director at Microsoft, the company...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, INTERNET
Stopping Spambots with hashes and honeypots Spam sucks. Any site which allows unauthenticated users to submit forms will have a problem with spamming software (spambots) submitting junk content. A common technique to prevent spambots is CAPTCHA, which requires people...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 30, 2012 | Blog Entry, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
Critical zero-day hole in Internet Explorer – Update While analysing a compromised web page, security experts from FireEye discovered malware that exploits a previously unknown security hole in Internet Explorer. The hole allows attackers to inject malicious...
by Joseph Forbes | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog Entry
This past two weeks I’ve been talking about how to make your RSS feed ‘Pop’ – to stand out from the crowd a little – however covering this topic has caused a few readers to ask RSS related questions that don’t necessarily relate to improving your feed but...
by Joseph Forbes | Nov 29, 2011 | Blog Entry
Exchange & Outlook Email Microsoft Outlook & Exchange Server Many users are already familiar with Outlook and its wide range of features, but Outlook really comes alive when it’s used with Microsoft Exchange Server services. Though many use the terms...