by Joseph Forbes | Feb 15, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
from the but-don’t-worry-they’re-just-1s-and-0s dept. MIT Technology Review reports that efforts by U.S. government agencies and defense contractors to develop malware to attack enemies is driving a black market in zero-day vulnerabilities. Experts warn...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 12, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the back-in-the-shadows dept. Do you remember what you posted on that music forum in 2004? Or which services you tried for webmail before Gmail? We often forget online services, but they don’t forget us. PC Pro has investigated whether it’s possible...
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...
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by Joseph Forbes | Feb 9, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the those-particular-5-of-7 dept. For the 64 percent of Americans whose internet service provider imposes a broadband cap, and for those lucky enough to have a meter, I have some bad news. The president of the firm who audits many of the country’s broadband...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 8, 2013 | HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY
Payment Card Information can be held in the cloud, and this 50-plus page guideline tells you how Can you hold Payment Card Information (PCI) data in a cloud-based service? Yes, but doing so isn’t straightforward, so the PCI Security Standards Council has...
by Joseph Forbes | Feb 6, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS
from the give-me-back-my-stapler dept. John Foley at InformationWeek has an editorial saying that the missing piece in the new gun control legislation is adequate data management. ‘President Obama introduced 23 executive orders on Jan. 16 aimed at reducing gun...
