by Joseph Forbes | Mar 11, 2013 | NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY
from the international-tantrum dept. Last week, North Korea promised a “preemptive nuclear strike” prior to a UN vote on new sanctions. Despite the threat, the sanctions were unanimously approved. North Korea has responded by killing a Red Cross hotline...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, Technical Support, Technicals
Comcast revealed today how it will deal with customers who receive multiple warnings under the newly launched “six-strikes” anti-piracy system. After four alerts the ISP will “hijack” web-browsers of suspected serial pirates with a persistent pop-up notification,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 6, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the no-u235-for-you dept. Symantec researchers have discovered an older version of the infamous Stuxnet worm that caused the disruption at Iran’s nuclear facility in Natanz: Stuxnet 0.5. According to a whitepaper released by the researchers at RSA...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 4, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY
from the brought-to-you-by-c-sharp dept. Oracle has once again released an emergency Java update to patch zero-day vulnerabilities in the browser plug-in, the fifth time it has updated the platform this year. Today’s update patches CVE-2013-1493 and...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | HAPPINESS, INTERNET, LAW, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
This week marks the rollout of the long delayed “Copyright Alert System” aka the six strike anti-piracy program. It’s a bit confusing at a glance, but it’s not nearly as powerful as you’d think. Here’s how the system works, how...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 1, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Malware Reports, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, SECURITY
Further infection vectors were incorporated into Stuxnet over time Source: Symantec The first Stuxnet worm was in operation as early as 2007, not just, as previously believed, since 2009. Security firm Symantec found the older variant during a routine check of its...
