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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 9, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Java is indeed a pain. But, the good news is few people actually need it in the first place. Here’s what you need to know about what it does, what its problems are, and how to get rid of it. What Is Java? Java is a programming language that developers use to...
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by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, Malware Reports, SECURITY
Hackers broke into a server at cPanel.net, creators and vendors of the cPanel web hosting control panel for Linux, BSD and Windows servers, and proceeded to install SSH rootkits and compromised OpenSSH packages on customer systems. Once the attack had been discovered,...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 8, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, PRIVACY, SECURITY
from the hooks-often-lurk-inside-the-tastiest-bait dept. Spearphishing. The deluxe (but easy) way to get unwary employees to put malware on your network. It’s basically the same as phishing, except more targeted. That is, a plain phishing scam might offer an...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, Technicals
from the soooory-eh dept. Annual Canadian hack fest Pwn2Own is famous for leaving a trail of bloodied software bits and today it did not disappoint. Security researchers tore holes through all major web browsers, breaking Windows 8 and Java, too (though the latter...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 7, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the peek-a-boo-you-can’t-see-me dept. Today’s video is an interview with the Corporate Alliance Director and the Chief Technology Officer of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), a non-profit organization that claims it is...
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...
