by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | Blog
With Java 7 Update 21, Oracle has made available a patch release that can be regarded as important. The release includes 42 patches that fix security issues; Oracle says that 39 of these issues potentially allow attackers to take control of computers without...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Going completely paperless has its advantages (and for many people won’t even take as much time and effort as you might think), but when you have paper documents going back many years (maybe even decades), it can be daunting and, plainly, not worth your time to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, MONEY, NERD NEWS
from the ron-paul-says-eat-gold dept. A brief editorial by Steve Forbes, one of our moneymeisters, on why bitcoins are not money.. Hint: For those who are too lazy to read the opinion,. Bitcoins are too volatile to be money.” From the article: “Money is...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | HARDWARE, INTERNET, KnowledgeBase (KB), Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
There is, in fact, a difference between all those network cables. They look very similar from the outside, and any of them will plug into an ethernet port, but they do have some differences on the inside. If you aren’t sure what type of cables you have, look at...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | HACKING, INTERNET, Malware Reports, Web Hosting
Cybercriminals are attacking servers hosting WordPress sites in an attempt to build a potent botnet that would be eerily similar to one used last year to attack major U.S. financial institutions. The motives of the latest attackers is not known. However, their tactics...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | Microsoft's Malware Protection Center
Java exploits represent a common attack vector used by the bad guys to infiltrate vulnerable computers via the web browser. We wrote about the rise of Java exploits as early as 2010, and we haven’t seen that trend decline. In fact, in the first quarter of...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | Microsoft's Malware Protection Center
This morning, we released Volume 14 of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIRv14). This new report studies our findings on trends in the threat landscape based on data from more than 1 billion systems worldwide, focusing on data collected in the second half...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
from the you-can-trust-us dept. The ACLU has issued a FOIA request to determine whether the IRS gets warrants before reading taxpayers’ email. The request is based on the antiquated Electronic Communication Protection Act — federal agencies can and do request...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the protect-ya-neck dept. Security researchers at Independent Security Evaluators have published a report demonstrating that a slew of home and small office (SOHO) routers are vulnerable to previously undisclosed vulnerabilities. The report asserts that at least...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 18, 2013 | Blog Entry
