by Joseph Forbes | Apr 4, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Web Hosting
For at least nine months, the Darkleech malware is believed to have injected invisible iFrames that link to malicious web pages into thousands of web sites. The malware uses an Apache web server module to add the iFrames, although no credible attack vector has been...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SECURITY
Tens of thousands of websites, some operated by The Los Angeles Times, Seagate, and other reputable companies, have recently come under the spell of “Darkleech,” a mysterious exploitation toolkit that exposes visitors to potent malware attacks. The ongoing...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS
from the one-more-and-it’s-old-enough-to-drink dept. Mozilla on Tuesday officially launched Firefox 20 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Android. The improvements include per-window private browsing, a new download manager in the Firefox toolbar, and the ability to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS
from the if-you-can’t-beat-’em dept. Microsoft on Wednesday released SkyDrive 3.0 for iOS out of the blue. Last time the app was in the news, Apple was stopping Microsoft from pushing out an update in the App Store because the company doesn’t pay a...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
Keyboard shortcuts only get you so far. If you really want to harness the real power of your computer you need to take it to the command line. This week, learn to use the terminal like a master. Get a Great Terminal Emulator All operating systems offer a command...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, PIRACY, TECHNOLOGY
Let’s be honest for second: most of us have illegally downloaded something in our lives. Maybe it was a song, some software, a game, or a movie. For a period I pirated everything I could. As technology pushed forward, it became less necessary, and now I...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 3, 2013 | DATA, LAW, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, TECHNOLOGY
We’re all used to changing society over a weekend of coding. But changing the values of society takes much, much longer than that, and it requires all of us to keep patiently explaining what we understand to those who don’t. Here’s a primer on how. I founded the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | KnowledgeBase (KB)
Error Code 52 – USB ports not recognizing connected USB devices stating that “Windows cannot verify the digital signature for the drivers required for this device” Original Title: Error Code 52 – USB ports not recognizing connected USB devices...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | DATA, HEALTH, LAW, MONEY
It’s a fact of life that we’re all going to die at some point. While it’s not something you probably want to think about, you can make things a lot easier on yourself (and your family) if you get everything in order now. Here’s what you need to...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 2, 2013 | HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the it’ll-draw-blood-and-give-you-an-EKG dept. … it is an almost certainty that within the next few years, three biometric options will become standard features in every new phone: a fingerprint scanner built into the screen, facial recognition...
