by Joseph Forbes | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, LAW, MONEY
from the horse-head-in-your-bed dept. The new Copyright Alert System, a.k.a. the ‘Six Strikes’ policy, went into effect on Monday. Comcast and Verizon activated it today. Ars Technica asked them and other participating ISPs to see the copyright alerts that...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 3, 2013 | LAW, NERD NEWS, TECHNOLOGY
from the uncovering-final-console-generation dept. Stephen Totilo at Kotaku has a long article detailing the exploits of an Australian hacker who calls himself SuperDaE. He managed to break into networks at Microsoft, Sony, and Epic Games, from which he retrieved...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 3, 2013 | Blog Entry, HACKING, INTERNET, SECURITY
The company believes the attack was a coordinated attempt to compromise its systems Evernote, which makes business and consumer productivity software for things like taking notes and doing research, is forcing all of its 50 million users to change their passwords...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY
from the once-more-unto-the-security-breach dept. Here we go again. A new Java 0-day vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. If you use Java, you can either uninstall/disable the plugin to protect your computer or set your security settings to ‘High’...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog Entry, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, PIRACY
from the prior-permission-and-assumed-wrongdoing dept. This last week, the Copyright Alert System was rolled out. Now that everyone is getting a better idea of what the alert system looks like, criticisms are building against the system. Freezenet says that the mere...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog Entry, DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support, Technicals
The IT security world is full of charlatans and wannabes. And all of us have been “advised” by at least one of them. All you want in an IT security consultant is expertise, unbiased advice, and experienced recommendations at a reasonable price. But with...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | DATA, GMAIL, Technical Support
Whitson Gordon These days, it’s hard to get by with just one email address. If you want to sync your contacts between all your email accounts, it’s actually very easy to do with a free tool called Soocial. Here’s how. We’ve talked about Soocial...
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...
by Joseph Forbes | Mar 2, 2013 | INTERNET, LAW, NERD NEWS, Technicals
from the six-strikes-and-you’re-out-out-but-not-really-out-kinda dept. Major internet service providers today(24th) will start monitoring the internet traffic to their customers’ computers and will warn them if they download copyrighted materials using...
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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...
