There is a a story about a nine year old gaining administrator access to his school’s system to change passwords and home work assignments. [Blackboard] disputes local reports that the installation of its technology at the school was hacked. “It was actually not a hack, unless you consider the fact that the 9-year-old took the…
I noticed today comment spammers are getting craftier. Some of the comments I approved I now believe to be comment spam. Perhaps they are probing to later deliver the real deal? They use the name of people who legitimately commented. Because the scammer cannot see the real email commenter’s address, they use a different one…
What is the most important technology every business should understand to make his/her business successful? Sponsored by HP. Every business should understand who, when, how, and why they ought to have a database. This is especially true for access policies. All too liberal policies are the core reason why people need to protect or at…
From: customercare@newegg.com Subject: Order Confirmation number: 37679041 Body: Dear Customer, Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If you paid with a credit card, the charge on your statement will be from name of our shop. This email is to confirm the receipt of your order. Please do not reply as this email was…
Not good… Finnish security expert Harri Hursti, together with Black Box Voting, demonstrated that Diebold made misrepresentations to Secretaries of State across the nation when Diebold claimed votes could not be changed on the “memory card” (the credit-card-sized ballot box used by computerized voting machines. A test election was run in Leon County on Tuesday…
“We are not afraid….but we have no problem with making money out of those who are”, originally uploaded by megpickard. *sigh* Materialism and capitalism at their best….
The things virus writers put to get people to infect thier computers… You think it’s funny? You are stupid idiot!!! I’ll send the attachment to your ISP and then I’ll be watching how you will go to jail, punk!!! Can ya dig it?
Got an email with an attachment name “file.pif” which classically indicates a virus, right? The body of the message? Are you a spammer? (I found your email on a spammer website!?!?) It is stuff like this that makes me feel sorry for the people at work who have to answer questions about technical problems. I…
Do not download music files: Does your computer seem to be running slower than usual? Well, if you’ve downloaded any music, movie clips, or games in the past 2 months, then your computer may be infected with “AdWare” and “SpyWare”! Advertisers use downloadable music as a vehicle to “legally” add “SpyWare” and “AdWare” to consumer…