With the discovery earlier this month about the “Stagefright” and “OCtoRuTA” Android security holes, it appears that Google has finally decided to provide monthly security and functionality updates to phones and tablets running their popular Android operating system.
Part of the problem with security updates to phone platforms is that often this process is “managed” by the device manufacturer or the cell phone carrier. ...
Continue Reading →Thanks to Pete Rigsbee from Postnet MN 112. This is from his newsletter.
“I was walking by the park the other day and saw a group of young children that made me chuckle and think of these “Toddler Property Laws.” Enjoy!
The Dark Web is that part of the Internet where cyber-criminals run message boards and sell everything from malware exploit kits, rainbow tables of cracked passwords, and botnets for rent, to child pornography, pharmaceuticals, illegal drugs, and weapons. Time was it was a hard place to find, many sites available by invitation only and reached via the TOR network.
Recently, international law ...
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Today we are going to take a deeper dive into the subject of website security. Web servers can be breached in a number of ways, but the most common is simply stealing your user ID and password, either through a clever spearphishing email, or an automated brute force password cracking program. The second most common way is through software vulnerabilities in the web site code itself that opens it ...
As we have mentioned in previous postings, WordPress has become one of the world’s leading web design tools, with a 27% share of all web sites, and a 65% share of CMS or Content Management System type websites. Because it is an open source product that is free to use, it has become hugely popular. We have been designing in WordPress ourselves ...
My son introduced me to this great political metal rap group more than a decade ago, and this article has nothing to do with them. I am just ripping off their name for this article about a couple of man on machine acts of violence that hit the news recently. Hope this isn’t a trend. When the machines become self-aware and find out about this, they will be pissed.
In our last post we may have introduced some of you to the idea of using Linux as a replacement for your Windows desktop or laptop. Toward the end we touched on security, and this post will expand on that issue.
There is a fanatical cohort in the Linux realm that will tell you that Linux is secure by design and so security software is not necessary. And nobody is writing ...
Continue Reading →All the excitement in the computer business lately has been about the free upgrade to Windows 10 that Microsoft has offered to owners of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 computers. Free is good. We all love to get free stuff, and getting free stuff from Microsoft, well, it’s really special.
But let’s take a look at the operating system that has always been free, Linux, in its many flavors and distributions. Currently ...
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There are really two stories here. The first is about how your Gmail account should become smarter about what you consider to be SPAM, as well as what you consider to be desirable email. We are talking about a system actually learning your personal individual preferences over time. For instance, I get a lot of email newsletters and marketing emails in my ...
Another great joke from Aaron Miller at Miller Bros Auto.
A young man named Chuck bought a horse from a farmer for $250. The farmer agreed to deliver the horse the next day. The next day, the farmer drove up to Chucks house and said, “Sorry son, but I have some bad news, the horse died.”
Chuck replied, “Well, then just give ...
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