Archive for November, 2007
Friday, November 30th, 2007
Hackers, Charities & Holiday Giving
You know the Christmas season is well and truly upon us when the scammers target charities and donors. That is what happened earlier this month, when email addresses and passwords of thousands of donors to 92 charities were copied or compromised. These charities had been using software and services from Convio Inc. of Austin, Texas. [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Yet Another QuickTime Bug
Polish security researchers have found another bug in Apple’s QuickTime media player. Attacks against Windows XP SP2 and Vista are expected very shortly, due to the popularity of QuickTime. In fact, exploits against Vista may be a lot easier than against XP. It is not known yet whether Mac versions of the player are vulnerable [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
A Firefox Update, & Firefox 3
Firefox has released an update, to version 2.0.0.10. It fixes a bunch of memory bugs that could lead the browser to crash. Or it could in theory allow an attacker to seize control of your computer. It also patches that cross-site request bug that could give a hacker unauthorized access to a Web site. This [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Monday, November 26th, 2007
Recharge That Dead iPod – With an Onion
This post is not really about computer security. But I could not resist telling you about this video on YouTube. It shows how to charge up your iPod with just an onion and some Powerade or Gatorade. It is great if you are away from your computer or charger, and desperate for some comforting hard [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Fixes by Syd Tash
Saturday, November 24th, 2007
More Perils of Email
By now you have no doubt heard and read a lot about email dangers, good email practices, etc. When you send an email to someone, they could in theory find certain information about you that you have posted online, or associated with that email address. Do a search on your own name and email address [...]
