Archive for June, 2009
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009
Beware of Scams and Fraud on eBay
A security expert recently tried to sell his used laptop on eBay, and appeared to be quickly successful. However, eBay cancelled the sale, advising that the winning bid originated with a hacked account. The next attempt to sell the Sony Vaio laptop also appeared to be successful. The buyer paid with PayPal, and requested shipping [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
A New Version of Opera Can Act as a Server
A new version of the Opera browser, Opera 10 beta, is now available. But you diehard Opera fans (and everyone else, actually) had better be careful. The new browser has a feature called Unite, which lets you run a Web server right from your PC. You just connect to the Opera proxy server from your [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Saturday, June 20th, 2009
A Clever Work At Home Scam
I do not usually comment on Internet work at home scams. There are just too many, the approaches are too different, and the hackers and crooks constantly invent new angles. You simply have to use your common sense and stay alert. But here is an interesting one. A company, usually in Russia, offers to pay [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Thursday, June 18th, 2009
Got Kids? Better Block Bing!
Microsoft’s new search engine, called Bing.com, has created a buzz and is increasing slowly in popularity. But there is a problem. If you search specifically for videos, Bing gives you a one minute preview, complete with audio, just by rolling your mouse over a search result. So what is the problem? Bing does not distinguish [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
The Overall State of Computer Security
Security consultant Jamey Heary, who is a systems engineer at Cisco Systems, reflected recently on the ongoing battle against the bad guys on the Web. He noted that antivirus programs catch only about 40% of the incoming threats. The other 60% of threats are allowed in. So you also need spyware cleaners and blockers, a [...]
