Archive for July, 2009
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Adobe Leaves Users Exposed to Attack
Adobe, publisher of the popular Reader software that opens PDF documents, has admitted that some users are getting outdated versions of Reader from its Web site. It is reconsidering how it delivers the software, along with patches and updates. Danish security company Secunia claims that the version currently available contains many bugs. Users can therefore [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Phishing Attacks Use Text Messages
So much has been written about online phishing attacks, that the message may actually be getting through to most people. Surfers may be a little wiser and a little more prudent these days. But do not expect the hackers to just sit back and do nothing. They will turn their hand to anything that will [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
Death, Taxes and the Internet
© 2009 All Rights Reserved It is said that there is nothing we can do about the first two, death and taxes. But now, for the first time in history, many of us have to think about what happens to our Internet activities and digital legacy after we are gone. For example, most of us [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Featured by Syd Tash
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Mozilla Repairs That Bug, Microsoft Does Not
Mozilla has patched the flaw in Firefox 3.5, which was revealed publicly on July 13. This brings us to version 3.5.1. It is a critical bug that could allow an attacker to run his own malicious code on your PC, and install malware and other nasty stuff. Exploit code for the vulnerability went public a [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Updates by Syd Tash
Saturday, July 18th, 2009
Psst! Wanna Delete Your Facebook Account?
Security breaches, lapses, holes and gaffes are so frequent nowadays on the social networking sites that I cannot bring each one to your attention. For example, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has serious concerns about the, er, privacy (and I use that word loosely) policies of Facebook. Facebook has some 200 million users around the [...]
