Archive for August, 2009
Friday, August 14th, 2009
Top Kids Searches, and Another Data Breach
Do you know where your kids are going online, and what they are searching for? Security company Symantec does. It has kept an eye on Web page visits using its parental control software. YouTube was at the top of the list, followed by the search engines Google and Yahoo. Social networking sites such as Facebook [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Security by Syd Tash
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Nigerian Scammers Are Working Harder
Boy, you know things are tough when even those Nigerian 419 scammers are complaining. Separating people from their money during this economic meltdown is not easy, they say. It requires hard work, resolve, and a pinch of voodoo. Some say they used to make $30,000 to $60,000 a month from emails promising great wealth, jewels, [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Alerts by Syd Tash
Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
That Twitter Attack Was Personal
The distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack against Twitter, Facebook, Google and others that occurred last week, appears to have been quite a sophisticated operation. It seems to have involved a botnet, that launched simultaneous attacks against several social networking sites. Why? Well, it looks to have been aimed at one particular person, a Georgian [...]
No Comments » - Posted in News by Syd Tash
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Summer Break
To All My Friends, Visitors and Guests, I am going to take a summer break for a few days, to spend more time with my family. So you will not see any new posts on this blog for five or six days. However, here are two things before I go: First, be sure to update [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Uncategorized by Syd Tash
Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
Adobe Finally Patches its Software
Adobe has repaired 12 bugs in Flash Player. At least one has been exploited for a week now, by the hackers. The flaws could allow a crook to hijack your PC and run his own malicious code on it. Windows, Macs and Linux are affected. Three of the bugs were really Microsoft’s fault. Adobe’s programmers [...]
