It’s been a busy year for security issues, first with HeartBleed, then with ShellShock and now… POODLE. If you frequently use Wi-Fi at Starbucks or somewhere other than a trusted home network, watch out, there’s a new vulnerability that targets the client side devices! This article from wired.com explains the vulnerability in more details: http://www.wired.com/2014/10/poodle-explained/ […]
Ok, I’ve installed the Windows 10 technical preview as an upgrade to my previous Windows 8 Laptop. Here are my first impressions: – Setup went went smoothly. — Setup sets up the OS — Setup sets up Apps — Setup sets up a “few other things” (literally, this is the message on screen while it […]
Hello to all my Linux friends. I’m sure you’ve heard this already, but there is a nasty new vulnerability in the wild. Make sure you run your “yum update” to fix this thing quickly! This article has some decent info and a test script which you can run to see if you are vulnerable! https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-protect-your-server-against-the-shellshock-bash-vulnerability […]
For the last couple of days I’ve been playing with a few of these BitCoin “faucet” sites. What is a BitCoin faucet site you might ask? Well … its a retched hive of scum and villainy! Ok, Star Wars quotes aside, they are sites where you go and perform various tasks for a small amount […]
The more and more I hear about BitCoin, the worse the story seems to get. I found an article on ZDNet which which describes some of the issues with the energy cost to produce and the criminal element surrounding BitCoin in general. The article can be found here: (Want to make money mining bitcoins? Criminals […]
First off: Don’t Panic! I’ve had a lot of concerned friends as me about this since they know I work in a computer related field. While there are many areas on the web that are affected by the heartbleed bug, it’s not something that should have a large impact on the general user. Yes, you […]
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