Archive for the 'Security' Category

2nd March Comments

Clueless Woman Calls Tech Show When Her Stolen Wi-Fi Disappears

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 5:24 am

Yeah, everyone has stolen Wi-Fi at one point or another, but not everyone has called into a tech show in order to complain about the fact that someone put the kibosh on said stealing.
Meet Jennifer, she had been unwittingly yoinking Wi-Fi for more than a year and a half when the gravy train ran out, [...]

2nd March Comments

Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 5:19 am

This was on wired and I thought that you folks might want to take a look at it this guy is the ultimate doomsayer I have heard of in a long time, Baldy.
The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it’s Michael McConnell, the former director of [...]

2nd March Comments

Threat Level Privacy, Crime and Security Online Cyberwar Hype Intended to Destroy the Open Internet

Posted on March 2nd, 2010 at 5:19 am

This was on wired and I thought that you folks might want to take a look at it this guy is the ultimate doomsayer I have heard of in a long time, Baldy.
The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it’s Michael McConnell, the former director of [...]

10th November Comments

Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone

Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 5:36 am

 
“The first worm to infect the Apple iPhone has been discovered spreading “in the wild” in Australia.”http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8349905.stm

Boy am I glad I got a Droid, Baldy

Worm attack bites at Apple iPhone

29th October Comments

Facebook Password Scam

Posted on October 29th, 2009 at 10:31 am

Okay folks in case you have not heard as of yet and hopefully before you fall for it. Some scum buckets are sending emails to folks, saying do to our strict security you must reset your password! Don’t and I repeat Don’t fall for this, it seems to be hitting me wth increased rapidity by [...]

23rd October Comments

Nigerian "Scam Police" Shut Down 800 Web Sites

Posted on October 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 am

 
Sooner Boomer writes “Nigerian police in what is named Operation ‘Eagle Claw’ have shut down 800 scam web sites, and arrested members of 18 syndicates behind the fraudulent scam sites. Reports on Breitbart.com and Pointblank give details on the busts. The investigation was done in cooperation with Microsoft, to help develop smart technology software capable [...]

19th October Comments

Linux Security Notes - AIDE File Integrity

Posted on October 19th, 2009 at 7:24 am

 
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Enviornment) is a tool to check the file integrity. It is an opensource substitute for TRIPWIRE. It allows to take snapshots of all the major configuration files, binaries as well as libraries stats. It helps to find which binaries have been changed in case of compromisation of the system.
Nice little [...]

1st July Comments

Scanning your LAN for conficker using nmap

Posted on July 1st, 2009 at 6:53 am

 
Conficker is one nasty Virus! It is able to spread on the LAN, infect other machines, and even auto-update itself! Learn how scan your network using the open-source nmap tool, and identify machines which are possible infected with Conficker
Hey it is late but it works just fine and great to show those at the [...]

15th April Comments

How to Detect and Prevent Psyb0t, the Linux Router Worm

Posted on April 15th, 2009 at 4:52 am

 
The Psyb0t worm infects Linux-based routers, including consumer-level broadband routers, and turns them into botnet nodes. Psyb0t finds easy entry because they are misconfigured. Eric Geier tells how to find out if you are infected and what to do about it, and gives sound advice that is pertinent to all routers.
Pay Attention folks this [...]

1st April Comments

Detecting Conficker with Linux Tools

Posted on April 1st, 2009 at 7:15 am

 
As Linux sysadmins, many of us still need to deal with Windows worms and how they affect our networks. Today is April 1st, and the Conficker worm will be activating on vulnerable computers everywhere. Here’s a quick HOW-TO showing how you can detect compromised and/or vulnerable computers on your network:read more
You might learn something [...]