Recent Posts Tagged With 'Security'

• Comodo Anti Virus - Useless

  Posted on Wednesday September 24th, 2008 at 10:31 in Security, antivirus

  I love Comodo’s Firewall. It does what it is supposed to do and it does it well. Comodo’s anti virus on the other hand doesn’t do much of anything. I got a virus on my computer this week, and while I was infected with windows poppi...

• Defcon16 CD ISO Available To Download

  Posted on Thursday August 14th, 2008 at 18:01 in hack, Security

  The Edge of I-Hacked is hosting the iso of the CD given out at Defcon16. They have also posted their wrap up of the event. DEF CON is the world’s largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took pl...

• ZoneAlarm ForceField Free TODAY ONLY

  Posted on Tuesday August 12th, 2008 at 17:30 in Free, Security

  It maybe a little late in the day but it isn’t over yet. Our faithful readers will be delighted to know that ZoneAlarm ForceField is available for free today only. When I say today only that means August 12 starting at 6AM through August 13 at ...

• Test Your Connection For ISP Interference

  Posted on Tuesday August 5th, 2008 at 17:12 in Security, Privacy, open source

  If you believe your ISP might be interfering with your torrent downloads the EFF has provided a way to test your connection. Developed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Switzerland is an open source software tool for testing the integrity of da...

• Think your email was hacked? Maybe not!

  Posted on Thursday July 31st, 2008 at 08:20 in Security, spam, email, backscatter

  About a week ago I was doing my usual email check, which seems to be at least every hour these days, but this time was a little different. Instead of the usual scattering of messages I had an inbox full of bouncebacks from messages that I never sent....

• Opt Out of NebuAd if Your ISP is Using Them

  Posted on Thursday July 24th, 2008 at 14:57 in Security, www, spying

  There’s an article on Ars Technica stating that only .06% of people opt out of the NebuAd “service” they offer. Thats 15 out of 26,000 subscribers in their test market. The reason so many people didn’t choose to opt out is bec...

• Study Says Travelers Forget 12,000 Laptops Per Week

  Posted on Thursday July 3rd, 2008 at 20:15 in Security

  A study reported that about 12,000 laptops were lost each week in airports across the US. When I first read that I figured there’s no way over 600,000 laptops get lost every year. That number seems way too high and I have yet to meet anybody th...

• Denial of Service To The Extreme

  Posted on Tuesday May 20th, 2008 at 16:56 in Security, hacking

  According to darkreading.com A researcher has figured out a way to break devices that allow firmware upgrades over the network. For the most part his demonstration will mostly be a proof of concept but it’s scary to think what could happen if...