Microsoft just published a critical patch for a 19 year old bug that dates back to Windows 95 and Internet Explorer 3.0. First the obvious – since it was still there after 19 years, all the testing that Microsoft and users have done on every version of windows back to and including Windows 95 did […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Following up on today’s Uber theme, There is an article on USAToday.com tonight that says that Uber has something they call “God View” that allows Uber employees to stalk VIP users (and apparently track the movements of any Uber user) – including journalists who are writing articles negative to Uber. My guess is that this is […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]I am sure that many of you have used the Uber and Lyft ride sharing services, but have you thought about what would happen if the driver was in an accident. You might want to. Insurance Networking News recently reported about a new coverage that one insurance company (Erie) is offering to provide coverage to […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]There was an interesting article in Wired that “outed” Verizon’s use of perma-cookies. Simply explained, perma-cookies are cookies that identify the user that are added by the carrier between the user’s browser and the receiving web site. The effect of this is an ID that will follow the user, potentially across devices, silently, with no […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Microsoft released an out of band patch today for all supported versions of Windows. The patch fixes a privately reported bug in the Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) protoccol. If unpatched, it would allow an unauthorized user to execute an elevation of privilege attack. “The problem stems from a failure to properly validate cryptographic signatures which […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]According to the Wall Street Journal (pay link), the government (US Marshals Service) is flying “dirtboxes” in small airplanes to capture the signals from your cell phone. Basically, a dirtbox is a self contained cell tower with a strong signal. Since your cell phone will connect to the strongest signal, if the dirtbox winds up […]
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