Adobe announced patches yesterday for 23 additional Flash vulnerabilities. 18 of these bugs can be used to run malicious code on the underlying computer. To see what version you are running, go to: WWW.Adobe.com/software/flash/about That web page will give you the version that you are running, the current version that you should be running and […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Apple is dealing today with something that Microsoft or Google is used to dealing with. Hackers attacked a weak link in Apple’s universe – the developer community. Apparently, the performance of Apple’s web site is poor in China, so developers often download software from alternative web sites. These hackers convinced enough developers to download a […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]In a classic TSA response, the TSA says that this is no big deal. First, here is what they said in 2003 when they introduced them: TSA official Ken Lauterstein described them as part of the agency’s efforts to develop “practical solutions that contribute toward our goal of providing world-class security and world-class customer service.” Now, […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]D-Link makes a variety of network equipment, both for home and business users. They release the software for this equipment, for the most part, as open source software. This allows techie users to review the code to see if it does anything bad and since the software is useless unless you bought the hardware, there […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]FBI director James Comey has been telling everyone that the world will end unless every company around the world provides the FBI and only the FBI a back door to allow them to decrypt your communications. This includes countries we like and ones we don’t like. So far the world isn’t listening to him, but […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]ARS Technica wrote a piece on the continuing security flaw with password managers like LastPass and KeePass on Android. Technically, the problem is an Android problem, but from the user’s standpoint they don’t really care. The problem is tools like LastPass and many others use the Android clipboard to automatically log you on to a […]
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