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DetailsThis USB battery charger from Eveready has been sold in the US and Europe since 2007. The software that comes with it includes a trojan that stays active, listening for commands on port 7777, even when the device is not connected. I aways found that cute bunny with the sunglasses to be a little suspicious.…
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DetailsDON’T press the F1 key – there is a current vulnerability in Windows XP / IE that has not been patched. If an attacker can convince the user to press the F1 (the default help key in Windows…well, you know the rest of the story. There is no definite word about when there will be…
DetailsGreen is good, but not for security. Here is an example of why turning off computers at night can save a few dollars in power costs, but at a much higher cost. Turning off computers can prevent updates from installing correctly. Watch out for Chuck (Norris, that is). This malware target routers, rather than computers.…
DetailsDetouring your website lookups – ISP DNS Proxy We apologize in advance that some aspects of this article contain NerdSpeak but we hope that the gist of the article is of value to you. What is this DNS proxy all about? DNS is fundamental to the Internet, similar to your address book or phone book.…
DetailsLet’s start with this cool device I found: Imagine this scenario – you copy your client’s precious data for a wipe and reload, reformat their drive, and when you begin to restore the data, your backup drive dies. Sound unlikely? It is – but this actually happened to me. I vowed to never format a…
DetailsYesterday I posted a video exploring the possibility that a website could or would be hacked, and in it we presented some alarming statistics. At the end of the day, the general consensus is that nearly every website is at risk for getting hacked, and that it really is only a matter of time until…
DetailsTomorrow is Patch Tuesday (again). This is going to be another big one – 13 patches, 5 of which are critical. Here is another reason that access to commercial bank accounts should be limited to computers that are used for nothing else. Online bank accounts should NOT be accessed by computers used for general-purpose web…
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