University of Cambridge study examined 16 popular Web sites that host user-uploaded photos,including social networking sites, blogging sites, and dedicated photo-sharing sites

via Half Of Social Networking Sites Keep Users’ Photos After Deletion: Study - DarkReading.

Posted: May 26th, 2009 under In The News, Internet, Security.
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This does not fall under comptuers, but I thought it was very important.

Consumerist has a link to a PDF presentation of how to look for a scanner. http://consumerist.com/5221192/id-an-atm-skimmer Be sure to click on the link on that sit to the PDF. It is for a bank in Australia, but is still show you what to look for.

Here is a video talking more about skimmers.

Posted: April 21st, 2009 under Security.
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New research finds publicly accessible Facebook profile information revealing Apr 02, 2009 | 05:08 PM
By Kelly Jackson Higgins

Another reason to be careful what you post on Facebook: All it takes is a simple Google search, and phishers and marketers can glean a treasure trove of private information based on relationships among Facebook “friends,” according to new research.

via Public Search Engines Mine Private Facebook Details - DarkReading.

Posted: April 12th, 2009 under Security.
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I would have liked to write something better up, but due to an emergancy, I threw this up. Please understand the media hypes things like this up, but you need to make sure you are properly protected.

Conficker might be alot of hype Also a FAQ.

How to detect and remove it.

More info and removal from Windows Secrets

Posted: March 31st, 2009 under In The News, Internet, Security.
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February 20, 2009
Mark Joseph Edwards
Security Matters
Facebook did an aboutface this week after thousands of users protested the company’s overzealous attempt at a gigantic intellectual property grab.
http://windowsitpro.com/article/articleid/101556/facebook-presents-a-serious-security-problem.html

Posted: February 27th, 2009 under In The News, Security.
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Here at BTS LLC, we strive in being green. Any part I replace, I will find a way to recycle it and recycle it if possible. Turning off equitment and lights when not in use, and recycling any other office waste we can. I was recently replacing a power supply for someone and realized there are green power supply’s! For now on, we will offer a green option with a standard option to our customers. If the cost is the same, the green option will win. All BTS LLC e-mails will now have a “P     Please consider the environment before printing this email.” on the end of all of our e-mails to remind our customers and vendors, Do you really need to print this e-mail?

I am glad that there are more and more green options, and we need to try our best to go green!

If you would like to use the Green E-mail line above, you can copy it and paste it in your signature. If you would like the HTML code here it is:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080923065833AATwrVW The Tree and river picture is actually part of the Webdings font that is part of Windows. That is why you do not see the HTML code pointing to a picture file.

Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under Going Green!.
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Rob Griffiths
Macworld.com

Intego, makers of VirusBarrier and other security software for the Macintosh, issued a security alert for Mac users on Thursday, advising them about the existence of a new Trojan Horse, which they’ve named OSX.Trojan.iServices.A. This new Trojan Horse can be found in pirated copies of Apple’s iWork ‘09 application suite, which has been downloaded over 20,000 times, according to Intego’s numbers.

http://www.macworld.com/article/138380/iworktrojan.html

Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under In The News, Security.
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By Woody Leonhard

It’s been a hellacious week for security admins all over the world: the polymorphic worm known as Downadup, Conficker, and Kido has infected millions of computers.
http://windowssecrets.com/2009/01/22/02-Keep-the-latest-worm-infestation-off-your-PC

Posted: January 22nd, 2009 under In The News, Security.
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Posted by David Maynor, Dec 30, 2008 03:58 PM

When asked why he robbed banks, the flamboyant criminal Willie Sutton answered, “Because that’s where the money is.” That’s the perfect example of how the principle of Occam’s razor applies to crime: the simplest solution to a problem is often the best one. With the economic downturn, high unemployment rates, and the booming business of identity fraud, would-be criminals are on the lookout for easy methods to get access to personal information. And we stumbled across one such way during a recent penetration test involving eavesdropping on police traffic stops.
http://www.darkreading.com/blog/archives/2008/12/when_asked_why.html?cid=RSSfeed_DR_ALL?cid=nl_DR_DAILY_T

Posted: January 3rd, 2009 under Security.
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By Angela Gunn, BetaNews
December 17, 2008, 6:10 PM
A common but dangerous vulnerability spotted weeks ago on American Express’s site was plugged this week after the hole gained blog and then press attention. But there may have been a faster, better way.
www.betanews.com/article/How_to_get_a_security_hole_fixed_two_versions/1229555420

Posted: December 18th, 2008 under In The News, Security.
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