Sunday, June 29th, 2008
When an executive wants to sound humane during a public address to the staff, he or she will trot out the well-worn phrase, "Our most valuable assets leave the building at the end of the day." Clichés are generally true, but this one may not be, thanks to the growth ...
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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
A couple of minutes ago an interesting attempt to phish for Google account credentials made it to my inbox. It had me blink my eyes because while I suspected phishing there were some things with this one that had me check twice to see how it’s done, as things looked ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Yahoo has fixed a vulnerability that could allow a hacker to get access to a person's webmail account.
The problem was in the way Yahoo's mail interacts with version 8.1.0.209 of its IM application, according to web application security company Cenzic.
Cenzic notified Yahoo of the problem in May, and the company ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
The Internet offers a wealth of excellent tools, information, and entertainment--and it asks very little from us in return. So don't get upset when a poorly designed online tool or site gets on your nerves; instead, use Greasemonkey, a free Firefox add-on that harnesses the power of JavaScript to right ...
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