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I speak many OS’s not limited to the full gambit of Microsoft Windows (anything since ’98 including a MCSE in NT, but right up to date with Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7 Ultimate), many of the GNU/Linux Distro’s although Debian is my favorite, and am also familiar with FreeBSD.
Hardware is no challenge for this geek pornstar and enjoy taking older hardware and making new systems as well as fiddling around with network IDS/IPS monitoring and solutions. Building out small networks or expanding existing ones I’ve worked on , WiFi solutions but I spend most of my time here learning about network security monitoring the most.
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Received an email this week that looks like your typical spam and it comes with a DOC file attached to it. I included the md5 in the subject for ease of tagging and searching.
It is boring stuff, but it seems very familiar. I am sure this template of spam (if you will) has been sent to me before. Its subject says its from Ms. Cynthia Chalker (From Canada), but the reply to is a South African address, and it’s using msn.com/hotmail.com as the method of delivery (apparently).
And like it says, I have a winning notification that I have won the South African…something. But I have won. Phone number to call to claim my winning prize, and a DOC file attachment.
Obviously I have not won anything. This could be a very simple attempt to get you to call and give information away, or for them to convince you to charge your credit card for processing fees I am not certain.
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I saw this comment today on a malware site and I normally read them to see how folks troll malware sites looking for blame.
Folks, malware is your problem, not anyone elses. I am constantly reminded how people fail to understand that its their actions and choices that cause the infections, and today social engineering is a big reason.
Even malware experts are not immune from falling victim to their tricks. Its been like this for years and outside of the increase in targetted attacks,
its still the #1 reason.
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Microsoft has announced Windows 7 is now open for public download.
There are many conditions and it’s a timed-beta common with many Windows beta products. You will require a Windows Live ID to connect to the download site, submit a bit of personally identifiable information, and you will then be given a download choice for 32 bit or 64 bit. I chose both. Then you will be given a java download manager which will then provide you with a location for saving the ISO’s for each download.
You will then need to be able to burn DVD ISO’s in order to get any use from this. Instructions are available on the download page, but I highly recommend that you also review the Installation instructions.
So head on over to the Windows Beta site before the beta download experience is over!!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/dd353205.aspx
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Finally, a “critical” Java runtime update from Apple by ZDNet‘s Ryan Naraine — Apple has shipped a long-overdue Java runtime update to plug at least 30 vulnerabilities that expose Mac OS X users to remote code execution attacks.
This article really only highlights the issue. Quicktime has (and still has) many bugs so many that I’d simply deem it the ‘Buggiest and Most Insecure Application of ALL TIME’. Anyone who uses Quicktime should REMOVE IT immediately, and then clean there system. I’d even recommend cleaning the registry of any APPLE or QUICKTIME entries, something I’m typically loathe to do under any circumstances. Apple simply seems to not understand the security climate in todays world, or doesn’t care about it’s users. Either way it’s reprehensible that they are doing so well in the technology markets without putting security first.
Apple could learn a lot from Microsoft on this, but I’m not saying Microsoft’s approach is superior, I’m just saying it’s actually far more committed to keeping it’s user base informed. Apple seems to prefer just keeping us in the dark, or to use an alliteration, they prefer to keep the apples on the tree so they don’t bonk someone on the head and perhaps wake them up to reality. Apple’s products and OS is really insecure! This is like many ignorant companies that seem to think if ‘we have a security breach, we keep it secret’, and this is the approach I find criminal. I for one am lobbying governments to change this, and FORCE ANYONE with sensitive data or source code to proprietary OS’s to FULLY DISCLOSE vulnerabilities to reduce ones exposure to 0-day attacks.
It took Apple 6 months (!!!!) to come up with the latest patch, and it didn’t fix all of them, actually of the 30 it claimed, only 18 are TRULY fixed. I’d call it lying…I don’t mix my fruit up.’
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