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Aerosmith's Tyler sues over blog impersonations

Aerosmith's Tyler sues over blog impersonationsRich.Surely Tyler should shut his gob, after impersonating a rock star for nearly a million years suddenly he's upset when someone pretends to be him pretending to be a rock star? And here's me pretending I care...Big dealIt could be some minor kid being a...

Tags: Blogging, Tyler, blog impersonation, Aerosmith, blog

Discussion threads 2008-09-28

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Counting vulnerabilities is pointless

Suddenly it doesn't matter any more? Vulnerability count is an indication of software qualityIt goes directly to the process the vendor went through to root out vulnerabilities before shipping. At least if you compare products with the same general purpose and which receives the same amount of scrutiny.Time to fix...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, risk period

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Twitter provides sneak peek of 'verified accounts'

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone posted a blog entry today in response to the frivolous lawsuit filed by St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa after his account was impersonated. Stone wrote that the law suit was "an unnecessary waste of judicial resources." The law suit, however, was an...

Tags: Account, Twitter, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-06-06

Black Hat Las Vegas Day 2

Again, sorry for the late updates.  Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person.  Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference.  Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to consistently forgetting to bring my camera, but...

Tags: black hat, microsoft corp., applet, image, vegas, nathan mcfeters

Blog posts 2008-08-09

FCC to investigate Comcast

FCC to investigate ComcastIt's about time!I think Comcast is going to have a really hard time explaining why they're basically [b]impersonating users via forged reset packets[/b]. The "den of thieves" defense fails on legit users who get blocked, as does "managing the network" when they're performing an illegal act as...

Tags: Federal government, NETWORKING, Comcast Corp., network, bandwidth, FCC

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activation

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activationWhen are those Dells with Ubuntu going to be available?ntAdrian thanx for this story .I'd like to hear what the boys from the Microsoft hood have to say about this one . Man/Woman these stories just keep on getting better by...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, impersonation, Taskmgr, trojan horse, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

HP hearing underway: House reps cover their asses while slamming HP

The HP hearing is underway right now. You can tune in to the hearing here, but RealPlayer is required (I didnt have it, so I got a late start). Ive turned on my recorder and will podcast what Ive captured later. But to summarize what Im hearing so far...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co.

Blog posts 2006-09-28

Will Vista's DRM/TPM integration foil virtual machines?

In response to one of my earlier blogs regarding my usage of VMware's VMware Workstation 5 on my Acer Ferrari Vista64 testbed system, ZDNet reader "Otto Delete" asks a great question: I'd be interested in knowing if the final version of Vista will even install on a virtual machine. Running...

Tags: virtual machine, digital-rights management, Trusted Platform Module, hardware, Microsoft Windows Vista, Parallels Inc., VMware Inc.

Blog posts 2005-09-09