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Getting started with AppleScript

Getting started with AppleScriptAppleScript is a major security hole[url=http://macscan.securemac.com/security-advisory-applescripttht-trojan-horse/] Security Risk: Critical [/url]Tell application "Finder", select "Trash", JUMP IN. ntntNonZealt is a major security hole...NonZealt is a major security hole because he can run a Trojan Horse application made from any programming language that does all the things he listed...

Tags: Scripting languages, Viruses and worms, AppleScript, security hole, major security hole, security

Discussion threads 2009-01-02

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The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Opera patches 'extremely severe' security hole

Let me know when it gets really reheheally 'extremely severe'.ntRE: Opera patches 'extremely severe' security holeStill using Opera 10.01, still no problems. I'll upgrade before I sign off.What comes after "extremely severe"? - just so gawd awful, really, must do or die, severe!Critical and importantThese bugs would be rated...

Tags: Web browsers, patch management, Lynx, Opera Software ASA, security, security hole, Opera patch

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Beware business cloud dangers, says EU agency

Spoken like someone without a clueBut then again, what can be expected from trolls anymore?Originality?Security & AccessGrant the LEAST amount of access for the end user.DENY then ALLOW, why would you open up Port 80 to the world if you only do business in the United States or local area...

Tags: agency, cloud provider, legality, data centre, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

VeriSign sets timetable to fix DNS hole

VeriSign has said a significant outstanding internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation. VeriSign has said a significant outstanding internet security vulnerability will be closed by 2011, after delays caused by technical aspects of the implementation. ...

Tags: DNS, VeriSign Inc., Internet Security, Internet, Domain Names, Security, VeriSign, security, Tom Espiner

News items 2009-11-16

News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Staff are causing security breaches by using their own mobile phones says survey

Duh. Data theft is easier than ever before.I used to work in a facility where you surrendered every electronic item at the gate. When inside, you picked up your laptop and in-house cellphone and went to work. No iPhones or Blackberries, no USB sticks, nothing. Our laptops had some effective...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, survey, mobile, phone, security, security breach, Fidel Castro, Apple iPhone, Data Theft, cell phone

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business

What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...

Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-09-06

IE8 outperforms competing browsers in malware protection -- again

Well the credibility of the test is extremely...suspect since the winner is also the sponsor, why even print it. Well I guess according to these resultsNon-IE users are more gullible than IE users, but otherwise IE and Firefox are statistically tied.Another MS "study" proves that MS is...

Tags: Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Common-sense, IE8, malware protection, Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malware, Mozilla Firefox, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-08-19

Major security holes in popular XML libraries

Major security holes in popular XML librariesOpen Source SecureSo much for Open Source software being secure. I thought that with all those developers looking at the code it was ment to be more secure than closed software.Superior peer-reviewed software... strikes out again. Of course the fanboys will somehow manage to...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Blogging, software, XML Library, Major security, XML, security

Discussion threads 2009-08-06

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?

Is it time to dump Adobe's Flash player?Yup it's time to do soI have disabled flash in both firefox and IE and only enable them when opening youtube. Unlike flash, Silverlight runs in a sand boxed environment. Remember Vista was hacked last year in that hacking contest? Vista was hacked...

Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Is It Time, Adobe Flash Player, Adobe Flash, Novell AppArmor, Adobe Systems Inc., IS IT, IE8

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

News to know: Cisco; Kindle DX; MySpace; Microsoft

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Cisco's third quarter: Better than expected; Sales down; Economic recovery 'eventual' Andrew Nusca: Amazon Kindle DX: The solution to...

Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Twitter, Amazon Kindle, MySpace, Notebooks, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-07

Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less annoying

Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less annoyingAs always, you are right on. Though, there will be mass migrations to Win7.Partially because all of the driver problems at least for new hardware have been solved as Vista blazed the way. Also, XP is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, LIKE VISTA

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Sharepoint's DisneyWorld Style Strategy

Dennis Howlett thinks the promise of Enterprise 2.0 is years away and feels Dion Hinchcliffe's ROI value accrual model is more evangelizing hand waving than evidence of any substantial uptake. From my perspective I think we're at a point where many of the...

Tags: Strategy, Environment, Microsoft SharePoint, Enterprise 2.0, Dennis Howlett, Business World, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-04-14

Google flags entire Web as

Google flags entire Web as Google Giggles!!!http://evilfingers.blogspot.com/2009/01/google-is-malicious.htmlRE: Google flags entire Web as I was wondering what the hell was going on?It is ok now.RE: Google flags entire Web as i'm trying to recall anything of this order of of magnitude affecting millions of users worldwide that Microsoft did. uhm, aside...

Tags: Channel management, Viruses and worms, SEARCH, SECURITY, Google Inc., entire web, beta, Microsoft Corp., Web

Discussion threads 2009-01-31

Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09

Mac OS X Malware found in pirated Apple iWork 09Not to sound too crass..but anyone who uses illegally obtained software deserves what they get.How can this be? OS X is super duper secure!Seems that's not the case. As I've been saying for quite some time.It is a feature...iMalware.Just download the...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Mac OS, Mac-user, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Inc., malware, Apple iWork, Mac OS X Malware, Apple iWork 09, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-01-22

MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not falling

Guest post by John Viega Today there’s been a lot of buzz about the clever new attack on public key infrastructure from Alex Sotirov and a team of researchers.   In the attack, the bad guy ends up with his own Certification Authority CA that is...

Tags: Certification, Certification Authority, Computer Associates International Inc., Attack, MD5, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-31

iGeneration 2008 in review

I started on this blog, a nervous and precarious young man, and remain somewhat a young man. To be honest, I'm surprised I've been here this long, let alone seconded onto another blog. Still, it's been an interesting year and I'll run through some of them in a minute. So...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Blog, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Post, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Blogging, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-12-18

As attacks escalate, MS readies emergency IE patch

As attacks escalate, MS readies emergency IE patch1 point and 1 questionHehe, the #1 complaint about the monthly patch schedule is that ABMer's claim that MS sits on critical patches. This is the second time that MS has reacted quickly to a threat thus making the ABMer's point moot. I...

Tags: Web browsers, Patches, SECURITY, UAC, Protected Mode, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., patch management, vulnerability

Discussion threads 2008-12-16

In the "What the hell were they thinking" department...

In the "What the hell were they thinking" department...Why Not? How much money did it cost?If the lights and eveything are bought and paid for, the workers doing the decorating already on payroll, what's the actuall cost?Plus given a time of uncertainty, a little hope in the form of the...

Tags: Grinch

Discussion threads 2008-12-14