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Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000

Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000This isn't like Hell's Kitchen, is it?You know, where the $250,000 prize is actually an annual salary to work in a position much lower than you were led to believe.RE: Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000Absolutely hilarious. The NBM'ers swore up...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, Conficker worm author, Snitch, Conficker, worm author, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-12

Grassroots media is all around us

I was in Salt Lake this morning for a meeting and stopped by the KCPW offices at Library Square to talk to the News Director, Bryan Schott. Bryan was telling me about Open Source, a radio program that they air in the evenings and it's innovative mix of...

Tags: blogger, Bryan Schott, open source

Blog posts 2006-01-17

Snitch 2.6.7b2 (Mac)

Is Get Info leaving you unfulfilled? Then get Snitched! Snitch is the ultimate enhancement to the Get Infowindow. It makes editing types and creators of files a breeze. Previews of QuickTime movies are now a clickaway. And best of all, other software developers can create their own plugins by downloading...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mitch Jones, Snitch, Digital Music, Development Tools, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2003-04-14

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Rapppers warning witnesses away from murder trial go to jail

You have a serious logic problem in your article.Freedom of speech is a protected right in America, not in Britain. Remember, there are no British citizens, only British subjects. The only difference is now they are subjects of the politicians rather than of the royals, but legally speaking,...

Tags: Free-speech, witness

Discussion threads 2009-11-30

Little Snitch 2.2 (Mac)

A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define...

Tags: Private Data, Apple Macintosh, Objective Development, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-09-28

New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through social engineering

I cannot beeveryone know that Macs are only being exploited in laboratories and only when users are asked to hand over their credentials! Its just a matter of timeAs Apple computers become more popular or as malware authors seek out new territory the number of exploits will grow. The whole...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, ClamAV, virus, malware, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, trojan horse, social engineering

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

iPhone OS 3.1 dev builds phone home

iPhone OS 3.1 dev builds phone homeCan't you just use Littlesnitch?I installed the iphone os 3.1b2 firmware just this morning and used little snitch to block that one request to phone home.http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html RE: iPhone OS 3.1 dev builds phone homeHeck, Apple's final releases are buggy why would I want a...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, phone home, iPhone OS 3.1, iPhone OS, Apple iPhone, phone

Discussion threads 2009-07-20

Little Snitch 2.1.4 (Mac)

A firewall protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet. But who protects your private data from being sent out? Little Snitch does! Little Snitch informs you whenever a program attempts to establish an outgoing Internet connection. You can then choose to allow or deny this connection, or define...

Tags: Private Data, Apple Macintosh, Objective Development, Internet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-04

News to know: Stimilus bill, Twitter Twestival, Microsoft stores, Netflix, Facebook value

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 Andrew Nusca: Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill Sam Diaz: Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Retail, Personal Finance, Microsoft Outlook, Taxes, E-mail, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Management

Blog posts 2009-02-13

Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000

Happen to know who put together the Conficker worm that's making the rounds and is estimated to have infected millions of Windows-based PCs? If you do Microsoft is offering a cool $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those behind the worm. Today, Microsoft...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worm, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Little Snitch tattles on trojans

Little Snitch tattles on trojansSo no trojans in non pirated OS X software?Good to know. I just found a screen saver with dancing elves made by a company called "l0Rd$ 0f d37TH" and it seems neato. I'm installing it now and... what the? Hello? Something odd goinRE: Little Snitch tattles...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Unlike Vista, Little Snitch, trojan horse, UAC

Discussion threads 2009-01-27

Little Snitch tattles on trojans

In case you missed it, your Mac may be under attack. Especially if you have a taste for downloading Mac software that isn't exactly, ahem, legal. Last week I reported that a trojan horse called "iWorkServices" has was found in a pirated version of iWork '09 floating...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, Window, Trojan Horse, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Construction, Viruses And Worms, Desktops, Security, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-01-27

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

Firefox and Thunderbird phone home daily

Firefox and Thunderbird phone home dailyReally? What does Windowssend to MS everyday?IP address?What time you were using the product?What exact version number you were using?If you are using any of the plugins or addons sent in the disabled list?Total number of active users of their software?Problem isother companies like Apple...

Tags: Web browsers, Mozilla Firefox, Thunderbird phone home, phone home, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Thunderbird, phone

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

China breaks 'real-time' Internet porn site

China breaks 'real-time' Internet porn sitechinai'm glad that i live in america where i can choose what to do and watch on the internet.i don't think that when it comes to watching porn or anything else for that matter online that it should be on state regulated sites only.i feel...

Tags: Government, deviant behavior, Internet Porn, Internet porn site, Internet

Discussion threads 2008-01-23

Another QuickTime code execution flaw surfaces

Another QuickTime code execution flaw surfacesDon't worryGeorge doesn't let things like facts or truth get in the way of a good attack when it comes to Apple.That's even more damning on AppleSo you are telling me that Apple created a vulnerability in Quicktime that only targets Windows? NICE COMPANY! One...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Bill makes home WiFi users track child porn

Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornLogsdoes this mean we have to go thru our logs every minute to see what is going on?RE: Bill makes home WiFi users track child pornI think if you SEE it, while logged in or while looking through logs you are required to...

Tags: Wireless LANs, ONLINE COMMUNICATIONS, WIRELESS, home WiFi user, Wi-Fi, child pornography, network

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

Apple QuickTime exploit in the wild

Apple QuickTime exploit in the wildOkay...Even if this is the case, what will it do to a BSD system, which Os X is?Application Security FlawNeither an OSX nor Windows flaw, this isn't a question of which OS is more secure, has fewer bugs, or any such thing. It's a...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, downloader, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, virus

Discussion threads 2007-12-03

Why McLuhan was right when it comes to attention

Through his always enriching podcast, I've heard Cory Doctorow give variations on his privacy talk at least five or six times over the last year. The most current iteration is available at Intel's/Josh Bancroft's BitStories. In responding to an audience question, Cory explains exactly why, when it comes...

Tags: Message, Liberty, Computer, Cory, Productivity, Podcasts, Internet, Denise Howell

Blog posts 2007-09-25

Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones?

Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones?if you hack it, you don't have any right to complainIf you hack your phone - especially changing the carrier - I don't think you have any right to complain about almost any part of your iPhone not working anymore. I've hacked mine - for 3rd party...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2007-09-20