Twitter today announced a new settings option that will make your account more secure. Users accessing their Twitter accounts over unsecured internet connections such as a public WiFi network risk getting their accounts hacked, much like what happened to celebrity Ashton Kutcher a few weeks back at the TED conference…. via Twitter Adds HTTPS Option […]
The openness of Android is what many people love so much about the mobile OS – you can run your own code on it, customise it however you see fit, and generally tinker about much more so than you can with it’s competitors. The Android Market is open too -… via Google zaps 21 malicious […]
Apple’s semi-arbitrary approach to app store management may have problems, but Android (as much as I love it) is a jungle in comparison. Just tonight Google has pulled an app that, if downloaded, would have essentially rooted your phone and sent off every single detail it could find to a… via Seriously Scary Android Malware […]
From: Greg To: Jussi Subject: need to ssh into rootkitim in europe and need to ssh into the server. can you drop open upfirewall and allow ssh through port 59022 or something vague?and is our root password still 88j4bb3rw0cky88 or did we change to88Scr3am3r88 ?thanks From: Jussi To: Greg Subject: Re: need to ssh into… […]
Are you receiving a message on startup, asking to allow krb5kdc and/or mDNSResponder to connect through your firewall?  Well, never fear.  Krb5kdc is the Kerberos version 5 Authentication Service and  Key  Distribution Center (AS/KDC).  In other words, an operating level component involved in Security framework… Leopard and Snow Leopard use the Kerberos framework to support an authenticated […]
Did you just recently upgrade to Mac OS 10.6.5 or 10.6.6+ and have your firewall report that “awacsd” is accepting inbound connections? Apple has added a new component into Mac OS X, called awacsd. This component is called “Apple Wide Area Connectivity Service daemon”, or awacsd… This daemon is used to assist in making connections […]
Brice Schneider, the security technologist, and author, is debating on The Body Scanner issue in the New York Times… I highly recommend reading it… A short history of airport security: We screen for guns and bombs, so the terrorists use box cutters. We confiscate box cutters and corkscrews, so they put explosives in their sneakers. […]
Folks, I urge anyone that is using a blizzard game to add an Authenticator to their battle.net account.. Assuming of course, that you have an Smartphone (iPhone, or android device). Or to buy an Authenticator from Blizzard. The Authenticator’s from Blizzard are key fob style devices that serve the same purpose as the mobile application, […]