10 things Gen Y do online.. and shouldn’t – The Generation Y. A generation that has grown up with the buzz of ringtones in their ears, eyes glued to various screens and computer monitors, and have no doubt on more than one occasion shoved a parent aside on the computer because they were ‘too slow’. Yet, there are a number of things that this generation should know not to do, and it still happens — from falling for a phishing scam to trusting self-generated company product reviews.
Google, Facebook remove content on India’s order – Google India has removed web pages deemed offensive to Indian political and religious leaders to comply with a court case that has raised censorship fears in the world’s largest democracy, media reported Monday.
PocketCloud Remote RDP/VNC (for Android) – PocketCloud is a free Android app that allows users to connect their Android devices to Mac and Windows desktops remotely. This app serves one main purpose, and it achieves that purpose well, even when the remote computer is part of a corporate network.
Facebook Ads Expected Soon on Smartphones, Tablets – The social network will reportedly mine member activity for endorsements and explore other ways to serve up ads on mobile devices.
Top Torrent Site BTjunkie Shuts Voluntarily – MegaUpload and Pirate Bay copyright infringement prosecutions prompt the file-sharing site to close its virtual doors.
Trojan rounds up and steals Word and Excel docs – Beware of bogus FedEx emails asking you to review a shipment notification – the attached Fedex_Invoice.exe is actually a downloader Trojan that opens you computer to other pieces of malware.
iperf: a simple but powerful tool for troubleshooting networks – Scott Reeves demonstrates the use of iperf, which provides basic information on throughput, packet loss, and jitter to help you troubleshoot UDP and TCP issues.
Anonymous Claims to Have Released Source Code of Symantec’s PcAnywhere – Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec’s pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.
Firm Finds DNS Changer Infections Linger Inside Fortune 500 – A report finds that around half of the Fortune 500 corporations and government agencies infected with the DNS Changer malware are still infected, two months after authorities moved to shut down the massive botnet.
My seven favorite Windows 7 utilities – I’m picky about the utilities I use in Windows. I don’t like clutter, and I especially don’t like anything that slows down the experience of using Windows. This collection of seven utilities represents the utility software I install whenever I set up a new PC.
Company News:
F-Secure enters the content cloud – F-Secure Content Anywhere synchronizes a user’s content in the cloud, making it accessible on any device, anywhere and anytime of the day. Operators will be able to offer a safe personal cloud to their customers to save, sync and share their digital content.
Amazon Web Services Lowers Price of Storage in Its Cloud – Amazon Web Services has cut the cost of storing data using its Simple Storage Service (S3) — saving users with 50 TB stored on the service around 12 percent on their monthly bill, the company said on Monday.
Flash With Sandbox in the Works for Firefox – Adobe, which has spent the last few years trying to dig out of a deep hole of vulnerabilities and buggy code, is making a major change to Flash, adding a sandbox to the version of the player that runs in Firefox. The sandbox is designed to prevent many common exploit techniques against Flash.
Symantec Overhauls Data Backup With New SMB Offerings – Symantec today unveiled a major overhaul of its data backup and data recovery offerings, including a new set of tools to help SMBs handle virtualized environments and to simplify what can be a frustratingly complex IT challenge.
Off Topic (Sort of):
Cracked: 6 Slacker Behaviors That Science Says Are Good For You – Every grizzled mentor worth their salt will tell you that success takes a lot of work. Getting a good job requires an education, good health requires discipline and good hair requires vigorous conditioning. But science says that while those high-octane achievers may make more money and climb the career ladder faster, it’s the slackers who prevail in the end. Just consider…
Top EULA Gotchas: Website Fine-Print Hall of Shame – Fine-print gotchas could get you arrested, watched by the Feds, and even strip you of the right to sue. Instead of taking the time to read and understand the legalese, we just scroll to the bottom, click Accept, and get on with our lives. Did checking the “I agree” box have any consequences? Who cares, right? Gulp!
The three types of online attackers – Patrick Lambert describes the three main groups of attackers that security specialists are guarding against.
INTERPOL Set To Open Global Cybercrime Center In 2014 – Director of cybersecurity at INTERPOL working on secure online presence for police worldwide to work together on cybercrime cases
Today’s Quote:
“Rudeness is the weak man’s imitation of strength.”
- Eric Hoffer
Today’s Free Downloads:
Visual Explorer Ultimate – Visual Explorer Ultimate offers a lot of built-in features for online video fans. One of the more useful functions is stripping out the video and just saving the audio as an MP3, which is a surprisingly annoying process otherwise. Visual Explorer Ultimate is almost worth keeping around just for that.
BufferZone Pro 4.01 – BufferZone Pro creates a separate environment allowing you unlimited freedom to enjoy all Internet activities without the fear of external threats. All files, personal information, drivers and system resources remain invisible to threats and are protected from damage.
