Facebook Lite rolls out – Surfers in the US and India are now able to access a stripped-down version of Facebook known as Facebook Lite.
Rogueware targets 9/11 searches – Links to fake anti-virus products have found their way into search results for the 9/11 terror attacks, researchers have warned.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Malware – The best malware (now there’s an oxymoron) distinguishes itself from run-of-the mill attacks in seven distinct ways. Don’t believe me? This Security Watch blog post proves it.
Next-gen AMD Radeon GPU powers six 30″ displays – I’ll warn you in advance that if you are a gamer then you’ll find this awesome. A single GPU driving six 30-inch screens!
Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing? – Client hardware is not the problem. OLPC has proven that hardware can be super-cheap. Taiwanese Netbook makers have taken that idea and run with it. The real problem is connectivity.
Phishing Attacks Fell By 45 Percent In August – Trend is likely short-term, Symantec researchers say.
Notice Of Underreported Scareware – Fake IRS messages could mislead unwary users, researchers say.
Navigating the New Cybercrime Threatscape, Part 1 – Cybercrime is pervasive, pandemic and increasingly connected with other parts of the criminal ecosystem. It ranges from the theft of an individual’s identity to the complete disruption of a country’s Internet connectivity due to a massive attack against its networking and computing resources. This is the first in a four-part series that will look at the history of cybercrime, its pervasiveness today, and how it has and will continue to impact society.
Why Social Engineers Need Training – Many security professionals who think they know anything about penetration testing also think they know enough to perform social engineering. After all, they are successful time and time again, so they feel they know what they are doing. However, this is a textbook example of how a little knowledge in the wrong hands can be very dangerous.
Off Topic:
Should I Buy It?” Flowchart Helps You Make Smarter Purchases – Advertisers would have us believe that we need a lot of things that we really only want, and that brand names are always better. This simple purchasing flowchart walks you through your purchasing decision-making process to help you make the smart choice.
Five Hard-to-Kill Houseplants for Your Home or Workspace – Plants can transform your home or workspace into a more peaceful, tranquil, and beautiful place, but if you’re not good with them, your improved space can quickly turn into a depressing chamber of death. The solution: Get some more resilient plants.
Four reasons why people believe in conspiracy theories – Was JFK’s assassination a conspiracy? Was there government involvement in 9/11? Do the Freemasons control the nation? A small but fervent group of people believe there’s more than meets the eye with these events. Conspiracies, they call them. Here’s why they believe.
The Well-Being Index: Scoring your life (which depends on the weather) – How’s your well-being today? That’s probably a question you haven’t thought of asking today. In fact, defining well-being isn’t exactly simple. Luckily, Gallup gave it a shot, delivered some interesting factoids and roughly concludes that weather plays a big role in your personal well-being.
Today’s Quote:
“I am not young enough to know everything”.
– Oscar Wilde
Today’s Free Downloads:
EAV Antivirus Suite Free Edition – EAV Antivirus Suite can detect and eliminate spyware, Trojans, key loggers, adware programs, browser hijackers, cookies, spy bots, trackware, and other malware on your PC. EAV Antivirus Suite can recover all damages with Internet Explorer caused by JavaScript and ActiveX viruses
Traffic Tweet Lite 1.2 (Mobile) – Traffic Tweet Lite delivers real time driving conditions on your iPhone by aggregating multiple data sources and allowing you to share road conditions using the public twitter stream. Traffic Tweet Lite displays the latest traffic accidents, lane closures, and other alerts on an interactive map. Zoom in and out around the map to get a closer look.
Comodo System Cleaner – Comodo System Cleaner is the world’s first cleaner to harness the power of 100% safe cleaning, and now it is portable. It utilizes the revolutionary innovation of SafeDelete, a feature that allows users to safely recover any files deleted in error.
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People like to believe in conspiracy theories because the fantasy is more interesting than reality.