Now here’s something that people with HP and Compaq computers should think about; HP’s software update system is susceptible to an exploit that will ‘brick’ your computer.  Don’t know what bricking is?  Well, let me put it this way: when a computer (or anything digitally-oriented) is ‘bricked’, that means it can only be used as […]

I just wanted to take a minute here to wish everyone happy holidays and a great new year!  Thanks to all our loyal readers!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the term, CAPTCHA’s are simply those pictures of random letter/number codes you are required to enter in a text box to proceed with a certain form.  For the most part, they are just random text and numbers, but every once in a while, they will spit out […]

Have you ever been a victim of ’swatting’?  If your saying to yourself that you are not sure, then you have not been a victim (fortunately).  Swatting is the prank where people make 911 calls that look like they come from your location and call in an emergency where the SWAT team gets involved.  This […]

Now here is an interesting debate. Cellular providers would think that blocking unsolicited text messages to their consumers would be a good thing.  But now, there are activists stating that doing this is discrimination.  By blocking unsolicited text messages, you will be blocked from spam, but at the same time, you will be blocked from […]

Here is an interesting little tidbit regarding Microsoft and how they are trying to change the ISO standard by migrating from an ‘open’ influence to a ‘proprietary’ influence.  For those of you who are not familiar with the ISO standard, it is one of those standards that has a significant impact on the hardware and […]

There has been an ongoing operation on the FBI’s behalf called ‘Operation Bot Roast’ where they report the damages caused by botnets on an ongoing basis.  Granted, this operation is not just used for reporting purposes, but it also helps track the sources of botnets so their creators can be sentenced to applicable terms.  Some […]

While this doesn’t have to do with computer security at all, I thought it was worth sharing.  You would think a story like this comes right out of a Disney movie, but that is definitely not the case.  Unlike having a traditional happy ending, this one wasn’t so happy… at least for the fugitive.  After […]

The whole idea of a big technology corporation fixing a vulnerability in one of their products may sound like nothing special, but this vulnerability is a little different.  This vulnerability, found in Apple’s Quicktime Player, has been susceptible to exploitation for over a year on the Windows Operating System.   The worst part is the person […]

One thing that I really find interesting and pleasing is all the various news I have read which discusses Mozilla.  It seems like every time there is a vulnerability published about their products, they have a patch for it publicly available within the week.  As much as I would like to say other companies do […]