Though it sounds like a bad movie sequel, World IPv6 Day is back and it's a good thing. Whereas last year's World IPv6 Day was a 24 hour test by some of the largest websites on the Internet, this time IPv6 is being turned on and left on since no major problems were encountered during the test. While World IPv6 Launch is scheduled for June 6th, due to the international time … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Microsoft’s part in the Flame malware
Microsoft Security Response Center made a post yesterday that discusses how its products were misused as part of the Flame malware that has received a lot of media attention. As the malware is targeted towards very specific targets, most are not at risk. Microsoft's analysis of the malware has found that components of Flame are signed by certificates that appear to come from … [Read more...]
Add Office 97 Clippy to your website with Clippy.js
Remember the annoying Microsoft Agents? Things like Clippy in Office 97 and Rover on Windows XP Search? The developers at Smore decided to resurrect these characters and give them new life on the web. … [Read more...]
CloudFlare targeted through Google Apps account recovery flaw
CloudFlare, the security-filtering, DNS pass-through CDN, has reported via its blog that its servers have been breached. The hacking team UGNazi has surfaced and is claiming credit for the breach. … [Read more...]
Microsoft round-up: Windows 8 Release Preview, Server 2012 RC, $15 upgrade offer, IE 10 Do-Not-Track, Visual Studio 2012 RC
Microsoft wanted to send out May with a blast so they put a lot of news on their upcoming products - Windows 8, Server 2012, Visual Studio 2012, .NET Framework 4.5, and IE 10. By time I finish writing this up, there might even be more. … [Read more...]