Good morning! This little video produced for an Australian TV show will certainly get you in a good mood as it showers doom and gloom all around with a clear, visual explanation of Stuxnet, where it was found, and what it could do. They refer to Stuxnet as "the first weapon made entirely from code." http://vimeo.com/25118844 … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2012
Sophos false positive quarantines itself with Shh/Updater-B detection
In the accelerating race against viruses and malware, a trade-off we are seeing more frequently are the false-positives. Companies like Avast, McAfee, and others have all experienced them and last week was Sophos' turn. The company's anti-virus software would report that "'Virus/spyware' Shh/Updater-B has been detected and moved to quarantine" on Windows computers. … [Read more...]
Fix blank icons in the notification area on Windows 7
I encountered a PC earlier this week where the notification area was full of blank icons. It acted like it had icons in the system tray but they didn't react to clicks or right-clicks. It wasn't that alarming when the notification area was collapsed but when it was spread out on the task bar, it certainly looked odd. … [Read more...]
Mobile Pwn2Own 2012 shows Galaxy S III and iPhone 4S hack
At the EUSecWest 2012 conference, a Mobile Pwn2Own is taking place to test vectors on smartphones mobile web browsers, operating systems, NFC, SMS, and cellular baseband. Prizes are offered to the security researchers able to compromise the device. They will be rewarded with a cash prize and the device itself. A successful attack against these devices must require little or no … [Read more...]
Silently install CutePDF Writer without the Ask toolbar
CutePDF Writer is a neat little utility that installs a printer on your computer. Anything that you print to that printer (documents, images, web pages, etc.) gets saved as a .PDF file. I like this sort of utility because they're free ways to create PDF files and I find that to be an even better print preview function and it saves paper when I can keep things digitally. The … [Read more...]