I had a Roomba for a while but it stopped working properly, now preferring to jitter around in circles than clean an entire room. I took it apart several times, tried clearing sensors, reseating components, and blowing out all the dust that a vacuum encounters. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to repair it. Shortly after getting the Roomba, I read about the Neato. It was described … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
Adobe Flash Player receives small update, unifies 32-bit and 64-bit version installers
Late last week, Adobe announced an update to its Flash Player product for Windows only. Flash Player was updated from 11.3.300.268 to 11.3.300.270. The minor update addresses a crash with the Adobe Flash Player Update Service (FlashPlayerUpdateService.exe). The update, however, is not available from Adobe's Product Download Center. … [Read more...]
Malicious IPs, URLs, Content by country and other stats [infographic]
![Malicious IPs, URLs, Content by country and other stats [infographic]](https://i1.wp.com/www.404techsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/infographic_mal_ips.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
AlienVault has used the data from the first 5 months of operation from its Open Threat eXchange to build an infographic that shows the sort of content it is seeing. The malicious IP addresses are plotted based on country around the world. The IPs are attributed to "crimes" like pushing malware, attacking honeypots, etc. They could be innocent computers infected with malware or … [Read more...]
Search for photos by color with TinEye’s Multicolr
TinEye makes some pretty cool products surrounding image search on the web. I previously wrote about them as a tool to find the original source of an image. A new tool from TinEye's labs is called Multicolor Search. It allows you to find Creative Commons licensed images from Flickr based on color composition. … [Read more...]
Sophos Threatsaurus makes malware and other threats easy to understand
Sophos has provided their 2012 Threatsaurus free for download. It is a glossary of common terms in data security presented at a casual level that makes it easy to understand and fascinating to learn. The 131-page book goes through security terms, security software and hardware, safety tips, and even a history of malware. … [Read more...]