HP ZDI, the folks that put on Pwn2Own, explained the white, grey, and black markets for vulnerabilities in this infographic. (Source: Pwn2Own.com) … [Read more...]
Archives for March 2014
Creating a shortcut to put your computer to sleep
I often put my computer at home to sleep when I walk away from it. With Windows 8, that's a few clicks either way that you do it. I was hoping to find a faster way to do it, so I turned to scripting the process. That way I could just double-click a file or a shortcut on the Start Screen. I first found the sleep command to run rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 but … [Read more...]
Amazon announce Prime membership increases to $99/year
Amazon Prime provides subscribers with free 2 day shipping, Prime Instant video, and the Kindle Owners' Lending Library. For the past 9 years, the annual subscription has stayed steady at $79 a year. For current members whose membership renews before April 17th, they will get another year at $79. Those that renew afterwards will be charged the increased price of $99 a year. … [Read more...]
Pwn2Own 2014 begins; Results
The 2014 Pwn2Own competition takes place today and tomorrow at the CanSecWest 2014 conference in Vancouver. The targets to be compromised are the traditional browsers running on fully patched Windows 8.1 x64 and Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In addition to Chrome, IE11, and Firefox on Windows 8.1 and Safari on OS X, there are separate prizes for vulnerabilities in the category of … [Read more...]
IT support resources to help with remote walkthroughs
Not being able to see an application or operating system takes away all of the visual reminders that help you know where you are going. When asked to help someone with unfamiliar software over the phone, it can be difficult to guide the person to the correct spot. Chasms and Network Overload are two sites that provide interactive documentation of software, operating systems and … [Read more...]