SourceForge has been making headlines in recent weeks with a variety of criticisms. The once popular download destination for free software projects was sold off from its golden age and its new owners continue to demonstrate a history of bad decision making in the name of greed and profit. While SourceForge's popularity and usability has waned as other sites like GitHub and … [Read more...]
DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge holds first qualification event today
DARPA, the R&D branch of the US Department of Defense, is holding the first qualification event today in its Cyber Grand Challenge. The goal of the Cyber Grand Challenge is find ways to automate computers to reverse engineer and understand security flaws in software, with this Challenge being held 'capture the flag'-style. The final event is scheduled for July 17th with a … [Read more...]
Uninstall Hola ASAP
Hola previously billed itself as a VPN to browse anonymously and access media unavailable in your region, such as Netflix or streaming live sports. In the past week, security researchers have accused Hola of being harmful to the Internet as a whole. As a VPN or "unblocker", it may have allowed you access to different media but it was also increasing your vulnerability. The … [Read more...]
Setting up True Key by Intel Security
Intel Security (formerly McAfee) has been promoting their coming service to "remove the hassle of passwords" for a while. Earlier, I received my invitation to download the software and create a profile in its preview state. A little context I use KeePass to manage my passwords. It's an open-source product which creates a secure database for tracking your accounts and related … [Read more...]
Microsoft makes Local Administrator Password Solution official
Local administrator passwords are a problematic situation in an organization of significant size. Every computer either has the same password for the local administrator account, some formula to determine it, or a spreadsheet to track it. The bigger threat surrounding those accounts having a common password is more of an internal threat. With technicians coming and going, it … [Read more...]