Microsoft will be releasing a Windows Update in a couple of hours to address a vulnerability that has been getting a growing amount of press and has also seen an increasing number of attempts to exploit the vulnerability. Announced late last Thursday evening, the Microsoft Security Response Center stated that the release would occur at 10 AM PDT today. We are releasing the … [Read more...]
Phishing Turns to Scare Tactics from the “FBI”
Phishing attempts have turned to scare tactics under the guise of the FBI. I've copied the message below for your entertainment and education. The e-mail addresses involved in this phish include: fbisecurity@w.cn, federalbureauf8@gmail.com, and ufbi@ymail.com. These e-mails should be discarded and treated as a scam falsely sent under the name of John Francis Pikus. … [Read more...]
A Rant on Cyber-Bullying or ‘They’re 11. You, the Parent, Take Responsibility!’
This is partially a rant and partially a list of resources to help protect your children safe online. I was "inspired" to write this post for two reasons, I was already accumulating the list of resources for keeping kids safe online and secondly, Good Morning America had an interview with a family that was victimized by cyber bullying where they got it all wrong. Here's my two … [Read more...]
Microsoft Reframes ‘Responsible Disclosure’ into Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure
The Microsoft Security Response Center announced earlier today via their TechNet blog a change in the practice of disclosing vulnerabilities. Responsible disclosure being the hot topic for last month shows its cause-effect relationship with today's announcement being the 'effect' part. Microsoft is sticking to its guns and holds fast "that coordination and collaboration are … [Read more...]
Ensuring Consent and Revocation When Your Info is Their Business
Ignorance is bliss and a world you'll never again be able to enter once you have the blinders removed to your privacy and personal information being left behind and sold whenever it can be. This goes beyond the social networks where you volunteer that personal information and also includes instances where the alumni association of the University you attend starts sending … [Read more...]