Tweetbeep Can See Through Twitter Privacy Protection

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  • Written on: November 2nd, 2008

The other day I was getting my teeth filled at the Dentist and my phone vibrated telling me my Dentist had just tweeted! It seems like everyone is on Twitter these days. Some people use it for marketing, some people use it as a public diary, and some people elect to password protect their updates […]

Antivirus 2009 Malware – How to Avoid Infection

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  • Written on: September 25th, 2008

Antivirus 2009, XP Antivirus and XP Antivirus 2008 infections may be using a new exploit to get into PCs that are not equipped with the latest anti-virus software.

Turkish Hacker Leaves Husker Access a Present

  • Comments: 1
  • Written on: September 18th, 2008

Today at about 2:30 CST a local Lincoln Internet Service Provider was attacked by a hacker who calls himself the “holocaust Turkish Hacker.”

Text Link Ads Exploit Allows You To Sell Ads in Unpublished WordPress Drafts

  • Comments: 4
  • Written on: August 17th, 2008

A Text Link Ads plugin exploit lists your WordPress drafts as content that is available for paid link purchases. Stuff the drafts and watch the money roll in!

How to Respond When People Threaten to Sue You on the Web

  • Comments: 9
  • Written on: May 19th, 2008

Listing ONLY “Peter Kowalski” not my full name, easily apparent in the program itself, as Alexander Peter Kowalski. Thus, I’d never find it online) & this would be part of the grunds I am suing on if need be for libelling me online since 2004. This is not an idle threat, it is a certainty. I am rather insulted & furious regarding this incident that has long been hidden from myself via what I feel are nefarious means.

Have you googled your Social Security Number Lately?

  • Comments: 1
  • Written on: May 14th, 2008

When the results came up he was surprised that a telecom company in the Czech Republic had his Social Security number posted in an Excel Spreadsheet on a public server.

Critical Patch for HP and Compaq Notebook Users

  • Comments: 3
  • Written on: December 15th, 2007

Hewlett Packard has confirmed that users of 82 HP and Compaq notebook models have a critical security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass your anti-virus software and infect your computer directly from a webpage.

Hacking Macs is Starting to Pay, Mac Users on Notice

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  • Written on: November 10th, 2007

Before you are wooed by Apple’s siren song, you might want to save a few bucks for some security software. Thanks to the work of a Russian hacking gang, your Mac is going to need it.

E-Trade and TD-Ameritrade Users Hacked!

  • Comments: 3
  • Written on: October 23rd, 2006

Computer hackers based in East-Europe, Asia, and Thailand have successfully hacked into thousands of TD-Ameritrade, E-Trade, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab user accounts in what is being called the biggest single identity theft crime in history.

The heist is currently being investigated by the FBI, the SEC, and the National Association of Securities Dealers, and with good reason. New York-based E-Trade spent over $18 Million to compensate its users for losses and Nebraska-based TD-Ameritrade (formerly run by Pete Rickets) also lost an undisclosed amount of money as a result of the intrusion.

Microsoft Reverses Decision and Releases VML Rendering Patch Today

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  • Written on: September 27th, 2006

About 5 minutes ago, my automatic updating function in Windows XP notified me that I had received a new update to install. The update, KB925486, is designed to address “A security issue…that could allow an attacker to compromise a computer running Microsoft Windows and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by […]

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