Monthly Archives: February 2009

Adobe Acrobat 0-Day

There is an Adobe Acrobat +Reader exploit now circulating in the wild.  Adobe has stated they may not have a patch for several weeks.  You can protect yourself in the meantime by disabling Javascript within Acrobat.  See below: Hackers have … Continue reading

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Original System7.org Flash Video

I was browsing old hard drives today and secure wiping those that could be recycled.  I came across a very old flash video that someone made for System7. You can check it out here: System7 Retro Intro

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TrueCrypt: Avert Employer’s Computer Policy

Would you like to store personal data on an employer owned computer?  Does your employer have a policy about what can be stored on their machine? To protect yourself from employer remote software/inventory scans (as well as a ton of … Continue reading

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That’s a lot of CPU’s….

We just got a new machine at work. Check out this Task Manager screen shot (no photoshop here!)

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Your Thoughts: Ad-hoc Monitor Port on WRT54G

I would like to run Snort and Bot Hunter on a spare Linux machine on my home LAN.  My local network uses the very common Linksys WRT54G wireless router.  Therefore I have a switched network which makes it very difficult … Continue reading

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Ford (Microsoft) Sync: WOW

I had the chance to ride in a friend’s Ford Fusion over the weekend – first time in this car. The Fusion is one of a handful of automobiles that features Ford Sync which was developed through a partnership by … Continue reading

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