CNET has an brief article about the major hacks of the year: Keeping up with the hackers (chart) | InSecurity Complex – CNET News.
You can view the direct link to the spreadsheet here.
Keeping up with the hackers (chart) | InSecurity Complex – CNET News
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Comments Off on Keeping up with the hackers (chart) | InSecurity Complex – CNET News Sync OneNote 2010 to Office Live for Editing Anywhere – How-To Geek
August 17th, 2011 etdot Comments Off on Sync OneNote 2010 to Office Live for Editing Anywhere – How-To Geek Do you enjoy the rich feature set of OneNote but prefer Evernote’s online syncing? Here’s how you can get the best of both worlds with OneNote 2010 and the free Office Web Apps.
via Sync OneNote 2010 to Office Live for Editing Anywhere – How-To Geek.
FaceNiff makes Facebook hacking a portable, one-tap affair (video) — Engadget
August 11th, 2011 etdot Comments Off on FaceNiff makes Facebook hacking a portable, one-tap affair (video) — Engadget This Android app listens in on WiFi networks (even ones encrypted with WEP, WPA, or WPA2) and lets you hop on to the accounts of anyone sharing the wireless connection with you. Right now it works with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Nasza-Klasa (a Polish Facebook clone), but developer Bartosz Ponurkiewicz promises more are coming.
via FaceNiff makes Facebook hacking a portable, one-tap affair (video) — Engadget.
Remove your name and photo from LinkedIn Social Advertising Privacy Setting
August 11th, 2011 etdot Comments Off on Remove your name and photo from LinkedIn Social Advertising Privacy Setting If you are a user of LinkedIn and want to protect your privacy you may want to consider disabling their Social Advertising feature which gives them permission to use your name and photo in advertisements. Just do the following:
1) Click on your name in the upper right hand corner and click the Settings link.
2) Click the Account link on the left.
3) Click the Manage Social Advertising link.
4) Remove the check from the box labeled LinkedIn may use my name, photo in social advertising.
5) Click the Save button.
Source: A Box You Want to Uncheck on LinkedIn « Connection Agent.
‘War texting’ lets hackers unlock car doors via SMS – Computerworld
July 29th, 2011 etdot Comments Off on ‘War texting’ lets hackers unlock car doors via SMS – Computerworld A classic case of manufacturers ignoring or oblivious to security concerns.
‘War texting’ lets hackers unlock car doors via SMS – Computerworld.