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Malware poses updates: Why the FBI is warning travelers

jmiles — Thu, 17 May 2012 10:02:30 +0000

Those “critical update” notices you get, especially while traveling, may not be what you think. Michael Kassner gets the low-down on this serious threat as well as the Evilgrade platform. via Malware poses as software updates: Why the FBI is …

Blogger: “I fell for the oldest social engineering trick in the book”

jmiles — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:25:25 +0000

I’ve written countless stories about social engineering, with security experts far and wide telling our readers never to open a link from someone we don’t know. We’ve also published advice about making sure a message from a friend is for …

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Study finds major flaws in single sign-on systems

jmiles — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:38:45 +0000

The single sign-on protocols that allow users to sign in to a range of websites with their Google or Facebook accounts suffer from security flaws that could allow scammers to log in as somebody else, security researchers have reported. via …

Windows 7 services you may not need

jmiles — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:34:36 +0000

Check these out; you might be able to disable services that you’ll never need: 10+ Windows 7 services you may not need | TechRepublic. Related posts: Tests show Windows 8 much faster than Windows 7 10 things network admins need to …

Attacked by Anonymous: How to defend

jmiles — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:45:03 +0000

Organizations have to be ready to face possible DoS attacks. Here are some basic strategies that can be used to defend against an attack: Configure your routers and firewalls to stop invalid IP addresses and filter out protocols that are …

Virtual Teams Can Outperform Traditional Teams

jmiles — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:16:35 +0000

Teams can be highly effective even when members have never met in person. In fact, virtual teams can actually outperform traditional co-located groups. An extensive study of 80 software development teams with programmers from the United States, South America, Europe, …

Tests show Windows 8 much faster than Windows 7

jmiles — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:40:51 +0000

One thing you’ll like about Windows 8: Even though it’s only in its preview form, it’s already faster than Windows 7. And as development proceeds, it should only get even faster. [PC World] ran Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview …

Google Gives Search a Refresh – WSJ.com

jmiles — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:53:46 +0000

To provide answers that arent already in Google’s ever-expanding database, the company will blend new semantic-search technology with its current system to better recognize the value of information on websites and figure out which ones to show in search results. …

Five Leadership Lessons From James T. Kirk

jmiles — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:01:12 +0000

My favorite lesson from Captain Kirk: 2. Have Advisors With Different Worldviews “One of the advantages of being a captain, Doctor, is being able to ask for advice without necessarily having to take it.” via Five Leadership Lessons From James …

Your Complete Guide to Facebook Timeline

jmiles — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000

Facebook has been rolling out Timeline slowly since December, after first introducing it at its F8 developer conference in September. The project is one of Facebooks most ambitious and significant redesigns to date, as it seeks to become your digital …