by technicalguy | Mar 10, 2011 | Security
At the 2011 annual CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest a team from France successfuly hijacked a fully patched version of Mac OS X 64-bit Within five seconds of surfing to the rigged site,VUPEN co-founder Chaouki Bekrar had successfully launched Apple’s calculator app...
by technicalguy | Feb 22, 2011 | Internet, Security, Small Business Technology, Technology
I admit it, I use the free WIFI available at Starbucks and other coffee shops. You probably do too – just how safe is it? It was safer prior to October 2010, when a little piece of software called Firesheep became available. Firesheep allows someone to...
by technicalguy | Feb 2, 2011 | Security, Small Business Technology, Social Media
Facebook Instant Personalization Here we go again Today Facebook released “Instant Personalization”, a feature that allows granted Facebook partners to use your public information in your Facebook profile and use it to personalize their own pages. This...
by technicalguy | Jan 27, 2011 | Security, Social Media
Facebook has finally released a secured browsing option for their website. Facebook now offers the ability to browse their site using HTTPS, which will help to eliminate hacker problems with the likes of Firesheep and others. Be aware though that this feature is not...
by technicalguy | Dec 15, 2010 | Security, Small Business Technology, Technology
Okay, so you probably don’t have secrets at the level of the US government – but you still have confidential data. Business trade secrets, personal and private information about you, and employees. Stop and think for a moment: what disruption and breakdown...
