Discounts
Recurring Donations
OpenID Precautions
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte
Steve responds to criticisms of the OpenID system and offers some issues to consider when you use it.
get yours here.
iron wil
Just released (IN)Secure Magazine #13, topics covered:
get yours here.
iron wil
Ride The TWiT Party Jet
Hosts: Leo Laporte, Andy Ihnatko, Tom Merritt, and John C. Dvorak
Pirate’s Bay goes after the MPAA, Paul Allen loses a fortune, and it’s One Web Day… everyday.
get yours here.
iron wil
“Sir Tim Berners-Lee, credited as the inventor of the Web, has described online security as a ‘never-ending battle’.”1
The importance of this statement is that security, whether online or physical, is always changing and it is a never-ending battle! I am not trying to be an alarmist, talk to anybody in the security industry and they will tell you that things are changing all the time. The good news is that if we are conscious of where we browse, what eMails we open, and what links we click we can protect ourselves better than any software.
When I was a teen, my father was serving in the Army and we were stationed in Germany [which is a fabulous place]. This was a great! We loved it and always enjoyed the food, culture, and people - one thing that we didn’t enjoy was all the trouble some political refugees could cause. We were constantly taught to be aware of our surroundings and pay attention to suspicious looking/acting people. This was not hard, dad taught us things to look for and so did the AFN [Armed Forces Network] commercials that were on the limited US TV channel that was broadcast. To this day my favorite spot in a restaurant is the one where I can put my back to a corner [which bugs my wife a little].
I still watch for suspicious looking/acting people and try to pay a lot of attention to my surroundings. I know since I have been state side for years that I didn’t have to keep these skills up, but I have! I have become just as conscious about where I browse online and with good Anti-Virus and Anti-Malware, I have not had ANY virus or malware problems on my computer [thank goodness].
There are many good programs that help with computer security, but user error still accounts for the majority of problems.
iron wil
Notes:
1) ZDNet Australia, Berners-Lee: Web security still a fight.
Listener Feedback 24
Hosts: Steve Gibson with Leo Laporte
Our regular mailbag episode with a dozen questions and comments from our listeners, plus an extra one for fun.
Steve gives a shout out to Spirit and Opportunity [yes the Mars bots]. A SpinRite story [of course].
Some questions - Why doesn’t Security Now have more audio formats (i.e. Ogg), eBay CAPTCHA cracker, session management schemes, Can I use SpinRite on my Dish hard drive?, Why don’t you put your eCommerce system up for sale?, and many more.
get yours here.
iron wil
Issue 3 Released!
Full Circle Magazine is proud to announce our third issue.
It contains:
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-3/
English language only at the moment, but translations are on the way.
Issue 4 Released!
Full Circle - the independent magazine to the Ubuntu Community are proud to
announce our fourth issue.
It contains :
http://www.fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-4/
English language only at the moment, translations on the way…
I will do a better job of posting the next release, which should be in a few days.
iron wil
As you know this is my favorite office suite. It is “Available for download now, OpenOffice.org 2.3 incorporates an extensive array of new features and enhancements to all its core components, and protects users from newly discovered security vulnerabilities. It is a major release and all users should download it.”
This does fix one security issue while providing a host of additional features, like Extensions.
Get yours here.
iron wil
Notes:
1) OpenOffice.org.
p.s. - literally [37%] I am waiting for it to finish so that I can install it.
