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Tuesday News

September 19, 2017, 14:42(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Protest To Protect Net Neutrality
Sept 26-27: The Internet descends on Washington
“On September 26-27 Internet users from across the country will converge on Washington, DC to meet directly with their members of Congress, which is by far the most effective way to influence their positions and counter the power of telecom lobbyists and campaign contributions. First you can attend a training hosted by Public Knowledge who will share years of experience on how to be effective in these meetings. Participants will be paired with a guide to show you where to go on Capitol Hill to participate in meetings with key lawmakers.”

Chrome Vs. Edge and IE
This “Browser Security White Paper” that “has been sponsored by Google” claims Google Chrome is more secure than Microsoft Edge or Internet Explorer.

Screw You Guys I’m Going Home
The EFF doesn’t like the W3C supporting DRM so they quit. Well played guys!

CCleaner
Nothing new to report.

Off Topic
Forget getting rich – sex and sleep are the real keys to happiness (and beer, they forgot beer!)

Tagged With: Computer News

CCleaner Compromised, part 2

September 18, 2017, 14:26(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner

Warning, Opinions ahead.
[Read more…] about CCleaner Compromised, part 2

Tagged With: Freeware, Security

CCleaner Compromised

September 18, 2017, 06:29(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

CCleaner

“For a period of time, the legitimate signed version of CCleaner 5.33 being distributed by Avast also contained a multi-stage malware payload that rode on top of the installation of CCleaner… During the installation of CCleaner 5.33, the 32-bit CCleaner binary that was included also contained a malicious payload that featured a Domain Generation Algorithm (DGA) as well as hardcoded Command and Control (C2) functionality. We confirmed that this malicious version of CCleaner was being hosted directly on CCleaner’s download server as recently as September 11, 2017.”
[Read more…] about CCleaner Compromised

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Security

Constitution Day

September 17, 2017, 09:45(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
[Read more…] about Constitution Day

Tagged With: Off Topic

Sysinternals Freeware Updates

September 15, 2017, 06:53(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

cooltools

Several Sysinternals tools updated including Autoruns and Process Monitor.
Sysinternals Home Page
Sysinternals Update: Sysmon v6.10, Process Monitor v3.40, Autoruns v13.80, AccessChk v6.11

Tagged With: Cool Tools, Freeware

Thursday News

September 14, 2017, 19:04(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

www_news

Software Updates
Google Chrome 61.0.3163.91 – 32-bit or 64-bit
VirtualBox 5.1.28

How Is This Even Possible
Apparently the U.S. Navy needs to follow Commander Adama’s advice, ““We don’t allow Colonialnet connections on Fleet assets,”. Seriously, WTF?

Tagged With: Computer News

Phone Innovations

September 14, 2017, 16:38(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Who’s missing???

First phone to play MP3’s: Samsung SPH-M100 in 1999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_media_player#Mobile_phones

First phone with internet access: Nokia 9000 Communicator in 1996
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Web

First phone with camera: Sharp J-SH04 J-Phone in 2000
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera_phone

First phone with front facing camera (selfie):
Several mobile phones released in late 2003 introduced front-facing cameras, including the Sony Ericsson Z1010 and Motorola A835.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-facing_camera

First phone with fingerprint recognition: Toshiba G500 and G900 in 2007
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_ID

First phone with face recognition: Samsung Galaxy Nexus in 2011
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/425805/new-google-smart-phone-recognizes-your-face/

First phone with iris recognition: Fujitsu ARROWS NX F-04G in 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iris_recognition

Tagged With: Off Topic

Patch Tuesday

September 12, 2017, 17:03(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

windows security

Time To Run Windows Update
Updates for all currently supported Windows versions, IE, Edge, Office, Flash, .NET Framework…
As usual see the complete Breakdown at the end of this post.
Win10 update info: September 12, 2017—KB4038788 (OS Build 15063.608)
“This update includes quality improvements. No new operating system features are being introduced in this update.”

Flash Updated
APSB17-28 Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player
Download for IE
Download for Firefox, Opera

CCleaner Too
Download
[Read more…] about Patch Tuesday

Tagged With: Security

Weekend Random Stuff…

September 10, 2017, 10:21(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

Best Buy Axes Kapersky
Best Buy is pulling internet security software from a Russian company off its shelves and from its website amid outside concerns that Kaspersky Lab could have links to the Russian government…“In light of what we know about Kaspersky Lab and Russia’s cyberattacks on our private and public networks, this is a very sound decision,” said U.S Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
[Read more…] about Weekend Random Stuff…

Tagged With: Computer News

Cybersecurity Alert

September 7, 2017, 16:51(EDT) By Eric (a.k.a. TweakHound)

www_news

Credit reporting firm Equifax says cybersecurity incident could potentially affect 143 million US consumers
– Equifax said data on 143 million U.S. customers was obtained in a breach
– The breach occurred on July 29
– Personal information including birth dates, credit card numbers and more was obtained in the breach

This is bad y’all. Very bad.

*Update 0645hrs 08SEPT2017

ARSTechnica – Why the Equifax breach is very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever
Must read. Too much good info to quote.

DO NOT use the Equifax site (trustedidpremier.com) to put your name and last 6 ssn. Read the article above for why.
In addition, Techcrunch says, “The site’s terms of service seem to state that by agreeing to use this service, the user is waving their rights to bring a class action lawsuit against Equifax.”

*Update 0705hrs 08SEPT2017
Brian Krebs – Breach at Equifax May Impact 143M Americans
Again. Must read. Too much good info to quote

Tagged With: Computer News

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