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Password protection for everyone

05 February 2013

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Source: H Security - Posted by Anthony Pell
First things first: never use the same password for multiple services. To avoid losing track of the resulting multitude of passwords, use either a password safe or a personalised password system. And there's a technique you can use to memorise the required complicated master password.
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How to fix the UPnP security holes

31 January 2013

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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Anthony Pell
The US Department of Homeland Security is urging everyone to disable the common networking Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol. This is being done because Rapid7 security researchers have found that tens of million devices worldwide are wide open to attack because of flaws in the network protocol and its implementations.
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Is Facebook infecting your computer? More hackers using social network, experts say

29 January 2013

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Source: Fox News - Posted by Anthony Pell
Sadie Ouse, a high school senior, never saw it coming. Recently, a hacker commandeered her Facebook account. Using a common malware tactic, the hacker sent a message to all of her friends with a link to the site homeincomenow3.com, operated by “Zhang Lei” in Beijing, China.
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Oracle releases emergency Java update

14 January 2013

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Source: Chicago Tribune - Posted by Dave Wreski
Oracle Corp. released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes.
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2013: Installing Linux on Windows 8 PC is still a pain

31 December 2012

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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Dave Wreski
In security's name, Microsoft has made it difficult to install Linux, or any other operating system, including older versions of Windows, on Windows 8 PCS. In addition, Microsoft has made it all but impossible to install Linux on Windows RT devices such as the Surface RT.
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