IT Turnover, Up or Out
So I read this article about IT turnover and many of the items struck a cord with me. I had witnessed it first hand, and even endured it myself on several occasions, with several different employers. Until I found what…
Target has been Targeted…
Update: As is now appears, 40 million accounts have been compromised. The Secret Service is investigating a possible data breach around the time of Black Friday that involves Target stores. It appears that the breach mainly targeted customers that actually…
NSA infiltrating World of Warcraft, Second Life and other MMO’s
It was recently released that the NSA has infiltrated popular MMO’s, such as World of Warcraft, Second Life, and others in an attempt to catch terrorists. Secret briefings from 2007 and 2008 show agents expressing great enthusiasm for video games…
Social Media Hacked Again…
Once again I find myself hashing out the same information about social media sites being hacked and user accounts being released into the wild. This time 2 million accounts are compromised and their details are posted online. The list breaks…
D-Link Routers (Firmware Update)
In October a security researcher discovered a backdoor vulnerability with certain D-Link routers. This vulnerability (CVE-2013-6027) [setting the browsers user agent string to “xmlset_roodkcable0j28840ybtide”] allows cyber criminals to alter a router setting without having a username or password. D-Link has…
What is Python?
I have gotten this a few times lately — Isn’t python a scripting language -or- Python isn’t a programming language it is a scripting language. I will try to make this as short and to the point as possible, and…
Careful what you click…
Over 10,000 people have been hit by Cryptolocker in the last week. To refresh your memory, CryptoLocker is a Trojan that encrypts documents on victims’ computers and holds them ransom for $300. If you don’t cough up the money, CryptoLocker…
New Look, Simple Design, Easy to Navigate…
After a few years of looking at the same thing it was time for a change. Not only is it time for a change in regards to appearance, it is also a time to change CMS. Large far reaching changes…
Happy Day!
I am pleasured to say that you all have been subject to my April Fools Day prank. The Story… What made this work so well, is the fact that many of you know I am a pilot. Others of…