The cloud has been rather rainy, lately. Sony has had a rough month, to say the least. They’ve been hacked, and info has been stolen. At the time of writing PSN has been down for close to three weeks, and Sony Online Entertainment has been down for a week. During this time, Sony hasn’t shown [...]
Google Chrome Sandbox Hacked
Two of the core reasons for installing Google Chrome are the browser’s speed and security. Especially the latter with its sandboxing approach proved to be very effective against many common attack forms and hacking attempts. Even the security experts at the Pwn2Own conference were not able to penetrate Chrome’s defense system, most did not even [...]
Sortable Headers In All Windows Explorer View Modes
Files and folders can be viewed in various view modes in Windows Explorer. From extra large icons over details and lists to the extended view mode. If you pay attention to the window, you will notice that the header area is not displayed when most of the view modes are selected. Extra large, large, medium [...]
Disk Explorer Professional, Disk Catalog Software
Disk Explorer Professional is a free disk cataloging software for Windows. You can use it to catalog a wide variety of devices, from internal hard drives over CDs, DVDs and other optical discs to floppy disks and removable storage devices. The program stores information about files and folders on selected devices in databases, which can [...]
SecretSync, Security Layer To Protect Sensitive Files On Dropbox
The popular file synchronization and hosting service Dropbox encrypts all uploaded files and folders automatically to protect network snooping and other forms of attack and unauthorized access to those files. Dropbox recently changed their terms of service which confirmed that the company was able to decrypt files that you upload to Dropbox, for instance to [...]
Block Firefox From Re-enabling Disabled Plugins
When I look under plugins in the Firefox add-on manager I notice many plugins there that I never use. Among them illustrious plugins like Google Update, iTunes Application detector, Microsoft Office 2010, Windows Activation Technology or Windows Live Photo Gallery. To be honest, I sometimes do not even know what purpose they have. Google Update [...]
Universal USB Installer, Install, Run Linux From USB
I just got the replacement battery for my Acer Aspire 3810T and decided to make a clean cut. Instead of continuing to use Windows 7 as the operating system I have decided to install the latest Ubuntu on the notebook. I’m not using the device that often, actually only if I’m on holiday, and I [...]
Finally, a Judge That Understands that an IP Is Not a Person
Everyone knows the risks of working on an open Wi-Fi connection. Everything can be stolen from your security to your bandwidth. But the courts in the US have been historically unaware of the implications of an open Wi Fi connection. Finally, though, there appears to be one judge that understands that an IP connection does [...]
Firefox 4 Supports Content Security Policy
Content Security Policy is a standard developed by Mozilla designed to protect against cross site scripting (XSS) attacks. Cross site scripting attacks use vulnerabilities in websites to inject JavaScript code into pages or urls of that site. The injected JavaScript code is then executed when visitors open a specifically prepared link or page on the [...]