http://www.winextra.com/forums/forum/9 Bring back the eXtra in Windows en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:29:41 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.winextra.com/forums/search.php http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10775#post-53957 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:40:20 +0000 dontor 53957@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Source code hacked.<br /> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16740153" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16740153</a><br /> Gotta wonder how much else was hacked. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10726#post-53744 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:25:04 +0000 Pierre 53744@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>From Bruce Schneier's monthly newsletter: <a href="http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-1112.html#2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-1112.html#2</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10711#post-53659 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:43:36 +0000 Pierre 53659@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/so-theres-a-rootkit-hidden-in-millions-of-cellphones/16708?tag=nl.e539" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/so-theres-a-rootkit-hidden-in-millions-of-cellphones/16708?tag=nl.e539</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10646#post-53242 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:18:53 +0000 Steven Hodson 53242@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>thought you might find this interesting given your past &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.winextra.com/forums/my-plugins/smiley-choice/Default Smiley/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p><a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/148919/the-us-reaper-and-predator-drone-fleet-hit-by-virus/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.inquisitr.com/148919/the-us-reaper-and-predator-drone-fleet-hit-by-virus/</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10641#post-53224 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:14:27 +0000 Nate 53224@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>"When a Microsoft Windows machine gets infected by viruses/malware it does so mainly because users forget to update the Java JRE, Adobe Reader/Acrobat and Adobe Flash. This is revealed by a survey conducted by CSIS Security Group A/S."</p> <p><a href="http://net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1863" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://net-security.org/malware_news.php?id=1863</a></p> <p>They show a graph of the distribution of browsers that are compromised but that is conflated with the distribution of browser use. Another graph that would account for this would be nice. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10532#post-52721 Sat, 13 Aug 2011 06:21:27 +0000 Pierre 52721@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WelcomeToTheCloudYourAppleIDHasBeenDisabled.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.hanselman.com/blog/WelcomeToTheCloudYourAppleIDHasBeenDisabled.aspx</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10524#post-52674 Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:20:23 +0000 Nate 52674@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>I can't remember if you are using Wordpress.<br /> <a href="http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11417" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=11417</a></p> <p>There's more at Slashdot. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10518#post-52632 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 08:11:18 +0000 Pierre 52632@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/several_us_isps_hijacking_and_redirecting_their_customers_search_queries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/several_us_isps_hijacking_and_redirecting_their_customers_search_queries</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10508#post-52578 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:53:28 +0000 Nate 52578@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Oh, well. It's time for a constitutional amendment to prohibit cyber stalking.</p> <p><a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/undeletable-cookie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/07/undeletable-cookie/</a></p> <p>Prohibit the compilation, storage, and dissemination of personal identifiable information by any business the user does not have an ongoing relationship with and require the user to opt in. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10445#post-52259 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:41:15 +0000 moosepucky 52259@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><em>.....modified a popular, off-the-shelf computer mouse to include a flash drive and a powerful microcontroller that ran custom attack code that compromised whatever computer connected to it.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/mission_impossible_mouse_attack/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/06/27/mission_impossible_mouse_attack/</a> </p>