Friday, July 5th, 2013
I was geeking out a bit tonight thinking about a friend's situation and thought that I could probably do something useful in Splunk that might be helpful to others. Sure enough, a few minutes later and I am viewing all my active netstat connections geographically as they are established:
Once the ...
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Wednesday, June 26th, 2013
At Opera Software, we are committed to the security and privacy of our users. This is paramount to us, and as such, we want to share the details of a recent incident with you.
On June 19th we uncovered, halted and contained a targeted attack on our internal network infrastructure. Our ...
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
In May, NSS Labs issued the results of its study of web browsers in terms of blocking malware. It showed Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 blocking 99.96 percent of all malware during their test period, which was a much better percentage than Chrome or Firefox. Today, Microsoft went over some of the features ...
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Saturday, June 22nd, 2013
A bug on Facebook leaked email addresses and phone numbers provided by some 6 million people on the site to certain other users, the company revealed Friday.
What sparked the problem is a bit complicated. The bug caused some of the information that the social network stores to make friend recommendations ...
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Saturday, June 15th, 2013
Analysts at the U.S. National Security Agency not only sift through the metadata associated with your calls — they also have the ability to listen in on conversations in real time.
The news, which was first reported by sister site CNET's Declan McCullagh, cited Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) who was told during a ...
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