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Author: dschmidthawk

  • Twitter Bootstrap

    Twitter Bootstrap: what is is and what does it mean to you…

  • PWN — The New Term In Town

    So you may have been seeing this word “pwn” in articles regarding security and hacking and thought it was a typo and it should have read “own.” Well you’re partly correct. Pwn (pronounced “powned”) “is an leetspeak (elite speak) term meaning to appropriate or to conquer or gain ownership. In hacker-ese, it means to compromise…

  • What is Two-Factor Authentication? Why Should You Care?

    What is two-factor authentication? According to Wikipedia: Two-factor authentication (TFA, T-FA or 2FA) is an approach to authentication which requires the presentation of two or more of the three authentication factors: “something the user knows”, “something the user has”, and “something the user is”. There are three generally recognized factors for authentication: something you know…

  • Taken Over

    According to Neil J. Rubenking taking over your computer remotely appears to be ridiculously, as long as you’re a bit gullible and don’t have any antivirus productions. Apparently he’s done it, along with several other tech journalists as part of a recent McAfee Consumer Journalist Day at McAfee Headquarters in Santa Clara. Each of hte…

  • A Clever Idea for Your Phone Camera

    There are a lot of things you use your phone for, but have you considered you can use it as a reminder? Using your phone camera makes remembering things a breeze. You’re at Disneyland and you’ve parked in some character’s colored section — take a snapshot of where you parked!

  • Kama Sutra PowerPoint in Email is MalWare

    Kama Sutra PowerPoint Attached to Email is MalWare

  • Microsoft Warning: Email Worm Posing as MS Update

    Cyber-criminals have been sending so-called Microsoft updates via email that are actually viruses. Microsoft is reminding users that it never sends out security alerts with attachments via email and that you should never open such an email if it arrives in your inbox.

  • New Microsoft Web Worm Threat

    So, when Brian Livingston of Windows Secrets advises everyone to install the new MS patch without hesitation, you know it’s serious. Brian states that this is the first time in 1-1/2 years that Microsoft has released an emergency fix outside of its monthly “Patch Tuesday” cycle. The patch is found in Security bulletin MS08-067 (patch…

  • Fake Windows Update Ignored by Outlook’s Email Defenses

    There’s a fake Microsoft email message with a nasty file attachment wending it’s way around the internet. It’s supposedly a Windows update .exe sent as an attachment to a Microsoft email.

  • Phishing Scam – Intellectual Property Rights Scam

    For those of you who are now the proud owners of your own website domains, there comes with it a whole new level of spam.  It’s important to be on your guard for seemingly legitimate requests or inquiries, especially in a field that is new to you and in a “language” that may be unfamiliar…