Ubuntu 13.04 Released Today!
- Apr
- 25
Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail launched today, bringing a variety of design enhancements and performance improvements. The new Ubuntu version offers classy new application icons, a social lens, lightning-fast performance, improved window switching methods and polished preview animations in the dash. However you slice it, Ubuntu 13.04 is packed with a wide array of features for […]
read moreNBC site redirecting to Exploit kit
- Feb
- 24
We became aware that the NBC[.]com website is redirecting to malicious websites that contains exploit kit. At this point it seems like most of the pages contains an iframe that is redirecting to the first stage of the RedKit exploit kit. Some twitter users are already poiting out some of these bad pages. Some of […]
read moreThe Power of Google Searching
- Feb
- 08
The Google Search engine is arguably the most powerful search engine. But like any tool its power resides in knowing how to use the tool correctly. Very few people know how to use these tools to refine their searches and get more accurate information. Often this is referred to as data-mining. If you want to […]
read moreCheat Sheets Allowed
- Feb
- 05
Back in school Cheat Sheets were never allowed and if you got caught with one you were in big trouble! How the world changes or our perspectives at least, today Cheat Sheets are considered part of almost any trade, here is a good cheat sheet source for computer science and programmers. http://overapi.com/ just don’t use […]
read moreAaron Swartz suicide sparks Anonymous to hack US Government Sites
- Jan
- 27
Hackers working under the name of the Anonymous hacktivist collective hit a U.S. government website on Saturday, replacing its home page with a 1,340 word text detailing its frustrations with the way the American legal system works and a threat to release “secrets” gathered from U.S. government websites. The website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission, […]
read moreThe Real Hunt for Red October
- Jan
- 21
A Russian security company, Kaspersky Labs, detected and identified a new spyware dubbed, ‘Rocra’ meaning ‘Red October’. The Red October (Rocra) campaign, was designed to steal—including encrypted files and from mobile devices—and has successfully infiltrated government, diplomatic and scientific agencies. Rocra is a new kind of virus, that goes undetected for long periods of time […]
read moreFedora Linux Lets You Choose Your Own GUI Adventure
- Jan
- 15
Linux fans hope that the interface changes in Windows 8 will drive more users to Linux. But the open source operating system is facing interface challenges of its own. Part of the problem is that — after so much controversy within the Linux community — there are so many interfaces to chose from. But the […]
read moreLinus Torvalds: Windows 8 Secure Boot Doesn’t Destroy Linux
- Jun
- 12
Many Linux lovers are worried that Microsoft’s new Secure Boot technology will make it more difficult to get the open source operating system onto machines that originally ship with Windows 8. … When Microsoft first unveiled its unified extensible firmware interface, or UEFI, many complained that it would keep Linux off of machines that originally […]
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