Jason's Blog! » Uncategorized http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu Just another Plymouth State University Blog Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:58:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Storm Worm Botnet Lobotomizing Anti-Virus Programs http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/27/storm-worm-botnet-lobotomizing-anti-virus-programs/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/27/storm-worm-botnet-lobotomizing-anti-virus-programs/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:21:37 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/27/storm-worm-botnet-lobotomizing-anti-virus-programs/ Just in time for Halloween, a virus that lobotomizes your AV and leaves your machine at the mercy of it’s master. New technique leaves anti-virus running but brain-dead; expert says we haven’t come close to witnessing Storm’s true power.

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/27/storm-worm-botnet-lobotomizing-anti-virus-programs/feed/ 0 Upgrade Windows XP to Vista for free http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/25/upgrade-windows-xp-to-vista-for-free/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/25/upgrade-windows-xp-to-vista-for-free/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 03:43:01 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/25/upgrade-windows-xp-to-vista-for-free/ Chris Pirillo shows us how to upgrade any version of Windows XP to Vista for the great price of free! The thing that is great about this is that Vista seems more stable when it is installed this way, why? I dunno but it is just awesome watch the video!

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/25/upgrade-windows-xp-to-vista-for-free/feed/ 0 When PDF’s Attack… Again! http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/24/when-pdfs-attack-again/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/24/when-pdfs-attack-again/#comments Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:31:40 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/24/when-pdfs-attack-again/ Some months ago Symantec reported on a cross site scripting vulnerability relating to PDF files and browser handling of them. As it turned out, the vulnerability was not used in the wild much at all….

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/24/when-pdfs-attack-again/feed/ 0 Youtube and Sony’s new camcorder http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/youtube-and-sonys-new-camcorder/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/youtube-and-sonys-new-camcorder/#comments Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:03:03 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/youtube-and-sonys-new-camcorder/ Sony’s new camcorder lets you directly post your home videos to youtube

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/youtube-and-sonys-new-camcorder/feed/ 0 Implicit Trust in DNS Servers is BAD http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/implicit-trust-in-dns-servers-is-bad/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/implicit-trust-in-dns-servers-is-bad/#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:59:10 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/implicit-trust-in-dns-servers-is-bad/ If a DNS server is exploited, any Web site you visit may be fake. This includes search engines, Web mail, banks, online stores, etc. By redirecting Web mail, a user’s email account can be stolen. By redirecting forums or message boards, a user’s password can be stolen. A smart attacker can make these completely invisible to the user.

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/12/implicit-trust-in-dns-servers-is-bad/feed/ 0 We will, we will – mislead you. http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/10/we-will-we-will-%e2%80%93-mislead-you/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/10/we-will-we-will-%e2%80%93-mislead-you/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:10:39 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/10/we-will-we-will-%e2%80%93-mislead-you/ In the ever-expanding world of misleading applications, you might wonder how each new application can stand out from the crowd and get itself noticed. Browsing the Web sites of some of these applications shows that…

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/10/we-will-we-will-%e2%80%93-mislead-you/feed/ 0 Too good to be true http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/09/too-good-to-be-true/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/09/too-good-to-be-true/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:33:05 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/09/too-good-to-be-true/ How can you substantiate someone’s claim that they are the worst, the best, the most user-friendly, or simply the only system that your company will ever need. Some people blindly put their trust into companies without authenticating their claims.

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/09/too-good-to-be-true/feed/ 0 What’s coming with Windows? Even the insiders aren’t sure… http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/02/whats-coming-with-windows-even-the-insiders-arent-sure/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/02/whats-coming-with-windows-even-the-insiders-arent-sure/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:51:24 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/02/whats-coming-with-windows-even-the-insiders-arent-sure/ Sometimes you find fascinating little tidbits of Microsoft news buried in obscure places, tossed in as throwaway remarks. Today%u2019s case in point comes from a post at an obscure Microsoft blog, which inadvertently answers the question of why UAC fixes won’t be included in Vista SP1 and raises a few…

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/02/whats-coming-with-windows-even-the-insiders-arent-sure/feed/ 0 What Are You Sharing? http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/01/what-are-you-sharing/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/01/what-are-you-sharing/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:36:09 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/01/what-are-you-sharing/ Over the past few years, file-sharing programs have grown in popularity. Many people use them to share their music and games. They also provide attackers with a convenient medium for infecting users with Trojans or…

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]]> http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/10/01/what-are-you-sharing/feed/ 0 Old hoaxes don’t die… http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/09/27/old-hoaxes-don%e2%80%99t-die%e2%80%a6/ http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/09/27/old-hoaxes-don%e2%80%99t-die%e2%80%a6/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2007 23:43:56 +0000 Jason http://jnkaiser.blogs.plymouth.edu/2007/09/27/old-hoaxes-don%e2%80%99t-die%e2%80%a6/ …they just move to new mediums. Waaaay back in 1994, a computer virus hoax known as Good Times was passed around the Internet. While not the first computer virus hoax, it is probably one of…

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