Posted on: 2006-02-17 20:25:13
With all the news flying around about the NSA wiretaps and the privacy provisions in the Patriot Act, just how can you be spied on? Website of the week, file of the week, photos of the guys and more!
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Links mentioned:
Apple Security broken:
http://www.osx86project.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=2
Spy stuff:
http://www.spychest.com
µTorrent:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/µTorrent_d4818.html
AI Roboform:
http://www.majorgeeks.com/AI_RoboForm_d2428.html
Feature: Who’s Watching????
o With all the news flying around about the NSA wiretaps and the privacy provisions in the Patriot Act, just how can you be spied on?
o We will review some of the newest technology and how it can be used to spy on you.
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Jim’s GEEK OF THE WEEK SOFTWARE PICK.
Protected Storage PassView is a small utility that reveals the passwords stored on your computer by Internet Explorer and Outlook Express. The passwords are revealed by reading the information from the Protected Storage.
http://www.majorgeeks.com/Protected_Storage_PassView_d3165.html
Website of the week.
Website of the week.
o Human Thumb Quiz:
o This web site attempts to answer the question: What would your lover look like as a human thumb?
http://quizstop.com/askthumb.htm
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News Items Mentioned:
Malicious worm aims to bite Apple
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4723390.stm
Mac users are being warned about what has been described as one of the first viruses for Apple's OS X software.
The malicious program, known as Leap-A, tries to spread via Apple's iChat instant messaging program.
The worm disguises itself as images of Apple's forthcoming version of its operating system, called Leopard, and plunders buddy lists if installed.
Security firms said Leap-A was not widespread and was unlikely to catch many Apple users.
Apple Seeks (Poetic) Justice
http://www.osx86project.org/
A gentleman who goes by the name maxxuss, who had posted the code to install Apple software on Intel Machines, posted word that a few pieces of Mac OS X Tiger look for a secret message in that gets decrypted via the TPM, basically a decoder ring for geeks. It seems that Apple wasn’t just content with sending an obvious message – they wanted one that sounded pretty too.
There once was a user that whined
his existing OS was so blind,
he'd do better to pirate
an OS that ran great
but found his hardware declined.
Please don't steal Mac OS!
Really, that's way uncool.
(C) Apple Computer, Inc.
Side note, Maxxus has shut down his forums where the downloadable code and instructions were made available because he received a DMCA violation notice. The file was pulled from most free file hosting websites that it was posted to as potentially copyrighted material.
About the Mac OS X 10.4.5 Update
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303179
The Mac OS X 10.4.5 Update (delta) updates Mac OS X 10.4.4 to version 10.4.5 on both Intel-based Macs and PowerPC-based Macs.
Microsoft Fixes Flag That Says Symantec Software Is Spyware
http://www.informationweek.com/security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=180200780&subSection=Viruses+and+Patches[/url]
Some users got error messages wrongly saying that Symantec software was riddled with spyware and recommending users remove the 'faulty' packages. Symantec and Microsoft are now working together to help these customers.
Microsoft has corrected the false flagging, it said Monday. Symantec, meanwhile, announced that it had crafted a free tool to repair damaged installations of its Symantec AntiVirus (SAV) Corporate Edition and Symantec Client Security (SCS).
End of support for Windows 98 and Windows Me
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/support/endofsupport.mspx
July 11, 2006 will bring a close to Extended Support for Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Me as part of the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy. Microsoft will retire public and technical support, including security updates, by this date.
The Microsoft Web site will continue to host a wealth of previous How-to, Troubleshooting, and Configuration content for anyone who may need self-service.
MySpace Rises As New Online Star
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060212/ap_on_hi_te/rising_online_space
The Internet has a rising star whose name isn't Google. Just over 2 years old, MySpace now has 2 1/2 times the traffic of Google Inc., and it quickly eclipsed Friendster as the top social-networking site where users build larger and larger circles of friends.
MySpace learned from predecessors and figured out the right tools to package. And when its founders noticed heavy usage among musicians and fans, MySpace embraced that community with custom features.
College students, meanwhile, can rate their professors and find classmates or alumni. Others play games, view classified ads, send online party invitations or rate the brave on how "hot" they are.