Security – Page 4 – Everything is Broken

ClamAV reporting Outdated version

May 4, 2010 by admin

Just to remind myself as much as anything, as I've been through this a few times. ClamAV was complaining loudly in the logfiles about not having the most up to date ClamAV. I searched around and was pointed to the Debian Unstable repository to /etc/apt/sources.list (Read the whole article before you add this one …there … Read more

Captcha Madness

November 18, 2009November 18, 2009 by admin

I understand what captchas are for, and why we need them, but they seem to be getting out of control. I recently visited a site which had the captcha displayed here. For the record the first word wasn't 'stirred'. I saw the option for an audio captcha and wondered how you pronounce 'Ohehyahtah'. If that … Read more

Dropbox for offsite backup

April 5, 2022June 8, 2009 by admin

I've recently been using Dropbox. Its a free offsite backup service, which works with Windows, Linux and Mac and gives you 2Gb of space for free. You can pay for more if you need it. Here's what I like about it: It just works. Drop your files into a folder and forget about it. You … Read more

Strange SmartBro URL hijacking

September 14, 2008September 14, 2008 by admin

I'm at a loss to explain this unless SmartBro's DNS or proxy servers have been taken over. Here's the deal. I'm surfing normally, and then suddenly I try to go to a normal site (economist.com, yahoo.com, facebook.com, google. com, iptools.com etc) and instead of getting the correct page, I get a weird spammy advertising page, even though the URL in the Address bar looks correct.

The image to the right is an example. Click on the image to get a full sized view. I have more examples saved if anyone is interested.

Bunch of Yahoos.

September 12, 2008 by admin

I'm continually startled by the way people use email in the Philippines. Using a Yahoo address is phenomenally popular, even for business. I could forgive a mom and pop company from using [email protected], but when you get top management handing you cards saying [email protected] there is something clearly very wrong.

In no particular order, here are a few reasons why you should NOT use yahoo for your business email address.