Cleaning up after Antivirus Soft on Vista
It has been about three years since I caught a computer virus, but a nasty little chunk of malware broke through my browser and Anti-Virus last night called Antivirus Soft. Here is a quick way of cleaning up after being taken out by this rogue chunk of malware in a few easy steps. The cleanup [...]
The Case of the Disappearing Posts – No Malware Here
Well, isn’t it funny Ben just wrote about crutches, and this morning we almost needed them here @ CloudAve… Earlier readers who used the Chrome browser may have been greeted by this warning: Our support team @ Zoho (thanks, guys!) quickly jumped on the case and determined that the CloudAve itself does not contain malware, [...]
Privacy Settings are a Crutch. Free Apps Profit from your Data
William Vambenepe posts a challenging thought piece with a very simple contention – Data too sensitive to leak from Facebook is too sensitive to be on Facebook. Vambenepe gives many examples of ways that Facebook can fail, but sums it up with a simple piece of advice: “Don’t put anything on any social network that [...]
Protect Your Facebook Privacy
I have been critical of Facebook’s privacy policies in this blog. In my opinion, Facebook has really gone rogue. They give a damn to users just like what Microsoft did during the time it had monopoly like power in the market. Having said that the movement to delete Facebook accounts is at best hysterical. I [...]
Facebook May Not Care About Your Privacy But It Definitely Cares About Your Security
Facebook may not give you a damn about your privacy and it may have gone rogue. But, it is serious about ensuring the security of your account. Today, they have announced some steps to ensure that there are no unauthorized access to your facebook account. Even though this effort is highly laudable, it is somewhat hypocritical [...]
Cloud Sherpas – Raising Money and Enhancing GAPE Admin
I’ve written before about Cloud Sherpas, a cloud computing systems integrator and application developer. They’re a Google Apps reseller that also created SherpaTools for Google Apps, a free app that gives more administrator functionality to Google Apps users. Only a few days ago, Cloud Sherpas raised $1 million in funding from Hallett Capital and other [...]
Facebook Big Mac Attack – Not For Me, Thanks. Top 10 Reasons to …
Oh, just what the Doctor has ordered: more junk food coming your way, left and right, from the social network that’s taking over the Internet: Facebook. McDonald’s will be the first advertiser taking advantage of Facebook’s soon-t0-be-releasing location feature. The first reaction from most is this will kill leading location-based services: Hey Foursquare, Time To [...]
Know Thy Art Of Defence
When we talk about Cloud Computing and security in the same sentence, we immediately think about infrastructure security and a debate kicks off around the topic. Yes, infrastructure security is important and it is the headache of the IaaS provider. As a developer running a web app on top of IaaS or a startup building [...]
Your Old Copy Machine a Security Risk?
If this is true (and it appears so, I’m just using conditional since it’s so insane .. beyond insane) discarded old photocopiers may represent a huge security / privacy risk. Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive – like the one on your personal computer – storing an image of every [...]
Atlassian Security Breach and Warning >>> Update: Apology and Disclosure
Well, well, hours after telling you not to change passwords, now I am telling you to change it… but this time with good reason. Minutes ago I’ve received a email from Atlassian: We are sending you this message because we experienced a security breach and suspect that your Atlassian customer account password details (only) may [...]
The Password Conundrum
I’m not a security expert and don’t pretend to be one, but half-cooked advice on fundamental security issues p***es me off big time. Today it’s a lengthy article at the Boston Globe: Please do not change your password. It’s based on a study by a Microsoft researcher, who concludes that regularly changing passwords is a [...]
Who controls what happens in your browser
Interesting tidbit over at Techdirt this morning about a Grease Monkey script called Fluff Busting Purity formerly known as Facebook Purity. While the Techdirt article is good, there are some interesting side issues here that should be noted. Many people run scripts within their browser that kills data coming in from web sites, most popular [...]
Hacker Disables Cars via the Web – Our Remote Controlled Life
This is what remote controlled toy cars looked like when I was a kid. Yes, the control box was connected to the car with a 3-4feet cable… not exactly the level of freedom you get with today’s wireless models. But it was fun, nevertheless. I wonder if 20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez had a toy car when [...]
Facebook entry leads to military raid being canceled
Someone needs to sit down and talk to folks about social networking, and things that people should just not do. The New York Times leads off with a note that an Israeli Defense Force raid was called off because of an entry on Facebook. There is going to be pain involved with the debrief. The [...]
Seven Deadly Sins in Cloud Computing Security
A few days back the Cloud Security Alliance released their paper on the Seven Deadly Sins for Cloud Computing Security. This is a very good guide for security engineers to at least read. The more traditionally minded will ignore it, but those who are working in the cloud space, this gives us something to talk [...]
