SporkBomb

I’m sure that by now everyone and their grandmother has heard that an ex-NSA employee by the name of Charlie Miller has managed to r00t a MacBook Air after directing the machine to a website with malicious code¹. continue reading »

First of all, malware (i.e. viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware, and adware) cannot be completely thwarted by any anti-malware program. Think about it this way: you’re a single American guard in charge of protecting the whole Mexican/American border from illegal immigrants. Now, regardless of how you feel about the issue of illegal immigration, you will not be able to prevent it. The immigrants have to find a single place to cross while you have to guard everything. In the same way, the computer attackers have to find one hole in your computer, while you have to plug all the possible holes (even the ones you don’t know about). It’s not possible. continue reading »

Most people I know who use Gmail sign in by simply going to gmail.com. Hell, up to a few weeks ago I used to do the same thing. When you sign in like that your authentication is perfectly secure because you’re using Google’s SSL certificate. However, once you’re signed in, you’re on your own! There is nothing stopping random people from sniffing your traffic and getting your banking information and social security number. There is also nothing preventing Paul Asadoorian from changing your default language. continue reading »