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Evernote hacked – all users have to change passwords

This is how the nightmare of having a bad press starts: Evernote’s Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the Evernote network that appears to have been a coordinated attempt to access secure areas of the Evernote Service. As a precaution to protect your data, we have decided to implement a […]

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AirPi #1: set up AirPi on your RaspberryPi running Raspbian

Initial source: http://trouch.com/2012/08/03/airpi-airplay-audio-with-raspberry/ What is AirPi? AirPi is the RaspberryPi implementation of Apple’s protocol called AirPlay. Using AirPlay you can send audio and video streaming from you Apple Device (ipad, iPod, iPhone, Mac) to RaspberryPi. This implementation is sending only the sound.   Why all this trouble? Do you know those expensive devices called Sonos? I […]

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Avira Anwender sind vor der Malware „MiniDuke“ geschützt

Sie haben bestimmt schon von der neuen Malware gehört, die gerade die Zero-Day-Schwachstelle in der PDF-Software von Adobe ausnutzt. Dieses Schadprogramm namens “MiniDuke” entwickelt sich allmählich zum Alptraum eines jeden Unternehmens: Es ist polymorph; das heißt, es gibt unzählige Varianten des Schädlings. Es nutzt die Sicherheitslücke einer sehr beliebten Software aus: Adobe Reader. Das Programm […]

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Avira users are protected against the MiniDuke Malware

If you live on this planet, you must have definitely have heard of the new malware that is making use of a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader. This malware is called MiniDuke, and it is slowly but surely becoming the nightmare of any company: it is polymorphic – there are thousands of variants in the […]

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Microsoft, Apple, Facebook victims of Java exploits

We wrote several times that when Oracle fixed quickly the security holes in Java, it did not have enough time to address the source of the problem. This can be now seen more clear after big names in the IT industry like Microsoft, Apple and Facebook felt victims to Java exploits.              […]

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How would you describe yourself?

Your LinkedIn profile can tell someone a lot about you. But, what are your strongest skills? How could you describe yourself in a few words?   Here is how: create a cloud of words from your profile enhancing the words that appear most.                 Here are more of […]

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Improve your security #10: Make backups

It is said that three things are certain in life: we are born, we pay taxes and we die. Adding a little bit of IT facts on top of this, I can add a fourth certain thing: hardware fails. It is only a question of when and not if it fails. And when it fails, you want […]

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Didn’t you uninstall Java already?

If you didn’t uninstall it, then think again about this. Here is how to uninstall or deactivate Java from your system. Oracle has announced that they fixed with the update on February 1st only a part of the problems originally planned to be fixed. The second part of the problems will be fixed with the […]