General News

When the whales fly (or Twitter hiccups)

From time to time, the users of Twitter are unable to login on the official website. Sometimes the screen below can be seen, sometimes just a timeout error. Interesting enough, after you refresh a couple of times, you are able to do whatever you were trying to do, and then never get this error until […]

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Another Strange bundle or did Sun and Yahoo merge ?

I was prompted today to update the Java framework on my laptop. I said, yes, update it and then I’ve seen the picture below: So, I ask, what the hack has Yahoo to do with Sun ? Why a stupid, useless and nerving toolbar is being installed with the Java framework ? Did Sun buy […]

General Spam & Phishing

Facebook and Twitter Phishing (on first sight)

The source of the articles is in the Avira Techblog: Twitter Phishing (on first sight) Facebook Phishing (on first sight) Twitter Over the weekend our spam traps received a massive wave of emails looking like the one below: The emails seem to stem from “Twitter Support” (support@twitter.com) and are addressed each to exactly one unique […]

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I.N.S.E.C.U.R.E

I am becoming more and more interested in the (ISC)2 Certification called CSSLP: Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional They have a whitepaper for this certification called “Code (In)Security” written by Mano Paul. I am not allowed to publish the direct link because they request registration before giving the link to the whitepaper. In order to […]