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This is old news- a five-year-old antique. Most of you may have already watched this video podcast (16m 59s). The methods used may either be of little use or overused nowadays. However, they are still good demos of security’s greatest weakness- the users. Fast forward to 2007. Methodologies have evolved and smarter tools have been developed, but people seem to have remained the same. Wardriving into a neighborhood would still produce the same results, maybe even better. Others wonder why they still have an Internet connection even if their cable modem is off. It turns out that they’re sharing with their neighbor’s bandwidth. On the other hand, the Pizza 4 Life trick could still be applicable. A user from YouTube even commented that he has done it hundreds of times. This just goes to show many are still unaware and that they could repeatedly fall victim to these kinds of tricks.
I’d compare Yoomba to Skype, but without the registration part. I also also like to call it the Trillian, or the meebo of Internet voice calling.
Wouldn’t it be great if you can chat with your friends even if the network that their account belongs to is different from yours? Wouldn’t it be convenient to have a centralized communication platform where you can talk (or chat) with your friends from various e-mail networks such as Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, AOL and Hotmail? For example, if you have a Yahoo! account and your friend only has a Google Account, how will you be able to communicate in real time? Chatting through e-mail will most likely be inconvenient. Thank goodness there’s Yoomba! Yoomba acts as a mediator between several e-mail networks so you can use your e-mail account to chat or make calls with your contacts. You simply have to type in an e-mal address in the Yoomba contacts field and you’re one step away to chatting or talking with that person. It’s that easy. No registration needed! I suggest you try it out.
World in Conflict is an RTS game for the PC (Xbox 360 soon) developed by Massive Entertainment. World in Conflict takes place in an alternate reality in the year 1988 where economic troubles were experienced by the now defunct USSR. The game gives the players an experience of what the Cold War would be like if it became really hot. Players can choose from 4 roles- infantry, air, support and armor. There are reportedly 3 factions that players can choose from- USA, the Soviet Union, and NATO. According to the Wikipedia article, there will be no base-building or resource gathering in the game. Instead, players will be given a pre-determined amount of in-game credit to buy units with.
It’s the second Tuesday of the month once more. This means that it’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday. So fire up Windows Update and begin updating your flawed Windows system. 3 Critical updates, 2 Important updates, and 1 Moderate.
Full details can be found at the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for July 2007 page.
A worrying news from SecurityFocus came out today:
Network security analyst Lawrence Baldwin has helped take down his share of bot nets, but he worries that those days may largely be over.
Why worry? Well, botnets are used to send spam and launch denial-of-service attacks. If you’re still not concerned, imagine the amount of spam e-mails about penis enlargement, stock investments, and other promotions you get everyday. Add to that an unusual moment wherein you can’t access your Webmail account in Yahoo! MSN or Google, or your favorite Web sites such as MySpace and Facebook (denial-of-service). These are a few of what botnets can do.
Botnets having a bright future can indeed be alarming. To begin with, I encourage you to watch this news video about the arrest of SPAM king, Robert Alan Soloway last May 30, 2007.
What’s schmooze? You might ask. From Answers.com:
schmooze or schmoose also shmooze
v., schmoozed or schmoosed also shmoozed, schmooz·ing or schmoos·ing shmooz·ing, schmooz·es or schmoos·es shmooz·es.
v.intr.
To converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.v.tr.
To engage in schmoozing with: “how to be a professional artist—how to be a businessperson, how to schmooze the collectors” (Paige Powell).n.
The act or an instance of schmoozing.
Adria of In Cinq, an international community art project that encourages visitors to contribute a cinq pic (9-word cinquain + self portrait) and Karen of Secret of Unlimited Prosperity, a blog that deals with the Law of Attraction, have bestowed me with a community involvement award.
Thanks, Adria and Karen!
