Category: Tech Support

The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security

This is mostly a geek-read, so let me sum it up for you.  The more apps you add to facebook and myspace, the less safe you are.  Don’t add people you don’t know well (ouch, log in my own eye) and use unique passwords for each account. This or this may help.

“A quick (and very much incomplete) hall of shame here includes MySpace, LiveJournal, and Hi5, all of which we’re surprised haven’t sunk into the East Bay under the weight of their own pwnability.”

More here >> The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security.

Top 4 Alternatives to Ubuntu Linux

If you stop by here often or get my feed, it is probably no secret, I like Ubuntu.  One of the great things about Linux is that it comes in other flavors and even people using the same distribution (“distro”) as you may have loaded a theme or customized it (see my last post) so that it look very little like your own.

If Ubuntu is not your thing, that’s fine.  But don’t give up on Linux because of one experience with one distro.  E-Linux.it has some (4) good Ubuntu alternatives they like along with the pros and cons they saw.

Is an Iphone Secure?

One of the things stopping me from getting an Iphone is what appears to be a lack of secure email (at least in my preliminary research).   For example, I think an OpenPGP is great and I use it often in thunderbird (more on that here).  But If I send a PGP encrypted email to someone who would otherwise be able to open the email with OpenPGP/Enigmail setup on Thunderbird, they won’t be able to read it on thier Iphone.

Any of you have experience with Iphone email security?  Please share your thoughts in the comment section.

Trojan Horse SHeur.bzpu is a backdoor trojan

We thought it might be an AVG false positive, but thanks to a helpful comment from Martyn (here)  we now know that’s not the case.

SHeur.bzpu is a backdoor trojan

http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/SearchResults.aspx?query=SHeur.bzpu

Backdoor:Win32/Nuwar.gen!D

Aliases: SHeur.BCFX (AVG)

Description: Backdoor:Win32/Nuwar.gen!D is a generic detection for a backdoor trojan that allows unauthorized access to an infected computer. The trojan receives commands indirectly from a remote attacker via its connection to a malicious peer-to-peer network. This trojan also contains advanced stealth…

Published Date: 06/16/2008

Severity Rating: Medium