The sunbeltblog has uncovered a fairly interesting document. (Dated May 16 and originally in Russian) which appears to be the wishlist of a spyware criminal. (Slime was my own definition…)
Category: Computers
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More on Wireless networking security
Sunbeltblog has a flurry of posts today. This one muses on wireless networking (in)security. One of the points that they make is that there are “acceptable” levels of security depending on your circumstance. In other words, if you’re miles from nowhere and feel comfortable with WEP (which is breakable) fine.
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More on the spyware front, should banks assume information is stolen?
Sunbelt blog is reporting on some of the countermeasures that some banks are starting to use to frustrate keyloggers. One trick is to request that your pin – number be entered in reverse or a specific order.
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Google Talk on Linux using wine
Ok – so I’ve been looking at Google Talk all evening and thought I’d try it out. First, it will not run on Win98, only 2000, XP and 2003 are supported. It installs using crossover office (4.2) and starts. You get to see the main login screen. On any button click there is an internal error and the program vanishes.
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Google Talk Instant messaging and Voice messageing
The rumor mill is in full swing as USA joins in to report that sources are saying that Google Talk will be launched as early as Wednesday. They suggest that it will be instant messaging AND voice messaging.
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Disappointing trend for online banking sites
Given how easy it is for people to be fooled by phishing sites, you would think banks would try and keep as many “easy ways to identify a legitimate bank site” as possible wouldn’t you? I mean, user-friendliness is certainly a big selling point in things software and even web site related so you would think banks would make it easier for those that are visiting to identify if they can trust that the site they’re visiting REALLY is a bank site.
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QEMU with KQemu accelerator module
I’ve been playing around with qemu lately and there is a little tip I ran into that helps in getting the kqemu module running if you have Win4lin installed.
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Mandriva club members have new download finder
The Mandrivaclub has a new Download MirrorFinder, it works much like easyurpmi to find sources of Mandrake RPM’s (including plf). You have to be a club member to access it.
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Linspire? no freespire
Distroreviews has an article up reviewing the release of a freespire livecd. Did I say freespire? Yes, it’s a free clone of linspire. They’ve basically taken out all linspire proprietary addons and branding. (Although according to the review there are a few traces.)