Following the Sony PSN breach, Sony offered a Welcome Back program to thank customers for their loyalty. In addition to the free games and access to PlayStation Plus, which ended last Tuesday, Sony offered identity theft protection to all customers with a PSN account before April 20, 2011. The offer for ID theft protection originally was set to end on June 28th but has been … [Read more...]
Use Sophos’ Free Anti-Rootkit Software To Finish Cleaning Up A PC
In the increasingly complicated battle against malware, it's helpful to have access to as many useful tools as you can get your hands on. That's why I'd recommend adding the free Sophos Anti-Rootkit tool to your toolkit. In addition to MalwareBytes and the recently mentioned TDSSKiller, running a scan with this utility is just another test to run to make sure you don't have … [Read more...]
I Bet Your Adobe Flash Is Out of Date – Version 10.3.181.34 Released
All bets are off if you're using Google Chrome though! :-) Adobe has released version 10.3.181.34 of Adobe Flash today. You can see what version of Adobe Flash you currently have running with an Adobe Knowledge Base article. Remember that each browser could be using a different version of Adobe Flash and you'll need to check and update each one. … [Read more...]
25,727 Passwords From the Sony PSN Hack, Frame by Frame
25,727 passwords from (one of the many) Sony breaches one at a time, frame by frame. If there's a pause, it means multiple people used the same password. "[T]he sound is my computer reading the beginning of the list sped up to 13% of the original length." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uXbosbLBBQ (via The Consumerist) … [Read more...]
WordPress 3.2 Checks That Your Browser Is Up To Date With Browse Happy
Listed under the Enhanced Browser Compatibility section of the version 3.2 entry in the WordPress Codex, I didn't notice the browser check until updating a different WordPress site from another computer with Firefox 4. After updating to WordPress 3.2, a message appeared on the Dashboard to inform me my browser is out of date. … [Read more...]