Cyber Tech Cafe mail server IP address blacklisted
At some point yesterday, one of the Cyber Tech Cafe mail server IP Addresses was blacklisted and a large number of emails were rejected by receiving servers. We have isolated…
Read moreCritical, ‘highly exploitable’ vulnerability found in JRE (Java Runtime Environment)
According to this article from F-Secure, a new vulnerability has been found in the Java Runtime Environment and is currently being integrated into several toolkits. The article is very well…
Read moreCritical vulnerability found in Adobe Flash Player (Windows, Mac, Android and Linux)
On 21 August, Adobe released an update that addressed a critical vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player. All users are encouraged to install the update as soon as possible. The…
Read moreAttacks against vulnerabilities patched in August Patch Tuesday already spotted in the wild
We knew it was coming, but this article from Ars Technica does a good job of reminding folks of the importance of making sure that their updates are installed (and…
Read moreBacktrack 5 R3 released
One of my favorite Linux distributions is Backtrack. Backtrack is a penetration testing distribution and includes (among a *lot* of other things) the Metasploit framework, which is the tool that…
Read moreiPhone 5 pre-orders on 12 September?
According to iMore.com, we may see iPhone 5 pre-orders as early as 12 September with an official launch 9 days later on 21 September. Not sure if this is a…
Read moreGadgets in Microsoft Sidebar can be a security threat
The sidebar is enabled by default in most new installations of MS Windows Vista and MS Windows 7. Microsoft has confirmed potential security issues with this and has issued a…
Read moreAugust 2012 Updates and News
It’s patch time again, and the August 2012 batch promises to be exciting. Microsoft has 5 bulletins listed as critical and Adobe has an update to Acrobat Reader that’s also…
Read moreRBL Bouncing emails
Everyone, we were just notified that there had been an issue with one of the RBL (realtime blacklists) that we use for managing SPAM. We have removed the RBL from…
Read moreRumors that Samsung may be ‘interested’ in RIM. Samsung responds quickly to nip rumor in the bud.
It’s no secret that Samsung has a good (great?) thing going with it’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy SIII, so it was kindof surprising to me to hear that they…
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