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MySpace Hacked, Exploits Target Alicia Keys' Page And Others
Written by Thomas Claburn   
Friday, 09 November 2007 13:50

 MySpace Hacked, Exploits Target Alicia Keys' Page And Others

Avoid Alicia Keys' Web page on MySpace. It's been hacked. myspace.jpg

Roger Thompson, CTO at Exploit Prevention Labs, has found multiple hacked MySpace pages, including the page for Alicia Keys, the social networking site's fourth most popular music artist.

In keeping with what appears to be a new trend among security researchers, Thompson has released a video depicting the hack on YouTube. He has also posted details on his blog.

Visiting the page exposes the visitor to an exploit that installs malware unless the user is fully patched against the most recent security vulnerabilities. "They're using an exploit to install software in the background," Thompson explains in the video.

Even those with patched systems are vulnerable. The hackers have found a way to associate their malicious URL with what would normally be a non-clickable background area on the Web page. The result is that clicks outside specific clickable controls get captured and interpreted as a click on the malicious URL.

"If you click anywhere outside a given control, [the malicious URL] will be the default control that it goes to," Thompson explains. "It's a really interesting technique and it's going to catch a lot of people."

"What's not clear at this point is how they're doing it, and how widespread it is," Thompson says on his blog. "Neither Google (NSDQ: GOOG) nor MySpace seems to be indexing the critical bit of HTML. If you search for the exploit site (co8vd.cn), the only results seem to be victims, or people talking about victims."

In a conversation via instant message, Thompson said that social networking sites are increasingly become vectors of attack. "The whole point of browser stuff is that it bypasses the firewall," he explained.

A spokesperson for MySpace was not immediately available to comment on the attack.

Source InformationWeek

 
Free e-book: “First Look: Microsoft Office 2010”
Written by wbg fryend   
Sunday, 13 December 2009 08:23

 

Greetings! For a limited time you can download this free e-book without stepping through any registration. First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content, organized like so:

Part I, “Envision the Possibilities,” introduces you to the changes in Office 2010 and shows you how you can make the most of the new features to fit the way you work today. Chapter 1, “Welcome to Office 2010,” gives you a play-by-play introduction to new features; Chapter 2, “Express Yourself Effectively and Efficiently,” details the great feature enhancements and visual effects throughout the applications; and Chapter 3, “Work Anywhere with Office 2010,” explores the flexibility factor by presenting a set of scenarios that enable users to complete their work no matter where their path takes them.

Part II, “Hit the Ground Running,” focuses on each of the Office 2010 applications in turn, spotlighting the key new features and showing how they relate to the whole. These chapters provide a how-to guide for many of the top features you’re likely to use right off the bat, and they offer inspiring ideas on how to get the most from your favorite applications.

Part III, “Next Steps with Office 2010,” zooms up to the big picture and provides examples to help you think through interoperability. How often do you use the various Office applications together? Customer research shows that people often don’t realize how well the applications work together as a complete system—which means they might be laboring over items they could easily incorporate from somewhere else. This part of the book provides examples for integrating the applications and explores Office 2010 security and training opportunities, as well.

You can download the e-book here. It's about 10.5 MB.

Enjoy!
 
Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide
Written by wannabegeek contributor   
Saturday, 02 August 2008 03:10

Windows Vista Performance and Tuning Guide

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Microsoft has just released a Windows Vista® Performance and Tuning Guide. This guide is a part of the Springboard series and is available for download in pdf and xps formats.

Microsoft appears to be extending its Windows Vista marketing efforts even further by releasing this guide. Many of the tuning tips, however, are not specific to Windows Vista. But they have been well categorized and explained in a simple to understand manner.

The guide looks at the following areas of performance improvement:
- Making configuration changes that help a computer feel more responsive when you use it.
- Using hardware to boost the actual physical speed of a computer.
- Making configuration changes that help a computer to start faster.
- Making the computer more reliable may help increase performance.
- Monitoring performance occasionally so that you can stop problems before they get too big.
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Summary
There are multiple ways to improve a computer's performance. You can use hardware to boost the actual performance of a computer. New technologies in Windows Vista such as ReadyBoost and ReadyDrive can help speed up a system with relatively little effort. Making a computer start faster can also improve the perceived performance of the computer, as well as its reliability and security. Start by disabling unused programs and services scheduled to start with Windows. There are also numerous configuration changes you can make that help a computer feel faster when you use it. These include optimizing power settings and indexing options, as well as disabling unused visual effects. And when you have learned how to optimize the performance of a single computer, you can then learn ways to apply those optimizations to multiple computers across a network.Download it HERE .

 

 
Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide
Written by Stewart Smith   
Monday, 07 May 2007 11:16

Microsoft Launches Windows Live Hotmail Worldwide

waqnnabegeek It seems that now Microsoft is going to grace the rest of the world with its Live Hotmail, with a statement from M$ they are going to roll it out globally over the next few days. With an expected 36 languagues it will cover the planet in no time at all. They also indicated they had some 20 million Beta testers, I suppose they all did it for just the love of Microsoft like I did. lol AppExWLHM_med.jpg

 

Anyway its here at last, well it will be tomorrow to get it you should log in to your account or go to http://www.hotmail.com and register bu if youve not already got a hotmail account " which planet did you come from"

 

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How to Uninstall Windows 7 SP1 Beta
Written by wbg friend   
Sunday, 18 July 2010 08:58
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The Windows 7 SP1 Beta has been leaked for a while, and Windows 7 SP1 Beta has also been officially released by Microsoft for public download.
Chances are, the beta version of SP1 may contain bugs or vulnerabilities to the operating system as it’s just a early preview release, and early adopters may have to uninstall the Windows 7 SP1 Beta to fix the issue.

In addition, Microsoft does not provide direct upgrade path from SP1 Beta to SP1 RTM. Any Windows 7 system which is installed with SP1 Beta will have to be uninstalled first prior to installation of final build of SP1. If the beta builds of SP1 cannot be uninstalled, user has to do a clean install of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

Microsoft provides a guide on how to uninstall and remove Windows 7 SP1 Beta. One main important note who anyone who intends to install SP1 Beta is that backup files are created to facilitate the uninstallation of SP1 Beta. If you’ve used the Disk Cleanup Wizard since you’ve installed SP1 Beta, the backup files needed to uninstall the service pack might have been removed from your computer. If that’s the case, then the only option to remove SP1 Beta is to use System Restore to uninstall the service pack, which is the least undesirable option.

Tip: The uninstall guide also applies to Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta.

How to Uninstall Windows 7 SP1 Beta

Uninstall using Programs and Features

1. Click the Start button, click Control Panel, click Programs, and then click Programs and Features.
2. Click View installed updates.
3. Click Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB 976932), and then click Uninstall.

If you don’t see Service Pack for Microsoft Windows (KB 976932) in the list of installed updates, or if the uninstall option is disabled, use System Restore to uninstall the service pack.

Uninstall using the Command Prompt

1. Click the Start button.
2. In the search box, type command prompt.
3. In the list of results, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. If you’re prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
4. Type the following:

wusa.exe /uninstall /kb:976932
5. Press Enter.

Uninstall using System Restore

Note: System Restore will remove any programs and revert any system changes that have been made since you installed the service pack. System Restore will not affect any personal files.

1. Click the Start button . In the search box, type System Restore, and then, in the list of results, click System Restore.
2. Click Next.
3. Choose a restore point that matches the installation date for the service pack.

The restore point will be labeled either Install: Windows Update or Install: Windows 7 Service Pack 1.
4. Verify the restore point, and then click Finish.

 

source: mydigitallife.info
 
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