Showing posts with label Computers and Electronics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Computers and Electronics. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
PS3 Surgery: Photo a day #196
My PS3 started suffering the "Yellow Light of Death" and I disassembled it so I can hopefully fix it ... fingers crossed.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Be careful with your passwords
So I got a Facebook chat message from a friend today that said "Is this you?" and had a link to a facebook app. Once I clicked it it asked me for my Facebook email and password which immediately made me suspicious. Turns out my friend didn't send that at all and it seems likely that if I'd have put my email address and password in then my friends would have been getting the links too.
Welcome to the wonderful world of phishing, where less than scrupulous entities aim to steal your password by making you think you're entering it to a valid site for a valid reason. There are a couple of common ways to do this, one is simply to send out an email asking someone to reply with there username and password for some legitimate sounding reason (any sane, legitimate, service will never ask you to email your password). Another common variation is to create a web site that looks identical (or as close to identical as possible) to the site your trying to steal passwords for, then trick people into following a link to log in to this fake site instead of the site they think they're logging into. These tactics are usually avoided by never sending passwords over email and double checking the address bar to make sure you're really at the site that you're logging into.
Welcome to the wonderful world of phishing, where less than scrupulous entities aim to steal your password by making you think you're entering it to a valid site for a valid reason. There are a couple of common ways to do this, one is simply to send out an email asking someone to reply with there username and password for some legitimate sounding reason (any sane, legitimate, service will never ask you to email your password). Another common variation is to create a web site that looks identical (or as close to identical as possible) to the site your trying to steal passwords for, then trick people into following a link to log in to this fake site instead of the site they think they're logging into. These tactics are usually avoided by never sending passwords over email and double checking the address bar to make sure you're really at the site that you're logging into.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
One is the loneliest blog post
In all likelihood you'll neither laugh nor cry, but with any luck you will allow me to entertain you with whatever discussion I feel inclined to venture into. You can expect:
- Links to songs I feel like listening to, could be anything from heavy metal to smooth jazz.
- Discussion about tattoos and or piercings that I have, want, or find interesting.
- Thoughts on photography, and some of my painfully amateur photos.
- Some computer, electronics, or software talk ... probably in the form of complaints.
The title of this blog is quoted lyrics from the song "Silver" by Machine Head
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