[funsec] Don't click that link - it may re-program your router?

2007-02-19 Thread Gary Funck
What does clicking on a "suspicious link" have to do with being pharmed (or is that getting pharmed)? And if someone has re-programmed my router, how will disabling Javascript save me? And I must ask ... is this a real present threat, or a security software vendor FUD campaign? http://news.yaho

[funsec] Guidance Software settles FTC charges

2006-11-16 Thread Gary Funck
[The cobbler's children have no shoes.] http://www.businessweek.com/ap/tech/D8LEGQ281.htm The Associated Press November 16, 2006, 8:14PM EST Guidance Software settles FTC charges By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER Guidance Software Inc. said Thursday it's settled Federal Trade Commission charges stemmin

[funsec] Officer Claims Wife Put Pot in Meatballs

2006-11-03 Thread Gary Funck
[A new variation on: the dog ate my homework?] http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/11/03/ap3144747.html Officer Claims Wife Put Pot in Meatballs Associated Press 11.03.06, 4:16 PM ET A detective suspended after testing positive for drugs says his wife served him meatballs spiked