Archive for July 2010
Online Storage You May Not Have Heard of
50 GB of space for free
2 GB of space for free (Linux)
5 GB of space
SpiderOak
2 GB of space
Password complexity in Windows Server 2008 is grayed out
I do not recommend this but I have seen a non-critical server where simplex passwords could be used (internal network/non-critical or non-sensitive data) – Resetting password complexity in Windows Server 2008 (R2).
If you need to disable password complexity in Windows Server 2008 and it is grayed out under the group policies -
- Open the group policy management console and edit the GPO on domain level, if you haven’t created one you can use the one that is listed by default.
- Find password complexity in the policies and change
- Open a command prompt as an administrator
- Type gpupdate /force and hit enter
Unclaimed Property
Technology allows for you to search for any deposits you may have forgotten or refund checks that should have been returned to you. You can look on your state’s website for information that is generally found under the state’s treasury department. Link for Tennessee
WMV Converter – Free utility to convert Wmv video files
Need a free video converter? WMV Converter (yes that is the name) allows you to import and easily convert your videos.
Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple?
Android App Data Theft: Advantage Apple?.
The Android wallpaper app comes from Jackeey Wallpaper, includes popular brands such as My Little Pony and Star Wars, and was downloaded between 1.1 million and 4.6 million times, VentureBeat reports. Jackeey Wallpaper apps collected SIM card numbers, subscriber information and voicemail passwords if they are programmed automatically into the phone, and sent the data to www.imnet.us, a domain registered in Shenzhen, China.
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Create a Story with Pictures
Microsoft offers a free way to create stories with your pictures. You can import pictures, add subtitles and words, add background music and narrate your story. After you finish, save your movie and email or play on your Droid, iPad, Computer or iPhone. Download
An excellent program for promotional videos, vacations, family or whatever you can think of.
Play your story back with any video player.
Which Computer Vendor is Unsecure?
Half Year Security Report by security company Secunia. Download the PDF file here.
You’ll be surprised at the number one 3rd Party software and the number one in 10 Vendors with the most vulnerabilities.
Secunia PSI helps keep your computer secure. Link (free)
Intel Graphics 82865G Video Driver for Windows 7
We just began to upgrade some older computers (2.4 Ghz, 80 Gb, 2 Gb RAM). Although they are single core processor computers, they are perfect for the educational purpose they serve. All of the drivers were easy to install except the video driver. Although the driver is not available for Windows 7, you have two options:
- Download the Intel XP driver and run the setup in Compatibility Mode from the Intel site. (Aero is NOT available)
- Download the Vista driver from Here (yes it works) Extract it, go to the Device Manager and Update the driver by selecting the unzipped files. When you manually attempt to install the driver press “browse my computer for driver software”, then press “let me pick from a list of devices on my computer”. If a list comes up, select Display Adapters from the list, then find a button that says “Have Disk”. If you don’t have a list pop up, just find the “Have Disk” button. Press it, then browse to your documents folder and find the file called “ialmn5″. Select it.
With Kelly, Jeremy and Tasha working on these computers for the last couple of days (they have went through a true discovery mode), their discoveries have made older computers run like new and saved tax payer dollars.
Jaguar – The World’s Fastest Computer – AMD
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Jaguar Link
The XT5 partition contains 18,688 compute nodes in addition to dedicated login/service nodes. Each compute node contains dual hex-core AMD Opteron 2435 (Istanbul) processors running at 2.6GHz, 16GB of DDR2-800 memory, and a SeaStar 2+ router. The resulting partition contains 224,256 processing cores, 300TB of memory, and a peak performance of 2.3 petaflop/s (2.3 quadrillion floating point operations per second).
Ping up to 10 Nodes at Once
Multiping Grapher allows you to ping 10 computers or nodes at once within a GUI interface.
Windows Shortcut Exploit Tool
Sophos is offering a free Tool to prevent the Windows Shortcut Exploit. Link
IT career site Dice launches network for tech recruiters, job hunters
IT career site Dice launches network for tech recruiters, job hunters.
and from TTC Shelbyville – Tips to be successful
- Demonstrate Good Worker Ethics
- Education
- Certifications
- Seminars
- Continuing Education
- Learn through ‘Hands-On’
- Experiment with labs at work and home
- Network with Professionals
WPA2 AND AES Vulnerabilities
Apparently someone has found a break in these protocols for wireless. Link
Dawn Babian
IPv6 – What’s Next?
Installing IPv6 is easy on the front side. How? Pretty much all you have to do is right click on your network and select properties. Then you right click on your adapter and select properties. You should see IPv6 (Internet protocol in the windows provided). If you don’t, click on install and check IPv6. Close out this windows and now IPv6 is installed. (Windows 7, Linux and other operating systems come with IPv6) – Purchase equipment that is IPv6 complient. Look for firmware updates that support IPv6 on devices such as PLCs, printers, Wireless Access Points, etc.
Note: Some operating systems may have to be upgraded with the latest service packs or network card drivers may need to be updated. ~ Virtual network devices such as Virtualbox network cards may need to be disabled, an ipconfig /release | ipconfig /renew ran on the host machine and then the Virtualbox network adapter reenabled to see your IPv6 address. This may apply to devices using any type of virutalization or virtual driver.
Now if you open a command prompt, and type ipconfig, you will see this – 
| ::/96 The zero prefix denotes addresses that are compatible with the previously used IPv4 protocol. |
| ::/128 An IPv6 address with all zeroes in it is referred to as an unspecified address and is used for addressing purposes within a software. |
| ::1/128 This is called the loop back address and is used to refer to the local host. An application sending a packet to this address will get the packet back after it is looped back by the IPv6 stack. The local host address in the IPv4 was 127.0.0.1. |
| 2001:db8::/32 This is a documentation prefix allowed in the IPv6. |
| fec0::/10 This is a site-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only within the local organization. Subsequently, the usage of this prefix has been discouraged by the RFC. |
| fc00::/7 This is called the Unique Local Address (ULA). These addresses are routed only within a set of cooperating sites. These were introduced in the IPv6 to replace the site-local addresses. These addresses also provide a 40-bit pseudorandom number that reduces the risk of address conflicts. |
| ff00::/8 This prefix is offered by IPv6 to denote the multicast addresses. Any address carrying this prefix is automatically understood to be a multicast address. |
| fe80::/10 This is a link-local prefix offered by IPv6. This address prefix signifies that the address is valid only in the local physical link. |
A Laptop for $35
There are several YouTube videos along with news sources that have a revealed a touch screen computer that will be around $35. Sources
Ultimately they plan on releasing it for higher education at $10 per laptop
Four Ways IPv6 Will Save the Internet – PCWorld Business Center
Qwest’s approach to IPv6 migration
Qwest’s approach to IPv6 migration.
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Our approach is this
- ISP
- Routers
- Firewalls
- Servers and Workstations (easy)
- Any new purchases and existing infrastructure
Can’t sit back on this one…
Fake femme fatale shows social network risks
Fake femme fatale shows social network risks.
I have a picture of a fake profile trying to gain access to my profile. Be careful.
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Cybersecurity Expert Shortage Puts U.S. At Risk — Cybersecurity Careers — InformationWeek
So Where are the jobs? Link to job vacancies.
via Cybersecurity Expert Shortage Puts U.S. At Risk — Cybersecurity Careers — InformationWeek.
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