Comment Was this an intentional effort at obfuscation? (Score 2, Insightful) 64
I can't imagine a more counterintuitive way to represent this relatively straightforward information.
Comment Ted Lasso (Score 1) 128
On Disney+.
Across the US, Popular Video Doorbells Are Recording their Own Thefts (digitaltrends.com) 132
There has been an uptick in reports of video doorbells getting stolen, according to local news reports. A story adds: According to the reports, residents are waking up in the morning or coming home at night only to find their video doorbell devices stolen. Typically the devices are screwed into place on the outside of a house, often with mounts or braces to hold them in place. While they are wired into the wall, thieves don't seem to care too much about that. In most cases, residents appear to report the devices have been pried off the side of their home. In some cases, the cameras are able to capture an image of the perpetrator as they are stealing the device. Those images are usually available through mobile apps connected to the doorbell, which might help police track down the person responsible for the theft. However, there's no guarantee that officers will be able to find the thieves, especially if they steal the device while keeping their face and other identifying features covered while on camera. Police are suggesting that people keep track of the serial number on their devices in order to keep track of them and watch in case the devices appear on Craigslist, eBay, or other online marketplaces.
Aggressive Botnet Activities Behind Spam Increase 194
An anonymous reader writes, "A spam-sending Trojan dubbed 'SpamThru' is responsible for a vast amount of the recent botnet activity which has significantly increased spam levels to almost three out of every four emails. The developers of SpamThru employed numerous tactics to thwart detection and enhance outreach, such as releasing new strains of the Trojan at regular intervals in order to confuse traditional anti-virus signatures detection." According to MessageLabs (PDF), another contributor to the recent spam increase is a trojan dropper called "Warezov."
Comment Check Proxy Configuration Script (Score 2, Informative) 72
While cleaning a relative's computer recently I noticed that browsing was still painfully slow even after the machine appeared to be clean. I finally discovered that one of the spyware apps had installed a proxy configuration script URL in IE's settings -- effectively routing all internet traffic through the spyware company's site without any installed software. I installed Firefox, but I wonder if it's possible that such settings could be imported into Firefox's Connections Settings if left unchecked.
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