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- Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?
- CNTs in agricultureChrisre: research into whether CNTs are safe for humans if ingested or used to improve seed strike or anywhere else in ag. You are correct about the potential risks, but as I read their paper, the researchers who found their tomatoes had improved propagation with CNTs are...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft's security team -- the same campaign was first seen in April -- by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts (install.zip), which upon execution drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware. Whereas the theme remains the...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- New botnet hides commands as JPEG images
- What, that's it?That's it for this article? No mention of how prolific it is; what defenses might exist; how to check for it's presence; anything?Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!".What, that's it? "Without more information, you're fear-mongering. Next time, just type "Boo!"."I think its called, getting...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-30
- Fads vs Business Value: Knowledge Management & Enterprise 2.0
- Anyone with a computer and access to stock photos can put together a slide presentation and upload it to sites such as slideshare, and sometimes it seems like everyone and his brother is doing just that on social media, enterprise 2.0 and other 2.0-ish subjects. ...
- Blog posts 2009-09-27
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- DX ToolBox 3.6 (Mac)
- DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation. It also contains several propagation forecasting tools.It displays in real-time the following important readings:Solar Flux A-Index K-Index X-Ray Flux levels X-Ray flares Solar Wind Earth's Magnetic Field Radio Blackout conditions Geomagnetic Storm...
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- DX ToolBox 3.6 (Windows)
- DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation.In addition, the last month's worth of Solar Flux, A-Index, K-Index, Sun Spot Number, and background X-Ray Flux are plotted. Maps showing auroral levels, as well as the maximum F layer frequency (related...
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- The RFID Radio Channel Performance in the Vehicular Control
- Most terrestrial wireless communication systems operate in environments that present a multitude of RF propagation problems. The Radio Frequency Identification RFID System, a wireless communication system, applied to vehicular control, is a typical point to point communication system, which one, the radio link formed between the reader, working at the...
- White papers 2009-09-01
- DDoS Defense Mechanism by Applying Stamps
- In current trend, internet plays a vital role in the life and distributed computing structure grows dramatically in size, functionality and complexity and has become the integral part of the life. In distributed network computing there are lot of vulnerabilities such as Dos, DDos Distributed Denial of service,virus, worms, etc....
- White papers 2009-08-01
- Trishear3D 4.5 (Mac)
- A program to run forward, three-dimensional trishear models. Trishear is a kinematic model for fault-propagation folding. Trishear3D is freeware, but only for academic purposes. If you want to use the program for consulting, please contact me.
- Software downloads 2009-07-22
- Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild
- Researchers from NetQin Tech. are reporting on a newly discovered mobile malware variant (Transmitter.C) distributed through a modified version of legitimate mobile application. Upon execution, the malware attempts to automatically spread by SMS-ing hundreds of messages linking to a web site where a copy of it (sexySpace.sisx) can be found....
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- BeSafe for Palm OS (Mobile)
- BeSafe is a simple program for quick references to sensitive information like PIN numbers, accounts, passwords, alarm codes etc. People normally use MemoPad for keeping that data, but the truth is that MemoPad offers very little protection. Quite at the other end, BeSafe guarantees nobody will learn your secrets even...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- Automatically Generating Models for Botnet Detection
- A botnet is a network of compromised hosts that is under the control of a single, malicious entity, often called the botmaster. This paper presents a system that aims to detect bots, independent of any prior information about the command and control channels or propagation vectors, and without requiring multiple...
- White papers 2009-06-30
- AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policy
- AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyLost iPhoneJust a thought. Why dont you just say you lost your phone and then get a new one???????RE: AT&T revises iPhone upgrade eligibility policyWow, still $399 and $499 for early upgrades. If Apple continues to release a new phone almost every year...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- BaseTen 1.7 (Mac)
- BaseTen is a new, open source Cocoa database framework for working with PostgreSQL databases, designed with familiar, Core Data -like semantics and APIs. With this 1.0 Release Candidate 1 version, a final 1.0 release is very near and it is safe to start development with the current BaseTen API. The...
- Software downloads 2009-06-12
- Who are the real swine here?
- Who are the real swine here?Glad to see this getting some pressIt's about time that the meat industry gets called on their part in the evolution of viruses and other diseases. Their industrial production techniques lead to a homogeneous gene pool. This condition is ripe for the propagation...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-01
- QMSys GUM Educational 4.5 (Windows)
- The QMSys GUM Educational program is used to analyze the uncertainty of physical measurements and calibrations. The analysis and computations follow the rules of the of the official documentations: ISO Guide to the expression of uncertainty in measurement; EA-4/02 Expression of the Uncertainty of Measurement in Calibration; DKD-3 Angabe der...
- Software downloads 2009-04-27
- The 'Social Media' Quality Problem: What a Racket
- Gary & the Hornets Oskar Weiner US TV Commercial, 1967 While it is highly desirable to stimulate dialog between business units, individuals, partners and of course customers in order to encourage cross pollination and capture ideas collaboratively, there is a parallel challenge of the quality...
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- New ransomware locks PCs, demands premium SMS for removal
- UPDATE: Another variant has been detected. Following the recently uncovered hybrid scareware with elements of ransomware, and last year's GPcode ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have once again demonstrated their interest in the concept of ransomware. PandaLabs is reporting on a newly discovered ransomware variant which...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
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