Jon's Network

I have been getting calls at my work number from an 800 number where the caller is a recording. Usually it is at night or on the weekend so I just get a voice message of the recording. Today I picked up and out of habit hit ’3′ since that is delete on my voicemail service. The call transferred to the blacklist service where I received instructions on how to remove my number from their list. Just had to hit ’2′. I guess I got lucky.

I think I will go this year.

https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-index.html

Josh Corman of the 451 Group. The gist is that compliance regulations are too static and set the bar too low to protect us against attackers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQEBYxp_vKs

http://www.singlenameserver.com/1142/is-it-time-to-abandon-cloud-computing

According to this healthcare CIO, the chief benefit is saving you time. Don’t expect less downtime or cost.

http://blogs.forbes.com/andygreenberg/2011/05/17/spurned-by-yahoo-hacker-puts…

http://pastebin.com/Y38gCS82

It’s dangerous out there.

Mac’s built-in Archive Utility doesn’t seem to work for .zipx files.  Neither does my version of Stuffit.  The free Unarchiver worked just fine:

The title of this article is a bit misleading: Massive Malware Outbreak Hits Mac OS, Customer Care Told Not To Assist Customers

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/05/19/massive-malware-outbreak-hits-mac-os-cu…

The title makes you think there is some gaping hole in OS X that’s been exploited. The attackers don’t need gaping holes when they use social engineering tricks. Malware will run on any OS if a user with admin rights is duped into installing it.

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/mayjune_2011/features/the_information_sage029137.php?page=1

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/dropbox-ftc/