Network Solutions Hack hit up to 5 Million Sites

Posted on August 16, 2010 by John Kisha

According to a Tech Herald report appearing over the weekend, an attack on a widget offered by hosting company Network Solutions to customers of its hosting and domain parking services led to the distribution of malware by sites displaying the widget, through the compromise of Network Solutions’ own growsmallbusiness.com site, which distributed the widget.

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http://www.thewhir.com/web-hosting-news/081610_Report_Network_Solutions_Hack_hit_up_to_5_Million_Sites?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=news

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How do you know your client’s don’t Twitter?

Posted on May 8, 2010 by John Kisha

The Golden Rule is Delusional: People want to be treated the way THEY want to be treated. Not the way YOU want to be treated.

You may know a lot of things about your customers, but you don’t know what each one of them had for breakfast based on what you had in your bowl this morning. Your own behaviors are not a good place to start when deciding how customers like to interact.

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Worms Attack Skype, Yahoo Messenger

Posted on May 8, 2010 by John Kisha

Security researchers at Symantec and BKIS report worms hitting users of Yahoo Messenger and Skype via malicious instant messages.

Just another reminder to not click on links in emails from people you don’t know.

Read full story here: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Security-Researchers-Report-Attacks-on-Skype-Yahoo-Messenger-199929/?kc=rss

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Flash is dead?!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by John Kisha

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Steve Jobs calls flash a relic as he explains why it is not included in the iPad, iPhone and iPod.

Of course this has started a small war between Adobe and Apple and has given a boost to devices running the Android OS, which Adobe plans to support by June, 2010. Read more here:  http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughts-on-flash/

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Russian Hacker Selling 1.5 Million Facebook Accounts

Posted on April 29, 2010 by John Kisha
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1242 Million Facebook Accounts tweets Million Facebook Accounts 04/23/10 by Jolie O’Dell A hacker who calls himself Kirllos has obtained and is now offering to sell 1.5 million Facebook IDs at astonishingly low prices — $25 per 1000 IDs for users with fewer than 10 friends and $45 per 1000 IDs for users with more than 10 friends — according to researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense. Looking at the numbers, Kirllos has stolen the IDs of one out of every 300 Facebook users. Information for sale includes login credentials; whether or not the e-mail addresses and passwords are legitimate is currently unknown.

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Industry-specific guides to Twitter, by profession.

Posted on April 28, 2010 by John Kisha
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The link below provides a compilation of links to industry-specific guides to using Twitter. Definitely worth a look, especially if you are considering incorporating Twitter into your marketing plan.

http://pistachioconsulting.com/featured-articles/industry-guides/

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Use McAfee Antivirus Software?

Posted on April 21, 2010 by John Kisha

An update to McAfee’s antivirus software falsely identified a standard Windows file as a virus and has wreaked havoc on computers nationwide. Click on the link below to read more.

http://m.npr.org/story/126168997

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Turn DM’s into PM’s

Posted on April 18, 2010 by John Kisha
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t.imo.im is an interesting application that provides Twitter users a way to turn their Direct Messages (DM’s) into Instant Messages (IM’s).

In essence t.imo.im it is taking the usual direct message conversation that you may have with someone and turning it into an instant messaging experience  we have yet to see elsewhere. From initial tests we found it to have awesome potential. After playing around with t.imo.im for a little bit, there are actually some things that you NEED to know if you wish to use it.

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/04/16/instant-messaging-twitter-reality/?awesm=tnw.to_15yJm

Enjoy!

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How to Report Inappropriate Content In Google Maps

Posted on April 17, 2010 by John Kisha
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This has never been an issue for me, but for those of you that have concerns about Internet privacy, this link might be of interest. There are step-by-step instructions for how to report things you might notice in the Google Street view of your house or neighborhood, like your car license plate, a picture that includes you, showing your face, etc.

http://www.ghacks.net/2010/04/17/how-to-remove-a-face-house-or-car-from-google-street-view/

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20 Worst Web Design and Development Trends

Posted on April 13, 2010 by John Kisha

Bad Design IdeasWeb design trends come and go, some stay around too long and there are a few that probably should have never existed. Many of the trends below could and can still be found on a variety of sites including personal sites, business sites and yes even web designer portfolio sites. Some of the worst trends are graphical ones such as the use of horrible GIF animations, intro pages and under construction graphics. Read more here 20 Worst Web Design and Development Trends.

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