Stay away from secure sites until you are sure they have been patched.
The following email services are patched and can be used.
Gmail.com
Hotmail.com,outlook.con etc at Microsoft
Yahoo.com
Twitter.com
Facebook.com (but not every Facebook app or game.
Primesouthbank.com is OK to use as the Heartbleed is blocked by the ISP
Go to the bank or use their web to check your account.
Do NOT use non bank owned ATM's to withdraw money of check your ballance.
Be aware that some ATM's at banks are NOT operated by the bank. Don't use them.
Before using any other site check it with the following tool:
http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/
Type in a site name like Twitter.com then hit Go.
If it is red, do not use it
If it is green read the green message, It will tell if the site has been patched or simply had some functions turned off as a way of preventing the heartbleed.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Monday, February 10, 2014
Apple ID Scam
Protect Yourself from the Apple ID Scam
Last month, Apple ID suffered a serious security breach which led to Apple urging its users to enable the two-step verification. The Verge, a tech and media news website, found a link and step-by-step tutorial on how to hijack an Apple ID. With just an email address and date of birth a hacker is able to reset your password.
Read more here. Link: apple id scam
Last month, Apple ID suffered a serious security breach which led to Apple urging its users to enable the two-step verification. The Verge, a tech and media news website, found a link and step-by-step tutorial on how to hijack an Apple ID. With just an email address and date of birth a hacker is able to reset your password.
Read more here. Link: apple id scam
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Huntsville Alabama helps discover water in our solar system.
For the first time water is confirmed on another planet in our solar system. Alabama played an important part in the discovery.
At NASA, project Dawn confirmed that plumes of water are being ejected from the dwarf planet Ceres. Ceres orbits our sun between mars and Jupiter. It is the closest of the three dwarf planets in our solar system.
Project Dawn is part of NASA's Discovery Program, managed by the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
An artist's conception shows water vapor being released from two spots on Ceres
Next year, NASA's Dawn spacecraft is due to go into orbit around Ceres.
The discovery leads to the possibility that microbial live might be found on Ceres, adding it to mars and Europa. as possible locations
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