Monthly Archives: April 2015
US Defense Secretary: Snowden Caused Tensions With Techies
Dropbox Strikes Back Against Bartalex Macro Malware Phishers
Fiesta Exploit Kit Wakes From Siesta
Chinese Report Loopy Facebook Redirections
Yahoo Tests Ear-Based Smartphone Identification System
Unboxing Linux/Mumblehard: Muttering spam from your servers
Today, ESET researchers reveal a family of Linux malware that stayed under the radar for more than 5 years. We have named this family Linux/Mumblehard. A white paper about this threat is available for download on WeLiveSecuriy.
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You can now download your Google Search history
When it comes to significant historic events, we can all remember where we were when we first heard the news. I can remember where I was on 9/11 and when man landed on the moon but can you remember what you searched for on the 29 November 2012?
Chances are you can’t, but it’s now possible to find out.
Search engines like Google can collect vast amount of data about us that can be used to build a profile of our interests, hopes, fears and activities. Imagine everything you searched for being stored and later analyzed.
College years, holidays, medical conditions, online dating, buying a car, having children or just my news preferences are all there in the keywords that I use when searching for content.
Is there any need for either you or anyone else to have this personal view into your life?
Two years ago, I switched off storage of Google search history with no noticeable effect on my ability to find things. On the other hand, I am sure its inconvenienced a couple of companies that would love to target me for advertising.
Google recently announced the ability to download your entire search history, which if you have a Google account is collected by default. This is a little known feature that comes with a forewarning about the sensitive nature of the data.
If the data is so sensitive then why was there no warning that someone was collecting it to start with? Maybe it should be an optional feature that I could choose to switch on?
I recommend that you make a conscious decision on whether someone needs to be collecting this or whether you feel that you may need this for some reason in the future (if you can think of one please let me know).
Changing the history storage options is in your Google account settings in the ‘Account Tools’.
Selecting Account history then opens a screen that allows you to control not only search history but also voice searches, YouTube videos searched for or watched and even the location data that you may be storing. While on this page, be sure to review what history you are willing to share and make the appropriate selections as necessary. As you can see, I have selected to switch off all collection of my history.
Then there is the management of all the historic data, it might be amusing to go back and look at what you were browsing for before you remove it. This might just highlight to you the need to manage what is collected!
CEBA-2015:0916 CentOS 6 libvirt BugFix Update
CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2015:0916 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0916.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 388b2c5aab2fe115bb55616fae56ea0e30976e2947d5799175cf90538bd731f5 libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm 7df66b6c652132c40f62deae7bc3281413ed3e9a406069a8bd2b2453f5f1fa60 libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm b3fd537f7dd8073c4dde318987588f83ffcfb7d4d6b0dec25d5faa8cfa885541 libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm 601007210bedcdf595469dbe56386018102a31e4fda93d6b33f69e1714aab4ef libvirt-python-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm x86_64: 2435de68b2ebb108f38f130b5e97872a5182c37114ba7dcac95516ef891ea1d8 libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.x86_64.rpm 7df66b6c652132c40f62deae7bc3281413ed3e9a406069a8bd2b2453f5f1fa60 libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm c47cb1fa1db997e9b66321bc43b146f885f58aec780b511b8f8ff2b6d3b38d10 libvirt-client-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.x86_64.rpm b3fd537f7dd8073c4dde318987588f83ffcfb7d4d6b0dec25d5faa8cfa885541 libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.i686.rpm b82cf3cc95e5d7edfecc76e9f116af5ccf29a1959d7363d518510f5d2037d36b libvirt-devel-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.x86_64.rpm d60f53d4ec8de33b24c045cd16493fc03f29b26a1ed85746dac1e556ce5239d7 libvirt-lock-sanlock-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.x86_64.rpm 99c66ce30b90f6931b02eb0b5dc0ea2d74b64d88e30cabd7086be93565d3eb5c libvirt-python-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.x86_64.rpm Source: 4abe1b325388e5de13ec10304bcb48d508df10eec47ebdb35dc2d2abccaa9400 libvirt-0.10.2-46.el6_6.6.src.rpm
CEBA-2015:0915 CentOS 6 dracut BugFix Update
CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2015:0915 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0915.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 288c9836b2cc18268abe502c1625d2b3d4d9d4b2826f1e2afb90e3e33f2168f6 dracut-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm 00c537711c36db7a24f3a704ce3dbe3f65fa38fa00c1f2698a42366a26b8c858 dracut-caps-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm bec69edb8ca2317efa62ccfc2fefdfe550f438605235c042ec3f81aba0da357b dracut-fips-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm dce891fd2ccc0656dff7d69cee0b3df6108e995e1866f97d916e71178ce5496d dracut-fips-aesni-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm ebfb46c7e304562edcedda9c368c390b2ef3d3492d570bcec226edf8ae3c288c dracut-generic-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm d6bea1ede04348437bc3d47239d78cad4b54d85c8ca9bb85a30ff5dbf9deca8d dracut-kernel-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm 3fd1e82fd5d04df430d27faebfce01cb80e8eade61b06d280b85ceb6460dbc30 dracut-network-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm ba2890cd0cedd441dbebe64d64fb10aca775147427ccac70de3860a8ac4ee382 dracut-tools-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm x86_64: 288c9836b2cc18268abe502c1625d2b3d4d9d4b2826f1e2afb90e3e33f2168f6 dracut-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm 00c537711c36db7a24f3a704ce3dbe3f65fa38fa00c1f2698a42366a26b8c858 dracut-caps-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm bec69edb8ca2317efa62ccfc2fefdfe550f438605235c042ec3f81aba0da357b dracut-fips-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm dce891fd2ccc0656dff7d69cee0b3df6108e995e1866f97d916e71178ce5496d dracut-fips-aesni-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm ebfb46c7e304562edcedda9c368c390b2ef3d3492d570bcec226edf8ae3c288c dracut-generic-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm d6bea1ede04348437bc3d47239d78cad4b54d85c8ca9bb85a30ff5dbf9deca8d dracut-kernel-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm 3fd1e82fd5d04df430d27faebfce01cb80e8eade61b06d280b85ceb6460dbc30 dracut-network-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm ba2890cd0cedd441dbebe64d64fb10aca775147427ccac70de3860a8ac4ee382 dracut-tools-004-356.el6_6.2.noarch.rpm Source: c7fe36a990b1e1448a881c5d392e0e8fe993fb6ac4d4b852649c5bbb429370e1 dracut-004-356.el6_6.2.src.rpm