When you tell your email to someone, and they ask what GMail is, what do you normally reply with? “Oh it’s Google’s email, but it’s invite only.”? Well Google’s mail is no longer for the elite nerd, as it’s finally opened to the public. Sure there have been many false alarms, but [...]
Print PostOn Tuesday morning, five of internet’s root servers were attacked using a distributed denial of service act. The stream of packets successfully knocked two of them off line, thus causing them to drop 90% of queries. However, since there are a total of 13 strategically placed servers around the world, the internet as [...]
Print PostWell the inevitable has finally happened. Wikipedia has added a nofollow tag to all outgoing links. It does not matter how long your link has been there, it now has nofollow. This is supposed to be combating the recent barrage of spam that people are adding to articles, to boost their page [...]
Print PostPreviously I blogged about a flaw in Gmail’s contact list that could allow an attacker to steal your contact list. However today’s Google flaw seems to be much worse. The following is a short list of some of the things you can do upon a successful attack.
Get in to Google Docs and Spreadsheets [...]
In the wake of the Wii and PS3, scammers ran rampant on eBay. There were hundreds of daily auctions for Wii receipts, boxes, and email addresses. Gullible people not reading the auctions before bidding paid hundreds for these items, and PayPal refused to assist the buyer most of the time. With the [...]
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