DARPA and the Red Balloons
A little something-something to tickle the fancy of social media geeks out there. If you have not heard of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), they are the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense and are essentially the key organization responsible for creating the Internet, and no, Al Gore was not the head of DARPA 40 years ago when the concept of digital inter-connectivity was being developed 
… And yes, it is the same the “Intranetsh” George Dubya Bush likes to quote… 
QUICK UPDATE: MIT STUDENTS WIN THE COMPETITION (http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2009/12/06/MIT-students-win-military-balloon-hunt/UPI-82141260114716/)
Bum-A-Post Wednesday: How to Fix a Computer or PC that is Not Booting/Starting Up? How Can I Fix my PC Without Having a Boot CD? Where Can I Get a Boot CD for Windows?
How to Fix a Computer or PC that is Not Booting Up? How Can I Fix my PC Without Having a Boot CD? What Should I Do if I Don’t Have a Boot Disc? Where Can I Get a Boot CD for Windows?
One of my friend’s computer had numerous problems. He used to ignore all the error messages he gets in his Windows XP and continued to work with it, until the day it became dead.
And he asked me how he could revive it, because he was not even able to start his computer and didn’t know where his boot CD was. Read more
CISSP Exam Note (Domain 2: Telecommunications and Networking Security) – Back-up Methodologies
In information technology, a backup or the process of backing up refer to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event. These additional copies are typically called “backups.” The verb is back up in two words, whereas the noun is backup (often used like an adjective in compound nouns).
Backups are useful primarily for two purposes. The first is to restore a state following a disaster (called disaster recovery). The second is to restore small numbers of files after they have been accidentally deleted or corrupted. Data loss is also very common. 66% of internet users have suffered from serious data loss. Read more
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- From the National Vulnerability Database
- CVE-2011-4872 (desire_hd, desire_s, droid_incredible, evo_3d, evo_4g, glacier, sensation_4g, sen...) February 4, 2012Multiple HTC Android devices including Desire HD FRG83D and GRI40, Glacier FRG83, Droid Incredible FRF91, Thunderbolt 4G FRG83D, Sensation Z710e GRI40, Sensation 4G GRI40, Desire S GRI40, EVO 3D GRI40, and EVO 4G GRI40 allow remote attackers to obtain 802.1X Wi-Fi credentials and SSID via a crafted application that uses the android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STA […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4512 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012CRLF injection vulnerability in the HMI web server in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 before SP3; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal) before SP2 Update 1; the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HT […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4879 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012miniweb.exe in the HMI web server in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 before SP3; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal) before SP2 Update 1; the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime does not properly handle URIs beginning with a 0xfa character, which allows remote attac […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4514 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012The TELNET daemon in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal); the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime does not perform authentication, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain access via a TCP session. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4510 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HMI web server in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 before SP3; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal) before SP2 Update 1; the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or H […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4878 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012Directory traversal vulnerability in miniweb.exe in the HMI web server in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 before SP3; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal) before SP2 Update 1; the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4877 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012HmiLoad in the runtime loader in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal); the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime, when Transfer Mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending crafted […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4513 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal); the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted project file, related to the HMI web server and runtime loader. […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4876 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012Directory traversal vulnerability in HmiLoad in the runtime loader in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal); the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime, when Transfer Mode is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute, read, create, modi […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4511 (wincc_flexible, simatic_hmi_panels, wincc_runtime_advanced, wincc_flexible_runtime) February 2, 2012Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HMI web server in Siemens WinCC flexible 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008 before SP3; WinCC V11 (aka TIA portal) before SP2 Update 1; the TP, OP, MP, Comfort Panels, and Mobile Panels SIMATIC HMI panels; WinCC V11 Runtime Advanced; and WinCC flexible Runtime allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or H […]nvd@nist.gov
- CVE-2011-4872 (desire_hd, desire_s, droid_incredible, evo_3d, evo_4g, glacier, sensation_4g, sen...) February 4, 2012