Duffy's Rant Netcast

WGN will be moving upstairs in the Trb Tower this summer, leaving the showcase studio intact.

Radio World article

Not so much!  It actually started back in the 1880s.

Ars Technica article

Duno if you heard of HTTPS-Everywhere from the EFF.  It just hit V1.0 and is going strong.  Lots of support for different sites, including Facebook (which you’ll have to disable if you play Zynga games!) and numerous other sites.

Cory Doctorow wrote a piece in BoingBoing about it.  Read it here!

You really need to read this article and watch what you do with your Android phone.

NetworkWorld article

What a day!  Okay, as I posted earlier, I was going to upgrade the WP install.

Well, things were more hosed than anyone thought and it took three interventions with tech support to finally get the thing upgraded correctly.

As you can see, nothing’s missing so it appears that things are now back to what passes for “normal” here.

Now that we got a minor issue with the database cleared up, time to upgrade the ol’ WP install.

Dam, I am not happy with winblow$.  I had to completely reinstall it after something in one of the “updates” screwed my Internet connection to the point where it was unusable. 

Anyhow, I’m back, slowly rebuilding what was here.

The new CommodoreUSA is rereleasing the C64, updated with all the bells and whistles.

C64 to rise again

What Id like to see is them resurrect the Amiga, which was the slickest computer you could want…but died because of inept leadership at the original Commodore.

Ordinarily I wouldn’t post this but this is more than just a little serious.

Unfortunately, I think PayPal uses the SecurID token system (I have one for just that reason!) and you may be getting notice from them that your token is being recalled or whatever.

Anyhow, here’s the article:

–RSA Deeply Penetrated; Says SecurID Information Stolen
(March 17 & 18, 2011)
An "extremely sophisticated cyber attack against RSA" may have
compromised the security of RSA SecurID two-factor authentication
products. In an attack preliminarily identified as an Advanced
Persistent Threat, digital information relating to SecurID tokens was
stolen from RSA systems. The company is contacting customers to let them
know of the breach and to offer suggestions for "strengthen[ing] their
SecurID implementations."  Forty million SecurID tokens have been
deployed; they are often used to conduct financial transactions and at
government agencies.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20044455-245.html

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/03/rsa-hacked/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12784491

http://blogs.computerworld.com/17995/rsa_securid_hacked_2fa_fob_and_software_compromise

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/technology/18secure.html?src=busln

http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3872

The letter to customers from RSA is at http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=3872

[Editor's Note (Paller): APT attacks use three primary infection vectors
and each has a corresponding "most-effective" defense. This RSA attack
used the least common of the three according to insiders who are doing
the investigation. Sadly, it appears that RSA users are not protected
by any of the three defenses.
(Skoudis): This story has major importance because organizations are
increasingly depending on two-factor authentication.  I imagine some
very hard questions are going to be asked (and perhaps answered only
behind closed doors) about RSA's security practices.  Also, if there is
a significant weakness in the implementation of SecurID tokens, servers,
or other components of their suite, we may be in for a major
redeployment.  Likewise, if the bad guys stole seeds for deployed
customer tokens, we may face a recall of some tokens.]

Yeah, I’m a geek too. this is coming from my Mandriva install. Not too shabby so far!