[NPMUG] NPMUG Digest, Vol 44, Issue 4
John Seidman
writejs at verizon.net
Sat Aug 8 08:58:04 MDT 2009
Hi Dave.
I need a short call next week if that can work for you to explain
what would be involved
for me in upgrading to 10.5.8. I cannot afford any serious learning
curve disruption right now
and you know how dense I can be .
Jahn
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>Today's Topics:
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> 1. Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns Apple
> .... 10.5.8 update is out (Dave Sevick)
> 2. US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace... (( as
> discussed tonight at the NPMUG )) (Dave Sevick)
> 3. Bing Search Tainted by Pro-Microsoft Results | CIO - Blogs
> and Discussion (Charles Firth)
> 4. Goodwill CRC update, August 7 (Robert A. Donaldson)
> 5. iWeb displays badly for one windoze user friend
> (harmonyroute at mac.com)
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>Message: 1
>Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:29:18 -0400
>From: Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com>
>Subject: [NPMUG] Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns
> Apple .... 10.5.8 update is out
>To: NPMUG <npmug at davesevick.com>
>Message-ID: <997550F2-B9E1-4B85-B967-D2DF98800299 at davesevick.com>
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>Boobytrapped images pose threat to Mac users, warns Apple
>
>Users of Mac computers are being advised to install an important
>security patch, after Apple acknowledged that a serious flaw existed
>in its Mac OS X operating system that could be exploited by hackers.
>
>In a security advisory posted on its website, the Cupertino-based
>vendor of iMac and MacBook computers warned that it had discovered
>that hackers could create specially crafted image files capable of
>running malicious code without the user's authorisation, such as a
>worm or Trojan horse.
>
>The affected image file formats include PNG, Canon RAW and OpenEXR.
>
>To circumvent this and other security issues, Apple is recommend that
>users install Security Update 2009-003 - updating themselves to Mac OS
>X v10.5.8.
>
>Owners of Mac computers would be wise to follow Apple's advice, else
>put their systems at risk of infection via rigged image files created
>by hackers.
>
>As described in Sophos's recently published Security Threat Report,
>2009 has seen a number of attacks against users of Apple Mac OS X.
>Many of these have relied upon social engineering to fool Mac owners
>into installing Trojan horses on their computers. There is no doubt,
>however, that cybercriminals would love to be able to exploit software
>vulnerabilities instead to make infection even easier.
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>((((( backup all your data before you run this update ))))))
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>Message: 2
>Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 00:40:39 -0400
>From: Dave Sevick <dave at davesevick.com>
>Subject: [NPMUG] US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace...
> (( as discussed tonight at the NPMUG ))
>To: NPMUG <npmug at davesevick.com>
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>US Marines banned from Twitter, Facebook, MySpace...
>
>It must be a pretty miserable existence being far away from your
>family and loved ones if you're fighting a distant war on behalf of
>your country. Creature comforts like the internet can, of course, help
>you stay in touch with the folks you left back home - but, for members
>of the US Marines at least, one way of keeping communications open has
>just been firmly shut.
>
>The US Marine Corps has banned with immediate effect the use of social
>networking websites including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace from its
>networks.
>
>It appears that the leaders of the US Marine Corps are not concerned
>about soldiers wasting time on social networks, but with the
>opportunities that exist for hackers to exploit their careless use.
>
>
>
>A source told Wired Magazine, "The mechanisms for social networking
>were never designed for security and filtering. They make it way too
>easy for people with bad intentions to push malicious code to
>unsuspecting users."
>
>Here's part of the official order banning use of the social networking
>sites (SNS).
>
>[Social networking sites are] A PROVEN HAVEN FOR MALICIOUS ACTORS AND
>CONTENT AND ARE PARTICULARLY HIGH RISK DUE TO INFORMATION EXPOSURE,
>USER GENERATED CONTENT AND TARGETING BY ADVERSARIES. THE VERY NATURE
>OF SNS CREATES A LARGER ATTACK AND EXPLOITATION WINDOW, EXPOSES
>UNNECESSARY INFORMATION TO ADVERSARIES AND PROVIDES AN EASY CONDUIT
>FOR INFORMATION LEAKAGE THAT PUTS OPSEC, COMSEC, PERSONNEL AND THE
>MCEN AT AN ELEVATED RISK OF COMPROMISE. EXAMPLES OF INTERNET SNS SITES
>INCLUDE FACEBOOK, MYSPACE, AND TWITTER.
>
>ACCESS IS HEREBY PROHIBITED TO INTERNET SNS FROM THE MCEN NIPRNET,
>INCLUDING OVER VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) CONNECTIONS.
>
>By the way, I don't know why they insisted on using capital letters.
>Maybe it makes it easier to read in the middle of a noisy battle or
>something.
>
>My reading of the order is that soldiers can still access the social
>networks privately from their own computers, but not from military
>networks. So that - I am sure - will be some relief.
>
>The recently published Sophos Security Threat Report revealed that a
>quarter of organizations have been exposed to spam, phishing or
>malware attacks via sites such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and
>MySpace.
>
>
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>We're going to see more and more attacks happening via social
>networks. Blocking their use entirely may be possible in organizations
>like the US Marines, but you'll find that a much harder decision to
>justify in a business environment. Instead, make sure that your users
>are properly defended from the threats when Tweeting and Facebooking
>online.
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>Message: 3
>Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 07:06:02 -0400
>From: Charles Firth <charles at firthconsulting.com>
>Subject: [NPMUG] Bing Search Tainted by Pro-Microsoft Results | CIO -
> Blogs and Discussion
>To: NPMUG NPMUG <npmug at davesevick.com>
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>So it turns out that Microsoft's new search engine "Bing" is somewhat
>biased against Apple.
>Not in what browsers work, but in what search results you get. It's
>also good at failing to show any anti-Microsoft results.
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>Must be a quirk of the programming!
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>http://advice.cio.com/shane_oneill/bing_search_tainted_by_pro_microsoft_results
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>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:01:54 -0400
>From: "Robert A. Donaldson" <radonaldson at mac.com>
>Subject: [NPMUG] Goodwill CRC update, August 7
>To: npmug at davesevick.com
>Message-ID: <98C72E55-6BA3-4511-9778-213067B248A0 at mac.com>
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>Dear Mac friends:
>
>Many thanks to Charlie Hutchens, Rich Fitzgibbon, John Hamill, Tucker
>Trainor, JoAnn Luczko ad Dave Sevick for joining me at the Goodwill
>Computer Recycling Center today.
>
>In the immortal words of Jim Carrey in The Mask, "We be smokin'!"
>
>Today we fell just short of our daily production record by
>refurbishing 33 Macs. We also did three Apple displays, and de-
>manufactured nine other pieces. Marty Swartz added a nice G4 iBook to
>the mix from his basement workshop.
>
>Our all-time total is now 2,057.
>
>A construction note: The PennDOT Carson St. widening project has
>closed South 26 St. in front of the main entrance to the Goodwill
>Building. There is still pedestrian access to the main door of the
>building on South 26th St.
>
>We'll have another workday on Friday, August 14. Hope to see you there!
>
>
>Robert A. Donaldson
>radonaldson at mac.com
>(H) 412-922-3303
>(M) 412-477-9188
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>Message: 5
>Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:18:54 -0400
>From: harmonyroute at mac.com
>Subject: [NPMUG] iWeb displays badly for one windoze user friend
>To: List Serve <npmug at davesevick.com>
>Message-ID: <060B8D79-94E3-4640-AACE-2C634442DD70 at mac.com>
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>A friend of mine in Cincinnati set this screen shot showing how his
>computer displays the page headers for my webpage. He uses Firefox.
>He tried it with IE and got the same result.
>
>Anyone out there have any good ideas what causes this and what he can
>do to fix it?
>
>Thanks,
>CuZinBruce
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