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