Secure your Paypal account and prevent fraud
In a great move, Paypal have released a great new security measure that will go a longs way in preventing fraud. The security key, which works in a way very simialr to the more common RSA secureID that many peope use at work, the key generates a random number every 30 seconds. This number needs […]
Reset Mediawiki Admin Password
I love using Mediawiki, but my first install I completely forgot the Admin password. And not having an email address setup in my profile (for the admin user) made me wonder how to reset it. I knew I had to get into the SQL database, and I don’t pretend to be an expert in playing […]
Open Source Cisco router?
I have spent the last 10-15 years working in a predominantly Cisco environment. I think their products are great, but are not cheap. I think it comes down to the old line ‘you get what you pay for’, and Cisco certainly delivers. That’s at work….. At home I look at alternatives. So when I was […]
See non present devices in Device manager (XP)
When I’m troubleshooting a Windows XP machine, I find myself almost always going into Device Manager to check the status of hardware devices. But what if you want to find out information about devices that aren’t connected eg USB based devices? Try this: 1. Go to Start, right-click My Computer, and select Properties. 2. In […]
Motorola RAZR JPEG attack vulnerability
Found this on the SC website the other other day: Hackers are able to send a corrupt JPEG image to a RAZR which would run malicious code if viewed, according to the ZDI advisory, released on Tuesday. Malicious code could force the RAZR to make unwanted calls or send unwanted messages, for example. The flaw […]