My First Three Months on the Job
Last week concluded my first three months at my first job out of college. Accenture has been great! I’ve learned a lot, met a lot of great people, and am excited about the career ahead of me.
Archive for the ‘Security’ Category
Is Foursquare Vulnerable to a Botnet Takeover?
After Jim Bumgardner’s blog post Monday confessing to cheating on Foursquare and subsequent LA Times coverage, I think Foursquare will be addressing their service’s security immediately. For those of you who don’t know, Foursquare is a location based social network that incorporates gaming elements. Bumgardner used Foursquare’s 3 month old API to become mayor the [...]
What to Do When You’ve Inadvertently Involved Yourself in a Mail Fraud Scheme
A few months ago, I was answering dozens of Craigslist ads a day to try and find any work I could including paid surveys and research settings. In the fury of it all, I accidentally involved myself in a mail fraud scheme by responding to a spam message I mistook as a real response to one [...]
What To Do With Your Full Time Capsule
What do you get when you cross a Macbook Pro with a 500 GB hard drive with a 500 GB Time Capsule? A slim margin for back ups. I knew this day was going to come when I upgraded from my old Macbook that just had a 60 GB hard drive. Now, I have the [...]
One Free Year of the Best AntiVirus Software I’ve Ever Attacked
Before I begin, this offer may become bogus in the next week. Until then, I have to vouch for a product I’ve tried in the past and absolutely loved.
I follow a few discount hunters that often turn up great technology deals. Today, I came across a deal from FatWallet.com for Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Legit 1 [...]
