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Sunday, February 12, 2017

I have a roof over my head

I have a roof over my head



Or at least the start of one...on my new home. They are coming right along. Its exciting and also a little nerve wracking - thinking about this new phase of my life. Having a new home built is a HUGE undertaking for this ole gal. But Im sure Paul is happy for me and will be watching over me always.
The back of the house


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Friday, January 13, 2017

HTC wildfire review 5 must have Wildfire applications Complete guide to HTC wildfire

HTC wildfire review 5 must have Wildfire applications Complete guide to HTC wildfire


A week before I bought HTC wildfire which is an entry level android smartphone. It sports quite a punch when compared to its competition and has a lot of features to keep you busy. I am doing an honest review so that you can make a choice when it comes to the end.

HTC wildfire is dubbed as the love child of Nexus one and HTC desire or Mini Desire. In some terms, it seems to be true. Its the successor to HTC tattoo and its a worthy one. The finishing is impeccable and much more professional so is the design as compared to tattoo. The phone is sturdily build however the screen is smudge prone. The phone has ARM6 528 Mhz processor on board with 384 MB ram. Its good for light weight gaming but is unable to render 3d games and play high def videos. The phone lags in its default HTC sense UI hence you are recommended to use some professional UI launchers like Go Launcher EX, Launcherpro and ADW. Bet the lag is attributed to CPU. Make sure your applications are compatible to them as my HTC music player crashed a lot more when I installed Launcher pro. Wildfire shines in the connectivity department.

HTC wildfire review | 5 must have Wildfire applications | Complete guide to HTC wildfire Everything is tightly integrated with social networking in mind. You can add contact, link it to facebook profile, email, twitter..and the best thing it supports real time status updates when someone calls you. Nice touch. Internet is smooth, however, again, the default browser is slow as compared to Opera Mini and skyfire browsers. The touch is nice, when compared to Samsung offerings and LG optimus one, the touch is much better and much responsive. The Wifi-GPS-Bluetooth bundle is good and I tested Google latitude over it which gave me quite accurate results. I do have problems with keypad, but then, i installed swype and the problem was gone. Camera is a 5 MP with flash and can take good-outdoor-bad-indoor pics, there is no protective cover but over all the flash and smile detection makes the day. The accelerometer is a bit slow when it comes to rotation but again, i will attribute it to the slow cpu. Overall, its a nice phone for an android starter and offers the best bang for your buck.

The phone has Froyo 2.2.1 and is unable to be rooted at the moment. Hence I am unable to provide you how it can be optimized when rooted and how it performs as a rooted toy. I am waiting for the next Unevoked/superoneclickroot update so that i can finally squeeze the juice out of my phone.

I do tested some penetration testing applications on it and you can read my post regarding them here.

Pros

  • Better touch
  • 384 MB ram
  • 5 MP camera with flash
  • Excellent connectivity,A must have for social-networking enthusiastic
  • Overall a Good bundle

Cons

  • Pricier as compared to the competition
  • low res screen
  • Could have had a much better cpu

 

An average android phone is incomplete without applications, I recommend these apps as a must have -

  • Launcher Pro – If you want to make your UI super smooth, this is the way to go.
  • GO SMS – the best sms application, even better than chomp sms.
  • SWYPE – tired of cramped keypad ? Try swype and all your worries will be gone.
  • Opera Mini the best cellphone bnrowser out there, if you want flash support, you can go with Dolphin and Skyfire though.
  • Bar Code scanner – A must have for every android phone. Get anyone from android app market.

 

My recco – buy it if you are tight on budget, its better than its counterparts if you are not into gaming and watching videos on your cellphones.


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Friday, December 30, 2016

I have good looking

I have good looking



Grandkids!!
Hilton Head Sept 2009

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Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Its Adobe Critical Updates Day! Flash AIR have 13 CVE patches Acrobat Reader have 51 patches!!!

Its Adobe Critical Updates Day! Flash AIR have 13 CVE patches Acrobat Reader have 51 patches!!!


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[URGENT UPDATE: These new, current versions of Adobe Flash and AIR have a zero-day vulnerability out-in-the-wild! DO NOT USE FLASH AT ALL at this point in time! Seriously! Im going to post an article after this one that provides some information. In the meantime: UNINSTALL FLASH NOW please!

Uninstall instructions from Adobe:

Uninstall Flash Player | Mac OS

Removing Adobe AIR

After uninstalling Flash and AIR, RESTART your running web browsers,

Please do this RIGHT NOW. If you have more than one Mac, be certain to dump Flash and AIR there as well. 

More to follow.]
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Its the second-Tuesday-of-the-month, which means its time for a bombardment of Adobe security patches! This months pile of patches is truly astonishing. Keep in mind that this isnt the only day of the month Adobe provides security updates. This past month, Adobe pushed out two separate groups of security updates.

Here are todays Adobe security bulletins:


Adobe Flash and AIR


Adobe Acrobat and Reader


Here are the linked Adobe updates:


Adobe Flash, Desktop v19.0.0.207

Adobe Flash, Extended Support v18.0.0.252 (Scroll down to Flash Player Archives)

Adobe AIR v19.0.0.213


Adobe Acrobat DC and DC Reader Continuous v2015.009.20069

Adobe Acrobat DC and DC Reader Classic v2015.006.30094
Adobe Acrobat and Reader XI Desktop v11.0.13
Adobe Acrobat and Reader X Desktop v10.1.16

CVE Patches:

[Im not linking the listed CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) this month as the list is massive and Im rather busy at my end at the moment. The link to look up CVEs is at the right of this page.]


Adobe Flash and AIR
Vulnerability Details

These updates resolve a vulnerability that could be exploited to bypass the same-origin-policy and lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-7628).

These updates include a defense-in-depth feature in the Flash broker API (CVE-2015-5569).

These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-7629, CVE-2015-7631, CVE-2015-7643, CVE-2015-7644).

These updates resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-7632).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-7625, CVE-2015-7626, CVE-2015-7627, CVE-2015-7630, CVE-2015-7633, CVE-2015-7634).
Adobe Acrobat and Reader
Vulnerability Details

These updates resolve a buffer overflow vulnerability that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-6692).

These updates resolve use-after-free vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6689, CVE-2015-6688, CVE-2015-6690, CVE-2015-7615, CVE-2015-7617, CVE-2015-6687, CVE-2015-6684, CVE-2015-6691, CVE-2015-7621, CVE-2015-5586, CVE-2015-6683).

These updates resolve heap buffer overflow vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6696, CVE-2015-6698).

These updates resolve memory corruption vulnerabilities that could lead to code execution (CVE-2015-6685, CVE-2015-6693, CVE-2015-6694, CVE-2015-6695, CVE-2015-6686, CVE-2015-7622).

These updates resolve memory leak vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-6699, CVE-2015-6700, CVE-2015-6701, CVE-2015-6702, CVE-2015-6703, CVE-2015-6704, CVE-2015-6697).

These updates resolve security bypass vulnerabilities that could lead to information disclosure (CVE-2015-5583, CVE-2015-6705, CVE-2015-6706, CVE-2015-7624).

These updates resolve various methods to bypass restrictions on Javascript API execution (CVE-2015-6707, CVE-2015-6708, CVE-2015-6709, CVE-2015-6710, CVE-2015-6711, CVE-2015-6712, CVE-2015-7614, CVE-2015-7616, CVE-2015-6716, CVE-2015-6717, CVE-2015-6718, CVE-2015-6719, CVE-2015-6720, CVE-2015-6721, CVE-2015-6722, CVE-2015-6723, CVE-2015-6724, CVE-2015-6725, CVE-2015-7618, CVE-2015-7619, CVE-2015-7620, CVE-2015-7623, CVE-2015-6713, CVE-2015-6714, CVE-2015-6715).
WARNING:

As ever, running software over the Internet can be dangerous. The most dangerous software to use are the Adobe Flash, Adobe Shockwave and Oracle Java browser plug-ins. If you dont need them, either trash them or pull them out of your system and put them intp a disabled folder. You can find all of these plug-ins here:


/Library/Internet Plug-ins/


Adobe Acrobat and Reader can be dangerous if youre using them to read PDF files youve downloaded from the Internet. The safest way to run either of these programs is with Enhanced Security (Security Enhanced) turned ON in their preferences. Even then, as noted in the CVE list above, that may not protect you from malicious PDF files.


Also dangerous, for the same reason, are the Adobe PDF Viewer plug-ins for web browsers. As with the other dangerous plug-ins noted above, either trash them or put them into a disabled folder. If you have a specific reason to use the Viewer plug-ins, then youre stuck with them. However, for the vast majority of people there is NO reason to use them. All web browsers have their own built-in PDF viewer functions. You can find the Adobe PDF Viewer plug-ins here:


/Library/Internet Plug-ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin

/Library/Internet Plug-ins/AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin

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As usual:

The #1 Rule of Computing and Security is:


MAKE A BACKUP!


Backups allow you to restore your computer back to health if it gets PWNed (zombied/botted) or otherwise compromised on the Internet.


There are many articles on the Internet about computer backup strategies. Here are a three articles and two ebooks specific to Mac backups:


Bulletproof backups: When you absolutely cant lose any data


Apple: Backing up your Mac hard drive


Apple Support Communities: Most commonly used backup methods


Backing Up Your Mac: A Joe On Tech Guide


TAKE CONTROL OF Security for Mac Users


Stay safe out there kids!



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