“TSTT unveiled a 6 month pilot project on Wednesday where houses in the Legacy Housing Development will be wired using fiber optic cable capable of Internet connectivity speeds of 1 Gigabit/s.
TSTT also announced that it is prepared to deliver gigabit Internet connectivity to 10,000 homes in Trinidad, 70 per cent of which are located in the north of the country, with a increase to 40,000 homes by the end of 2014.
No pricing from TSTT will be announced pending a review after the pilot project.”
A story from Naoki Hiroshima, describing in detail how his online accounts were taken over via social engineering attacks at PayPal and GoDaddy. To regain his domains, he gave away his Twitter handle (which was the ultimate target of the attacker(s) to get back access to his domain names
Thirty years ago on January 24, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced the Macintosh computer.
The launch was advertised by Apple two days before in a TV ad shown during the US football SuperBowl tournament:
Apple’s home page pays homage to this milestone, along with a website at http://www.apple.com/30-years/ showing a timeline of Apple Macintosh product line over the past 30 years, and highlights prominent persons use of the products and a video
Screenshot of Apple’s home page paying homage to the 30th anniversary of the introduction of the Macintosh
So, if you’re using Java, you should probably update. ASAP.
You can download Java at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp or if you want to manually download Java for Windows, Mac, Linux, see
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre7-downloads-1880261.html
If you have older versions of Java, you should remove them as soon as possible. The http://www.java.com/en/download/faq/remove_olderversions.xml page has more information and tools on how to remove older versions of Java.
Adobe has updated its Adobe Reader software (used to view PDF files) and Acrobat software for Windows and Macintosh to “address vulnerabilities that could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system”.
Such vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader (and Acrobat) before January 14 2014 could allow for execution of unwanted code (typically installing malware or viruses/worms on your PC), without your consent just by opening a PDF.
The affected software versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat are
Adobe Reader XI (11.0.05) and earlier 11.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Reader X (10.1.8) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat XI (11.0.05) and earlier 11.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
Adobe Acrobat X (10.1.8) and earlier 10.x versions for Windows and Macintosh
Read Adobe’s security bulletin at http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb14-01.html for instructions on how to update Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Adobe Flash Player 11.9.900.170 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh,
Adobe Flash Player 11.2.202.332 and earlier versions for Linux.
to “address vulnerabilities that could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.”
You can read the security bulletin from Adobe at http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-02.html (which is a new location for Adobe security bulletins) but the vulnerabilities in versions of Adobe Flash before January 14 2014 could allow for execution of unwanted code (typically malware), without your consent just by visiting a website with malicious Flash applications or video (SWF). Therefore, you should update your Adobe Flash Player to the latest version to close this loophole.
To determine what version of the Adobe Flash player you have on your Windows, Macintosh or Linux system, visit http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
To download the latest version of Adobe Flash Player, visit http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html
Windows users should note that the Flash Player in Microsoft Internet Explorer v9 and earlier and the Flash player in web browsers like Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Safari are separate installs. You should install and update both versions of Adobe Flash.
For Internet Explorer v10 and Internet Explorer v11 (for users for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and Windows 8) browsers have Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update their Internet Explorer browser versions.
Google Chrome browser users has Adobe Flash Player built-in and users should update the Google Chrome browser to the latest version. See http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95414 on how to do so.
