Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

Funny story Content by Kyle Lowe My husband told me a funny story the other day. He said that a few weeks after we got married, we were both asleep in the middle of the night when he thought he heard someone in our house. He did not want to wake me up because he [...]

Yikes. According to CNet, more than 2 million computers in the the United States host botnets! Botnets are malicious programs that infect computers. They are spread through viruses and worms, and are controlled by a “master” somewhere on the Internet. Botnets spew out spam, more viruses and worms, and phishing attacks. Computers under the control [...]

This news does not surprise me. I have long lamented the weak security measures of banks and credit card companies. For one, I am astounded that banks require you to make weak passwords– 8 to 10 characters, all letters and/or numbers. That is SO easy to crack! My Photobucket account has a better password than [...]

Has your computer suddenly been getting a black screen? The latest Microsoft Windows Update may be to blame. Apparently, it’s affecting versions of XP, Vista, and Windows 7. Microsoft’s latest round of security patches appears to be causing some PCs to seize up and display a black screen, rendering the computer useless. The problem affects [...]

On the surface, this sounds like good news. Basically, it’s a bill that would create a national standard for protection of data, and would require notification of breaches of sensitive data. Data breaches, data sharing, and data theft has become FAR too common, and businesses and the government have treated it very lightly. So, I’m [...]

I don’t have anything to add. I’ll only get angrier than I am. This story just speaks for itself. Health Net says 1.5M medical records lost in data breach November 19, 2009 (Computerworld) A hard drive with seven years’ worth of personal financial and medical information on about 1.5 million customers of Health Net of [...]