Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

The average computer user is now more knowledgeable and more savvy with computers and related software, since we’ve been owning and using them for about 15 years now. I have been purposely learning terms, techniques, studying processes and etc because 1) I am a naturally curious person, and 2) learning about how computers/software works makes [...]

I’ve been hearing about more hacking attempts these days. The most notable was the attack on Sarah Palin and her Yahoo email account. That was disgusting, but it goes to show you how quickly and easily some things can be hacked. I try to make my passwords with a combination of numbers, letters, and symbols. [...]

I adore Comodo Firewall. I have it installed on all five computers here and it is the best firewall I have ever used. And believe me, I’ve used them all. I highly recommend Comodo for its reliability, usability, and most importantly, its security. Comodo is proving once again it’s an excellent company with innovative ideas; [...]

Here’s a GREAT article I found from the support team at WordPress. It’s how to make a Secret Key with the new WordPress 2.6 software. WordPress 2.6 includes a new set of security features for passwords and password hashing and cookie security. This feature works without doing anything, but it’s not particularly powerful without some [...]

Use Safari browser on your Windows machine? Might want to think again. Apple’s Safari Web browser appears to be vulnerable to attack when handling cookie files in country-level top-level domains, such as .co.uk and .com.au. …vulnerability could perform a session fixation attack. This allows the attacker to pre-set the victim’s session ID and to use [...]