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Stop Censorship: Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 17, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

Protect the Internet Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation Mozilla: On November 16th, Congress holds hearings on the first American Internet censorship system. This bill can pass. If it does, the Internet and free speech will never be the same. Join us to stop this bill. Why? A few infringing links are enough to justify censoring an entire site, blocking good content along with the bad. ...

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No one can see

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 17, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

…Und der Haifisch, der hat Tränen und die laufen vom Gesicht; doch der Haifisch lebt im Wasser – so die Tränen sieht man nicht…_ …And the shark, that has tears And they run from the face But the shark lives in water So no one can see the tears…_

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Finally, Goethe!

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 13, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

Hey Folks! From tomorrow my classes in Goethe Institute will begin, 3 days a week (Sa, Mo, We), from 2:00PM to 3:30PM, I hope I will be finishing that with no problem, seems each level takes 16 weeks and there are 16 level in total, so its gonna take 5 years? ah, that’s a long time!, I will be 27 years old!. Have a good day, folks! -Omid

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Today's Tip: Smile Always

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 10, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

Today’s Tip: Smile Always….

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I've been bored

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 9, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

I’ve been bored today and playing random videos and this one made me smile, so I want to share with you 🙂 Have a good times!

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Persistent XSS Vulnerability in White House Website

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 4, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

The Hacker News: Alexander Fuchs, A German Security Researcher Discover Persistent XSS Vulnerability in Official website of White House. “The petition system is vulnerable. Every Petition i start or join will execute my code. I could join all petitions and my code will be executed on all users who visit the petition system.” He said. Read full story in German: http://www.1337core.de/2011/die-whitehouse-gov-lol-petition/ The XSS Demo is here: https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/security/WxgwM7DS Advisory: http://vulnerability-lab.com/get_content.php?id=308 What is XSS? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site_scripting

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Forward button to become optional in Firefox

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 4, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

mozillalinks.org: Do you need the forward button? Most likely yes, but it is rarely used compared to the back button, which is the single most used widget in any browser user interface. So it doesn’t make sense to keep it present at all times, stealing focus from its helpful neighbor. To address this, current Firefox nightlies feature the forward button as optional. If there is nowhere to go further, the button is hidden instead of just disabled as shown in the screenshot below. ...

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Internet Explorer’s Share of Web Traffic Drops Below 50%

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 3, 2011 Reading Time: 1 min

Mashable: Internet Explorer can no longer claim more than half of the web’s traffic, as of October, ending more than a decade of the default Microsoft browser’s reign. Safari’s hold on 62.17% of mobile traffic has reduced IE’s overall share of web browsing, despite still claiming 52.63% of desktop traffic, according to Netmarketshare.com. The Microsoft browser’s diminishing share (49.6%) reflects its near absence from the realms of mobile and tablet, which now make up 6% of web traffic. However, chances are, you gave up on IE long enough ago that this milestone makes you more curious as to who actually still uses the browser. ...

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Google Releases Official Google+ Notification Extension For Chrome

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 3, 2011 Reading Time: 2 min

gHacks.net: If you are a heavy user of Google’s Google+ social networking product you are probably keeping the site running in a tab all the time to never miss new messages. But even if you do, you need to switch back to the tab regularly to see if there are any new notifications on Google+. Notifier extensions make sure that users stay informed even if they close the Google+ browser window. Up until now Chrome users could make use of third party notifiers which, will working perfectly, were not official which may have kept some users from installing and using those extensions. ...

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Duqu exploits previously unknown vulnerability in Windows kernel

Author: Omid Farhang Published: November 3, 2011 Reading Time: 2 min

The H-Online Security: Microsoft has confirmed a report from Budapest-based Laboratory of Cryptography and System Security (CrySyS), which claimed that the Duqu bot spreads by exploiting a zero day vulnerability in the Windows kernel. How it spreads had previously been unknown. CrySyS discovered the Windows vulnerability whilst analysing the installer. The bot, which anti-virus software firm Symantec believes is related to Stuxnet, infects target systems using a specially crafted Word file which injects the malware into the system using a kernel exploit. Microsoft is already working on a patch. ...

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