Elamb Cybersecurity

Category: Super GEEK

  • Internet Revolution for old TechTV crew

    Something is happening.   G4TV has made the mistake of releasing Mr. Kevin Rose from his contract on “Attack of the Show.”  Kevin is about to go buck wild and cause some sort of Internet revolution by releasing ground breaking HIGH QUALITY technical shows similar to what used to be on TechTV (before it was seduced by the Dark Side).  He is going to be hooking up with some Internet Celebs like:

    Patrick

    Leo Laporte

    Dan Huard

    Yosh-Dawg

    Keith

     

    O.k. all they need now is Alex Albretch (former SAIC employee), Kat Swartz (hottie who seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth) and Lockergnome (don't remember his name but its that guy that used to host Call For Help–man, I hated that show, but Lockergnome has a pretty kick ass site in my useless opinion). 

    My only question is how the hell will they get paid.  Donations are cool but I'm not sure if donations alone will pay the light bills.  They shouldn't have a problem though.  Their names alone will get them $100K traffic and thousands of dollars in ads.  That is a winning combination.

    This is a comprehensive list of all the most popular TechTV folks and where they are now.  from Redlobo dot com.

    Here is Kevin's call to arms:

    After several weeks of lawyer negotations with G4, they have agreed to release me from my contract.  Friday May 27th 2005 marks my last day on the G4 network.

    I’m leaving G4 so that I can focus on what I love most, in-depth tech content. Starting with today’s premiere release of our new tech HOW-TO show ’Systm,’ we will begin to build a network of technology television programming from the ground up.  While Systm and thebroken will be our two flagship shows, in time, we hope to add more shows to the schedule with former TechTV cast members you all know and love.  All episodes will be released free of charge, in a variety of formats (Theora, Xvid, WMV, H.264, PSP), wrapped in RSS (for vidcasting), and liscensed under the Creative Commons.

    How you can help –
    – Spread the word: Post in message boards, blog about it, email/IM your friends.  Let anyone and everyone know that tech programming is alive and well.

    – Sign up for the newsletter: Ecourage your friends and family to sign up for the systm newsletter so that we can keep you up-to-date with all the latest happenings.

    – Help us distribute: Keep your bittorrent lines open after you finished the download.

    – Advertise: Get your product or service in front of thousands of geeks!  Email: ads at systm dot org

    GEEKS of the WORLD UNITE!!

  • Remove the HWCLOCK.EXE/W32.Hwbot-A Trojan

    I got the HWCLOCK.EXE when I was testing my new Internet connection.  I noticed it when my Internet DSL connection started feeling like a  56K dialup. 

    I removed it by going into Showing all files, going into Safe Mode and deleting the HWCLOCK.exe/W32.Hwbot-A Trojan.

    This is a trojan that can actually steal your passwords and other personal data.  On my system is was attacking other system.

    I've got more detail instructions on how to remove the HWCLOCK.exe at http://elamb.blogharbor.com/hacked/hwclock.htm

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  • The Systm.. better than the Screen Savers?

    Mr. Kevin Rose annouced that his new show, Systm will be out on May 23rd.  I thought the show would actually be on G4!  Guess not.  This is truly ROTSS.. but where is KAT, we need eye candy.

    I still can't watch an entire episode of Attack of the Show.

  • http://aleeya.net

    Found a cool site.  Girl Geeks are like diamonds in the rough. 

    Check out her incredible Security+ Cheat Sheet! 

  • Knoppix STD

    If you are a Geek, a computer loving freak, a security professional or
    just tech-curious, you should check out Knoppix STD.  And NO, the
    “STD” doesn't stand for Sexually Transmitted Disease, it stands for
    Security Tools Distribution.

    So what is Knoppix?  It is an operating system that runs from a
    CD!! I learned about this a few years ago and I'm still blown
    away.  It is the perfect tool for Security Professionals and
    Hackers because it allows you to boot directly from the Disk and use
    all the resources of the comptuer. 

    The computer has to be set to boot from a disk of course, but that is
    as hitting the F12 key (or whatever key it is.. don't recall.. F8.. no
    thats SAFE MODE).  Some laptops are tricky as well.. may take some
    tinkering with the different modes.

    This sucker has all kinds of hacker, security, and even FORENSICS TOOLS built in it! 

    Go out there and down load it.. its free.

    MORE ON KNOPPIX STD
    EVEN MORE


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  • Removing TROJAN-SPY.HTML.SMITFRAUD Trojan

    My friend around the corner calls me about once a month to clean up his computer.  Usually, its just a simple matter of running
    Adaware or HiJackThis.  But this time was different. 

    I
    was helping my partner clean a trojan off of his Dell the other
    day.  And to my surprise Adaware did not remove it.  It also
    removed the ability to get to the Task Manager in order to view the
    processes and added a link to the desktop. 

    I found out it was called TROJAN–SPY.HTML.SMITFRAUD.  It took more effort than usual to remove, but I did manage to get rid of it with the help of a the Geekstogo! Malware removal forum.  I've found forums to be VERY helpful in getting help cleaing up and securing my home computer with ease.  Here is how I got rid of the Smithfraud.

     http://elamb.blogharbor.com/hacked/removesmitfraud.htm

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  • 'the Screen Savers' is Dead.

      

    The new show is called Attack of the Show (ATOS).  They don’t talk about computer security much or moding a computer like the old Screen Savers.  Its like they took TechTV’s old show Fresh Gear merged it with Screen Savers and added a band and more focus on games. 

     

    I don’t know what kind of marketing statistics drove the folks at G4 to do it but they have left a vacuum.  Although I am blind with fury about the change, I can see how AOTS has a place.  They are trying to appeal to a larger audience.  But in its wake they have left behind all the true geeks who want to know how to dual boot Red Hat and Window 2003.  There is a large market that wants more content on nothing but cool computer hacks. 

     

    Luckily, the old crew from Screen Savers are still giving the same level of content (if not more) to their loyal geek underground that has been quietly stewing and gnashing of teeth on blogs and forums across the Internet. 

     

    List of the old crew:

    Kevin Rose

    Lara

    Alex Albrech

    Patrick

    Leo Laporte (shameless book promos)

    Dan Huard

    Yosh-Dawg

    Keith

    Kat Schwartz (she’s cute) doing podcasts somewhere??

    25 MAY –> FOUND HER GOTO: CATSCHWARTZ.COM

     

    But there is a happy ending here.  Krose, Dan Huard, “Switcherman”  and crew are developing a show called Systm that is supposed to have as much content as the Screen Savers.  And for the truly hard core – Defcon – hacker-wanna-be's there is thebroken.

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