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Adding capacity to Samsung Story USB-drive
To make sure my data is properly protected, I keep a habit of lifting off monthly backups from my NAS to an external drive. I have couple of Samsung Story USB-drives dedicated for that purpose. This...
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The fallout from Shellshock seems to be over, but I ended up in a conversation about SElinux. So, this post is a follow-up on my Helsinki Security Meetup -post about SElinux.Part 1: Enabling...
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E-mail Trojan Downloader: FedEx scam
Today I got en e-mail from "FedEx" with subject Unable to deliver your item, #000203546. How nice of them! I hadn't ordered anything and wasn't expecting a shipment to arrive. Closer inspection of the...
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SSH connection fails
One day I was SSHing into my ArchLinux, but it didn't succeed. The thing didn't even attempt authentication. It said:Key exchange failed.No compatible cipher. The server supports these ciphers:...
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HOWTO: Build a Proper LAN with Copper Ethernet Cabling
Having a reliable LAN is an essential part of your Internet connection. Going for a wireless solution is fast to build (pretty much plug and use), but as everybody is running one nowadays, the 2,4 GHz...
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Google Drive scam
"A friend" received and e-mail with badly translated text in it. The translation into Finnish was so bad that I couldn't even read it myself. But as always, there was something to lure innocent user to...
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Apple ID Scam: Part 2
Asking for people's password seems to be a very lucrative business. See this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live: What is Your Password? Of course it is a scripted show and nothing they make you believe...
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My Weather Station setup
As you already know, I love all kinds of gadgets. When it comes to weather, simply having a reading of outside temperature isn't nearly enough for me. I've had a weather station running for a while,...
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Microsoft Windows GPT support or "Excuse me! Which partition?"
During a regular day I run a number of different computers. One day I wanted to take a copy of my Wall-E DVD and transfer it to iPad for later viewing. Since I sync that iPad to a particular Mac, I had...
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My advent calendar
For many many years I haven't waited the christmas that anxiously, that I would have an advent calendar. Not even a chocolate one. This year I chose to make an exception to that. I got a recommendation...
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Slush 2014 survived
I survived Slush 2014. It takes a lot of energy, but is worth it. The event itself is quite an experiment. 5 stages full of talented people talking about their ideas and what they did wrong or right to...
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Windows 10 preview - My experiences
Windows 10 Technical Preview has been out for two months now on Windows Insider Program. I installed it pretty much when it was released into a virtual machine and has been running a number of...
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Apple ID Scam
Looks like somebody at Moldova was following The Fappening, and is getting bright ideas. I got an e-mail like this into one of my honeypot-addresses:The fake e-mail goes like this:Subject: Your apple...
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Adding capacity to Samsung Story USB-drive
To make sure my data is properly protected, I keep a habit of lifting off monthly backups from my NAS to an external drive. I have couple of Samsung Story USB-drives dedicated for that purpose. This...
View ArticleSElinux and Shellshock
The fallout from Shellshock seems to be over, but I ended up in a conversation about SElinux. So, this post is a follow-up on my Helsinki Security Meetup -post about SElinux.Part 1: Enabling...
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E-mail Trojan Downloader: FedEx scam
Today I got en e-mail from "FedEx" with subject Unable to deliver your item, #000203546. How nice of them! I hadn't ordered anything and wasn't expecting a shipment to arrive. Closer inspection of the...
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SSH connection fails
One day I was SSHing into my ArchLinux, but it didn't succeed. The thing didn't even attempt authentication. It said:Key exchange failed.No compatible cipher. The server supports these ciphers:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
HOWTO: Build a Proper LAN with Copper Ethernet Cabling
Having a reliable LAN is an essential part of your Internet connection. Going for a wireless solution is fast to build (pretty much plug and use), but as everybody is running one nowadays, the 2,4 GHz...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Google Drive scam
"A friend" received and e-mail with badly translated text in it. The translation into Finnish was so bad that I couldn't even read it myself. But as always, there was something to lure innocent user to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Apple ID Scam: Part 2
Asking for people's password seems to be a very lucrative business. See this clip from Jimmy Kimmel Live: What is Your Password? Of course it is a scripted show and nothing they make you believe...
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