Windows Users ONLY:Adobe Screw Up Yet-Again!Acrobat & Reader UpdatesDON'T Fix PDF Security Hole

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For Frack's sake! Adobe = Idiotic Security.

I'm patience counting again: 1 - 2 - 3 . . .

NOTE: This is ONLY a Windows user problem. We Mac OS X users can sit back and gasp. But we are NOT affected (as far as we can tell at this time).

We know Adobe security is bad. We know their attitude toward their security problems is bad. But now we can verify that Adobe are indeed idiots at security. This incident throws their security incompetence into a whole other ballpark.

Enough ranting from me. Windows Users, read and weap this message from Intego:

Last Adobe Reader and Acrobat Update Doesn�t Fix PDF Bug

"... It turns out that Adobe�s fix was not enough. Adobe is aware of the issue and will be issuing an update to the update soon."

Keep in mind, Mac users, that if you use Windows you ARE affected. This means if you load Windows via virtualization or natively via Boot Camp. This PDF exploit is active in-the-wild. Beware.

Again, only Acrobat 8 and Reader 8 are safe. You can roll back to those versions and you're fine. It's Windows versions 9.x that are being exploited. Do NOT use them at this time on the Internet. Do NOT use them with any PDF file that you have not verified as 100% authentic and safe.

And of course, if you're affected, write Adobe a great big 'Thank You' note for being so kind, caring and conscientious toward their customers. /s

[Newbies: "/s" designates sarcasm]
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Unencrypted Drone Data: More Fun With The NSA

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NEWSFLASH!
Dateline 2009-12-17.

US MILITARY DRONE DATA FOUND ON CAPTURED IRAQI INSURGENT'S COMPUTER LAPTOP!

How did it get there? No US military computer hacking evident!

REVELATION: Data stream was captured out of the air by the Iraqi insurgents!

PROBLEM: Data streaming to and from US military drones is UNENCRYPTED!

Massive DUH Factor!

Video data only? What if the control code for US drones is now in the hands of insurgents, if not the Taliban and Al Qaeda? IOW what if they can not only watch exactly what any US drone is seeing anywhere in Iraq, Afghanistan or Pakistan, but they also know exactly how to control the drones. Fun for them. Big black eye for the USA, specifically the NSA, the so-called National "Security" Agency.

Hey NSA! Just give away my country! Go on. Hand it over! Who needs Benedict Arnold when the US federal government is being run by a bunch of BLITHERING IDIOTS.

Odd how a security novice like me knows better than to allow unencrypted military data. The mind boggles. Seriously. Could we do worse?

Great to have you protecting our home NSA. Such a good NSA. Sit NSA! Sit! Roll over. Play dead. Cute little NSA! You get a treat. I have a great big bone for you.













For more NSA FAILS, enjoy articles published here: FAIL and FAIL and FAIL and FAIL and FAIL again.

And I thought the Bush League Era was over. Tsk tsk on me.
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UPDATE!

THE NSA KNEW ABOUT UNENCRYPTED DRONE DATA PROBLEM IN 1999!

We're living in the Realm of the Surreal.

Our Mission
The NSA/CSS core missions are to protect U.S. national security systems and to produce foreign signals intelligence information.

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