I've had a couple of people mention to me recently that they have been hit by CryptoLocker¹ that it was delivered by a link to a page with a CAPTCHA and only after solving the CAPTCHA were the users directed to a link to a .exe file.

There were …

LWN has an interesting article CVE woes and alternatives about how hard it is to get a CVE number for a vulnerability. The general thrust is that some researchers have found it too hard and so simply don't bother.

There were some suggestions about a new system that makes it …

This months Perth Linux Users Group talk was from WaFreeNet a networks stretching across most of the Perth metropolitan area. A bunch of wireless enthusiasts have connected point to point links to make a large network separate from their standard Internet connection.

It got me thinking apart from how much …

I've been using OpenStreetMap¹ for about two years now. I migrated from Google Maps, mostly for philosophical reasons to do with data collection and licensing.

I think the biggest difference between the two can be summed up as:

• OpenStreetMap has much better coverage of obscure places (particularly things like …

Recently the Linux Mint website and forums were compromised and the download link for the Linux Mint ISO file was replaced with a link to a backdoored ISO file.

While the fact that they were compromised doesn't concern me that much, it happens to just about everyone in the long …