Process Explorer is a free and portable tool by Sysinternals which is similar to
Windows Task Manager but it is way more advanced. The good thing about using Process
Explorer to check for connection to the Internet is the ability to easily check on a
single or multiple process and not all. Simply double click on any process from the
list in Process Explorer and go to the TCP/IP tab. It will show both TCP and UDP
connections that is made from the process. The only drawback about using Process
Explorer to check for application phoning home is the inability to save the log of
connections. Once the connection has been made and closed, it will be removed from the
TCP/IP tab.



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Apple Passes Microsoft as No. 1 in Tech

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27apple.html?title=busln


Wall Street has called the end of an era and the beginning of the next one: The most
important technology product no longer sits on your desk but rather fits in your
hand.

The moment came Wednesday when Apple, the maker of iPods, iPhones and iPads, shot
past Microsoft, the computer software giant, to become the world’s most valuable
technology company.



Apple stock rise could have meant $4.5 billion for Microsoft

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/05/apples-stock-rise-could-have-meant-5-
billion-for-microsoft.ars

Microsoft spent a little over $151 million to acquire 18.2 million shares of Apple
stock, for roughly $8.31 per share. Microsoft confirmed that it sold all of its AAPL
holdings some time ago, and likely did so at a healthy profit—after all, AAPL has
traded significantly higher than $8 for many years. But what if Microsoft had held on
to that investment just a little longer?

As of approximately noon CDT Thursday, AAPL was trading at $250.99. That translates
to a value of $4.57 billion, which would represent a staggering 3,000 percent ROI had
Microsoft held on to those 18.2 million shares.

At its recent record peak at the end of April, AAPL was trading even higher, at $272
per share. Had Microsoft cashed out then, it would have had an extra $4.95 billion in
its pocket—a nearly 3,200 percent ROI.

Trend Micro RootkitBuster is a rootkit scanner that offers
ability to scan for hidden files, registry entries,
processes, drivers and hooked system services, and MBR. It
also includes the cleaning capability for hidden files and
registry entries.

Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit detection, gives
RootkitBuster the ability to detect hidden MBR content. It
can spot all variants of MBR rootkit in the wild. MBR
rootkits first began appearing in the wild late 2007. New
variants continue to appear.

http://free.antivirus.com/rootkit-buster

According to Apple, all data on the iPhone 3GS is hardware-encrypted using 256-bit
AES, which cannot be disabled by the user. Access to data on the iPhone is normally
restricted to computers with which the iPhone has previously been connected and to
which the requisite credentials have previously been transferred. This exchange of
credentials is blocked when the iPhone is locked, so that connecting a locked iPhone
to an unfamiliar computer will not allow the latter access to data on the iPhone.

The Ubuntu system mounts the iPhone and allows access to the data. However, Bernd
Marienfeldt, security officer at UK internet node LINX, foundthat he was able to gain
unfettered access to his iPhone 3GS from Ubuntu 10.04. If he connected the device
whilst it was turned off and then turned it on, Ubuntu auto-mounted the file system
and was able to access several folders despite never having previously been connected
to the iPhone. The H's associates at heise Security have successfully reproduced the
problem. An Ubuntu system which had never before communicated with the iPhone
immediately displayed a range of folders. Their contents included the unencrypted
images, MP3s and audio recordings stored on the device.

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Vulnerability-in-iPhone-data-encryption-
1008185.html

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