Fear Mongering Irony

"The gates of success swing open for hypocrites, chameleons, bullies, and yes-men."
—NRA ad, on the world

The NRA released a new TV ad at their weekend convention, adding a new high (or low) to their hype. I love the irony of the above line, looking at the continuing record sales for gun and ammo manufacturers.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/26/nra-unveils-fear-mongering-in-a-world-gone-mad-membership-drive-television-ad/


When I was a kid, I took an NRA hunter safety course. I still have the card. Now they're just shills and undeclared lobbyists for the gun industry, they just won't admit it.

If you're using Internet Explorer, stop.

Yesterday Microsoft announced a zero-day exploit in the wild that was being actively used against people running IE versions 6 through 11. There is no true fix, but there are a couple of things that can be done to help. First, stop using IE is the recommendation from the US and UK governments. There's plenty of other good browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Epic, Opera, etc. Second, update your Flash player. If you must use IE, and you're running versions 10 or 11, there are a couple of things that you can do to protect yourself.

Krebs warning on the IE exploit: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/microsoft-warns-of-attacks-on-ie-zero-day/

Krebs writeup on updating Flash: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2014/04/adobe-update-nixes-flash-player-zero-day/