Safe from Shellshock: How to protect your home computer from the Bash shell bug

Follow:   09.26.2014  View in a Browser Safe from Shellshock: How to protect your home computer from the Bash shell bug 09.26.2014 7:40 AM The 'Shellshock' Bash shell bug is a big deal, but it's relatively easy to keep your home PC safe. Harvard researchers take aim at Shellshock-like woes with new scripting language 09.25.2014 12:50 PM The Shill scripting language limits the rights of shell programs to what is necessary to get the job done -ADVERTISEMENT-   PCWorld Superguides Check our Guides packed with practical how-tos, in-depth features, tips and tricks, and more! Laptops on PCWorld Our award-winning editors keep you up to date   Shellshock vulnerability roils Linux server shops 09.25.2014 4:30 PM The GNU Bash shell can provide an entry point for launching more severe attacks, researchers find Hands-on: Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 Docking Station is a capable, costly upgrade 09.26.2014 3:00 AM Microsoft's Surface Pro Docking Station drastically upgrades your productivity. But why does everything about the Surface have to be so expensive? Apple's rotten week: Bent phones, broken software, and shattered security 09.26.2014 3:30 AM The only magic in Apple land this week is black magic. FBI director concerned about encryption on smartphones 09.25.2014 3:00 PM Shades of "The Wire": The agency has talked to Apple and Google about concerns that new security will help criminals, the director says. Apple puts iPhones through the wringer to prove #Bendgate is overblown 09.26.2014 8:40 AM The iPhone 6 Plus endures several sit-down tests before shipping. Passport sellouts at 200,000 preorders reveal a more modest BlackBerry 09.26.2014 8:03 AM BlackBerry boasts of numbers that would make larger companies wince Meet Ello, an ad-free social network that's proudly pro-privacy (but with caveats) 09.26.2014 9:14 AM The site still gathers certain types of data about users Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review: Seven rings to the dwarf lords 09.26.2014 4:13 AM There's a lot of potential in Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor for a great sequel, but this first attempt is being crushed under the weight of Tolkien's source material. Forget 'airplane mode': devices are decreed okay for inflight use in Europe 09.26.2014 10:02 AM Passengers probably still can't play Words with Friends during taxi or takeoff, though. Dommage. How Intel, Microsoft and the wireless carriers will finally realize the promise of an 'always connected' PC 09.26.2014 5:30 AM Thanks to developments like Intel's Skylake platform, we'll soon use PCs like we do our phones: always on and always connected to the Internet.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: messi1927@gmail.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2014 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107