Pino is a sexy Twitter client for Linux.
Pino is Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop (actualy, for any OS, that has X11). It’s simple and fast. Pino is written in Vala language and compiled to the native binary code.
I am not entirely pleased with the existing Twitter client landscape, however Pino appears to be one of the best possibilities for Linux users. The application is available on just about every distribution possible and fulfills the standard Twitter client requirement – a tab for your stream, another for @replies and yet another for direct messages. Pino even supports multiple Twitter accounts as well as support for identi.ca accounts.
While Pino does not have built-in twitpic support, the capabilities offered by this lightweight client outweigh any potential drawbacks for those who truly need a dedicated Twitter client. I just played with Pino in an Ubuntu build I have running and was impressed with the simplicity. (via minimal linux)
Zulfikar Ramzan, technical director of Symantec Security Response, believes enterprising criminals conducting “business” online are more likely to target stupid users than a technical flaw in any particular operating system:
This trend has been rising rapidly over the past two years. Currently, only about 3 percent of the malicious software that Symantec encounters exploits a technical vulnerability. The other 97 percent of malware is either “piggybacking on that 3 percent,” or more likely trying to trick a user through some type of “social engineering” scheme, according to Zulfikar.
It is quite obvious criminals would target user behavior rather than exploit an OS or application vulnerability. It is exponentially easier to trick users to do things you want them to do – humans are inherently trusting creatures, which may ultimately be to our detriment.
The amount of time and money required to successfully architect and deploy an attack exploiting a technical vulnerability in an operating system or application is too expensive. The return on investment would have to be exceedingly high to be considered victorious.
This is why it is imperative people pay attention to what they do online. Everyone must take the necessary precautions to safeguard their online activities. Failure to do so may result in a compromised workstation, or worse yet – a bank account siphoning cash to an online criminal enterprise.
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