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Archive for October, 2007


30
Oct

Cisco Outlines Globalisation Vision at Unveiling of Campus in Bangalore

It’s amazing how John Chambers present its innovation - he in Bangalore talking to a ‘virtual’ person in San Jose, CA in a hologram. Fantastic showcase of technology which I believe is based on TelePresence.read more | digg story
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27
Oct

Beware of New Strain of Gozi Trojan

A new variant of the Gozi Trojan has been discovered, raising the specter of a comeback for the infamous malware, which excels at pilfering financial information even when it’s protected using supposedly secure mechanisms.
The new strain was first detected on Tuesday when Russian miscreants unleashed a small avalanche of malware-tainted PDF files that tried to […]


26
Oct

Top 5 Internet Security Tips

Getting online is a norm and one cannot live anymore in the city these days without online transactions using the internet. Either you are filing income taxes, paying for school fees, or simply shopping, internet usage could not be avoided and is a “must” nowadays.
But, unfortunately, the same internet is a whole chaotic world full […]


25
Oct

Illustrated Guide to Creating Strong and Memorable Passwords

Anybody can use bl~rk#45rum! as their password, but how do you remember it? This article provides a clever formula for remembering passwords, illustrated using OS X’s Keychain password assistant.
Good methods, but I particularly like to have a very familiar sentence then I will just take out the initial letters.
For example,
My mother was born in los […]


23
Oct

Beware of Current Phishing Scams

CA Security has a list of phishing scams currently targeting websites, commonly banks, to lure users to visit forged websites unknowingly. These will force a user to enter their confidential information in the fake website, and thus the hacker can gain access to a user’s account.
Phishers use many different methods in order to fool users […]


22
Oct

Major Storm Brewing On The Net

The Storm has been spreading steadily since last January, gradually constructing a huge botnet. It affects only computers running Microsoft Windows, but that means that more than 90 per cent of the world’s PCs are vulnerable.
Beware again of opening attachments and a reminder to get regular updates of anti-virus and anti-spyware software for your PC. […]

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