I love working in my Office, UITS, though I don’t have to. I can work from my home using our office VPN, but its always better working in an office environment. You feel the moral obligation to work, not just plug in your iPod and surf the net. Apart from that you have James and […]
Posted on July 12th, 2007 by thirdeye
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Fox under Sheep hood
I hope everyone has heard the story of fox under sheep hood in primary school, where fox wears a sheep skin to mingle among sheep and eat them without any suspicion. Well, same is the case with Googlebot disguise mechanism. But before getting into technical stuff, lets just look into WHY we […]
Posted on July 11th, 2007 by thirdeye
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It’s not been a month, iPhone was launched and its hackers are already breeding. The coolest gadget of 2007, iPhone, is already under attack by some teen enthusiasts, who want to do everything that the iPhone doesn’t allow them to do. Afterall, rules are meant to be broken.
A teenager, who is just out of […]
Posted on July 11th, 2007 by Ita
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Whether you want to protect your computer data, or your online accounts you need a strong password for your assets to be safe. These days there are many passwords cracking tools available for free download.
To protect your computer from password crackers by creating a strong password, simply follow the tips listed below:
1. Never ever use […]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Niraj Shrestha
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Footprinting is the technique of gathering information about computer systems and the entities they belong to.
-Wikipedia
It is one of the phase in which the attacker gathers information about the target system before starting his attack. Footprinting can expose system weaknesses and help the attacker to exploit it. For example, an attacker might use a port […]
Posted on July 10th, 2007 by Niraj Shrestha
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Computer spies very cooly and suavely break security areas of users who are not aware of such happenings. A new bug has hit the computing world - SPYWARES. As if viruses, spam emails, phishing were not enough to cause millions of dollars of loss, this new breed of security attack evolved. Spyware has grown from […]
Posted on July 9th, 2007 by thirdeye
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In these days of high bandwidth connections, it is needless to say that hardening your computer from hackers is most important. In this blog, I will try to explain about network ports, their types and steps to securing your computer from being accessed by hackers through those ports.
What is a port?
To explain what a […]
Posted on July 6th, 2007 by Niraj Shrestha
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