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IE6 Countdown

Last week Microsoft launched a deathwatch for its 10 year old Internet Explorer 6 browser to ensure that IE6 is “gone for good”. According to Microsoft, IE6 still has a 12% global usage share, with almost half of that in China with 5.9% usage. Other countries with a higher-than-average IE6 share include South Korea, India [...]

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Bruce Schneier and ClubHACK 2010 Event

Bruce Schneier, a cryptographer, computer security specialist, and author graced ClubHack2010 as a special guest and keynote speaker and releasing CHMag Dec Edition. He was received at airport by a volunteer who didn’t took his name placard rather the volunteer took a print of Bruce Lee’s Picture. He loved it. Bruce Schneier was welcomed at ClubHack2010 [...]

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Favorite Password Manager

Few days back ClubHack started an anonymous survey of favorite password manager via twitter & facebook. Check the survey @ http://j.mp/PassMgr Here is first cut report of the same As expected the most favorite password manager is “Brain” but beyond that LastPass is winning the race in products. There were some interesting entries in the [...]

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ClubHack wallpapers

Here are few wallpapers for you Brought to you by [email protected]

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Beware :- Firesheep Firefox Add-on can hijack Facebook And Twitter Accounts over an open Wi-Fi connection

The add-on, named ‘Firesheep’, was released by web application developer Eric Butler during the ToorCon security conference held in San Francisco and is designed to hijack a user’s current internet session over the unsecured Wi-Fi network. The main motive behind the release of the add-on is to make people aware of the dangers of accessing [...]

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Is your information in safe hands? Customer database threatened by insider leakages

Have you ever received promotional calls by companies you have never heard of? Or are you sure that you have never agree to give your phone number to these companies? Customer database is the answers to these questions. Companies acquire your information by buying the database. Personal information values especially in market-driven economy. Who buy [...]

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Calcutta gets her first cyber crime police station

Infosys chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy inaugurated Calcutta’s first cyber crime police station and a technologically upgraded control room at Lalbazar along with chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. “The computer makes people efficient, conquers distance and improves the quality of life. The new technology will definitely enhance the quality of crime detection in Calcutta,” he said. “He [...]

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E-mail Hacking Anatomy

Written by a programmer or acquired by a criminal, an e-mail virus is a piece of computer code spread via email and designed to run on any computer. Occasionally, the code is nested in an attachment and installed after the victim opens it up. Once it gets its hooks into your computer, the virus can [...]

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Social Engineering – Myth & Reality

Please note this article is for educational purpose only. What be your reaction if you get a mail in your corporate Inbox with from field as “HR Helpdesk” (assuming that’s how HR mail appears in your organization) with subject as “Best Employee Bonus of Rs. 1,50,000”? The mail reads that you have been awarded the [...]

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Measuring WAN Performance

Methodology to Measure the WAN Performance while selecting an optimum location for the Data Center (DC) Introduction: Network performance is one of the most critical factors to be considered while selecting the location for Data Centers. There are many factors that influence the network performance. These factors are highly dependent on the type of applications [...]