Is the internet really secure? Is my money safe? How private are my private details? As Indians, we are very cautious about our lives, even more cautious about our money. People were skeptical about the internet and the openness it brought with it. But boy, have we welcomed with open arms or have we really [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
