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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
Security Paranoia Scale
Have you ever wondered, where you stand in scale of "Security Paranoia" ?
I found this nice article on http://www.ladadadada.net/articles/security_paranoia_scale
It will be useful to measure where you stand. If you are below "4", I think that you got a very good reason to worry about LOT of security aspects.
I will suggest that you go […]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Articles by Samir
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Cyber attacks disrupt Kyrgyzstan’s networks
Estonia, Georgia, and now … Kyrgyzstan?
The central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan became the latest country to come under cyber attack from computers based in Russia, security researchers said this week. The denial-of-service attacks, which began on January 18, disrupted the networks of the two largest Internet Service providers in the country, and could be […]
No Comments » - Posted in Security News by Samir
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
IT Security — Limitless
Sometimes, we wonder that does IT security will ever end ? Can we say that "we have done enough" and we feel secured ? Obvious answer is "NO". It is never enough. Whatever we do, we will find need for more. That’s the hard reality of Security Vs. Hacker world. Unfortunately, hackers are smarter then […]
No Comments » - Posted in General, Security Warnings by Samir
Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Hacking 101 - Part 1
With the click of a mouse on one computer, the screen of the laptop a few feet away flashes wildly as a flood of data flies silently across a private network cable connecting the two machines. Within a minute the laptop’s file sharing password is compromised.
“The computer is having a bad day,” says a reporter […]
No Comments » - Posted in General, TechZone, LeaningZone by Samir
Monday, April 16th, 2007
No IM is safe - New IM Worm tagets SKype
I wrote before that Yahoo IM has worm issues. Usually it is done through sending online or offline message containing malicious link.
ALWAYS be careful about clicking any link — Even if it is from most trustable person. Chances are — it was not sent by him.
After yahoo, now it is Skype’s turn — […]
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