Articles in the Security Category
Posted in Security, Server on 17 July 2008
Multiple DNS implementations vulnerable to cache poisoning
Overview
Deficiencies in the DNS protocol and common DNS implementations facilitate DNS cache poisoning attacks.
I. Description
The Domain Name System (DNS) is responsible for translating host names to IP addresses (and vice versa) and is critical for the normal operation of internet-connected systems. DNS cache poisoning (sometimes referred to as [...]
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Posted in Security on 21 April 2008
CAPTCHA or the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart is widely advertised but one wonders if it is really useful or not. But, before we discuss its practical utility, let us see what CAPTCHA is all about. It is a test, which helps the computer to distinguish between machines and [...]
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Posted in Security on 21 April 2008
Have you ever had pop up after pop up on your computer screen? Or have you ever seen it happen on someone else’s? This is something that is happening everyday. What is it? It is either Adware or Spyware.
What is Spyware?
Spyware is a program that monitors or spies on what computer users do on their [...]
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Posted in Security on 24 February 2008
The e-commerce business is all about making money and then finding ways to make more money. Of course, it’s hard to make (more) money, when consumers don’t feel safe executing a transaction on your Web site. That’s where SSL (Secure Socket Layer) comes into play. Understanding how SSL affects e-commerce business can also potentially help [...]
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Posted in Security on 17 February 2008
Not many of us intentionally leave our cars unlocked or the front of our homes open to strangers. But we often leave our computers wide open to anyone and everyone that may want to snoop.
To get and keep our computers safe from hackers,or anyone wanting to have a look in our computers,we need the aid [...]
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Posted in Security, Software on 17 February 2008
I’ve been using this software for a long time now. It seem that this is the best software to counter hackers,spyware to run executable within your Windows pc. I give this software 5 star rating.
This software(COMODO Firewall Pro ver 3.0) awarded 5 star rating from CNET download.com and 4 1/2 star for PC Magazine.
PC Magazine [...]
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Posted in Security on 30 January 2008
As the software industry has evolved over time, it has become an industry with many different areas of expertise. Along with the expansion of the industry has come an expansion in the number of specific terms in use, particularly just within the United States, to describe the different types of hackers and the different kinds [...]
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Posted in Security on 14 January 2008
Just imagine a scenario, you are in a cybercafe or in office, you are about to login into Yahoo Messenger, You key in your yahoo id, and your password, you are just about hit the enter on your Messenger
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Posted in Security on 12 January 2008
As ever more people use the internet for shopping, business transactions, online banking, etc., the incidence of internet fraud and scams has shot up in an alarming fashion. Not only has the level of internet crime increased but the scammers and fraudsters grow cleverer and more sophisticated every day. What can you do to fight [...]
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Posted in Security on 6 September 2007
Do you need an adware removal tool? If you computer has been running slow, you’re seeing new toolbars in your browser, your home page has changed, your internet favorites list has new unwanted entries or strange software loads when you start up your computer then your computer has probably been infected by adware. Now [...]
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