As the latest version of Windows called Vista will be out on the stores later this year. Michael Desmond wrties about Ten Reasons to Buy Windows Vista 1. Security, security, security: Windows XP Service Pack 2 patched a lot of…
Nirlog.com
Technology, Life, and Everything else along the way…
Category: Security
New trojan/virus targets Mac OS X
The first Trojan targeting Mac OS X (OSX/Oompa-A) is in the wild but seems it’s not that critical according to this site. You cannot be infected by this unless you do all of the following: 1) Are somehow sent (via…
Nepalese blogs are victims or careless?
A popular Nepalese blog site blog.com.np has been offline for last few days and I’d previously written about it in my post blogs.com.np Hacked?. Today another blog site Nepalblogs.com seems to have similar problem. From what I see it looks…
blog.com.np Hacked?
Today when I tried to check United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal I saw the default blue WordPress theme with some MySQL error. My first thought were, Oh… they’re upgrading to wordpress 2.0.1 like me. But I was wrong.…
Security issues and Bugs in IE 7
I had done a half an hour test of IE 7 Beta and posted the screenshots (including the crash) in my previous post IE7 Beta Screenshots. Now the newsgroups, blogs and some security researchers are reporting bugs and security issues…
Useful Network Tools
Very useful 2 Online and 2 Desktop network utilities Online Tools: 1. DnsStuff.com It a a very comprehensive tool that contains almost everything that you want to do with DNS. This is what DNSstuff says about itself: “We strive to…
Secure Remote Access (SSL VPN)
Last Saturday we had fun in our annual lunch and I presented about secure mobile remote access (SSL VPN). I wanted to let everyone know that there is a better, easier and safer way to connect to the corporate network…
Secure and out-of-the-box Server/Gateway
If your are a network or system administrator of a SME (Small to Medium Enterprise) then you’ll have to do a lot of things that go beyond the call of your duty. You need to find systems, softwares and tools,…
WMF Security Vulnerability
Microsoft has confirmed the security vulnerability in the Windows Meta File (WMF) which can be used to install any type of malicious code to your computer (mainly Viruses and Trojans). There are many variants of exploit already appearing in the…
Are they Fishing or Phishing online?
Many of my friends and relatives have computer and go online. Time to time they read technical news and get warnings about the security issues but like most of the users they have a hard time comprehending the jargon of…
Top
Recent Comments