Archive for April, 2008
Data Encryption - How it Benefits You and Me? (Part 2)
That all happens in a couple of minutes without you ever knowing that there was some very fascinating stuff happening in the background. For credit cards and other major bank transactions, they are now using PCI-DSS; an encryption standard that encrypts the transaction information as it travels thought the network. Anyone who taps into the [...]
Read More..>>Data Encryption - How it Benefits You and Me? (Part 1)
As you surf the web as part of your job or for more trivial pursuits you send information through the internet at breakneck speeds that a web page that is based on a server in California takes only milliseconds to open. You go to the grocery and pick up the monthly goods using your credit [...]
Read More..>>Of Windows and Doors (Back-doors that is) Part-2
It is possible to copy files from a suspected laptop or computer with a special tool the Microsoft Corp. has provided law enforcement people access to and it uses publicly available programs that are combined to produce a sort of way to obtain information from a computer in as little as 10 to 15 minutes. [...]
Read More..>>Of Windows and Doors (Back-doors that is) Part-1
There have been a lot of rumors circulating that the Microsoft Windows Vista Operating system has a back door that allows people with the right technology to access all the information in encrypted systems. Well, the truth is that yes, there is a way of doing it and no there is no back-door to windows. [...]
Read More..>>Anti-virus flaws Leave Holes in PC Security (Part 3)
Scripts are some of the hardest ones to crack for they are part of the full internet experience, for they make some of the seemingly magical behavior of your browser possible. Remembering usernames and passwords, knowing which pages you often visit and even track your online purchases so your browser knows which products you prefer [...]
Read More..>>Anti-virus flaws Leave Holes in PC Security (Part 2)
Well an anti-virus software is as the name says a software product that was programmed by some of the greatest human minds (sometimes by hacker themselves for they know how the system works) as a way of countering the millions of threats (viruses, Trojan horses and many other forms of malware) out in the internet [...]
Read More..>>Anti-virus flaws Leave Holes in PC Security (Part 1)
The internet is a very dangerous place to be without protection from the thousands of threats that are out in the wild (the term “wild” is a technical term for running malware that is wreaking havoc on computers connected to the internet) and even with some of the best software comes risks. In the BlueHat [...]
Read More..>>The Internet on the verge of Collapsing (Part 3)
Satellites were tried but they had a lot of problems so the best way is still with land-borne transmission methods. From relays, switches to routers to all the various parts, they are ageing at a fast pace that the technology and amount of users last year have increased so much that another capacity change is [...]
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