IT Blogwatch – The sky is falling on IT Blogwatch: in which the theoretical DNS vulnerability of two weeks ago is now not-so-theoretical any more. Not to mention the pipetting system boyband (huh?)...

Robert McMillan realizes our worst fears: Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) ... Internet security experts warn that this code may give criminals a way to launch virtually undetectable phishing attacks against Internet users whose service providers have not installed the latest DNS server patches [...] read more

LockCrypt is a freeware application for storing and encrypting your information to protect it from phishing attempts. This freeware utility is designed to offer you easy-to-use account information management tools that will also encrypt the stored data... (posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Life Rocks! 2.0)
Sometimes email inbox is filled with spams,luckily some strong web services throws the spam messages in spam box.But still we need to protect the email id from reaching those spammers and spam bot.Just like masking your affiliate URL link you can also... (posted on 28 Aug 2008 by Internet Technology | blogging ideas | Web resources )
"Hotel chain now says data of just 10 guests was exposed; newspaper claims 8 million" (here)Can't they look at logs and know for sure? Hmmm...Do they have logs?Do they know whether they have logs?Do they know what are logs?Ehmmmm...About me:... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)
Instead of my usual "blogging frenzy" machine gun blast of short posts, I will just combine them into my new blog series "Fun Reading on Security." Here is an issue #7, dated August 27th, 2008. Sad, but VERY insightful story of Alan Shimmel getting... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Anton Chuvakin on Security)

27 Aug 2008

Linux security idiots

Linux is more secure than most operating systems, but Not if you don't practice basic security measures read more (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by Cyber Cynic)
Ah, Microsoft, but let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. And you can't reach a whole lot higher than the International Space Station (ISS), which NASA this week revealed had a few extra astronauts on... (posted on 27 Aug 2008 by 9 to 5 Mac)

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