As there is some news that hackers have captured passwords of thousands of Windows Live Hotmail users, webmail services of Google and Yahoo have also been affected by hacking attempts, so we should be more careful about our passwords security.
McAfee, top anti-virus software company provides free tool ‘Stinger’, which lets you scan and remove Viruses and Trojans from your PC that are difficult to remove using normal anti-virus software.
Stinger is a small utility that can be used to clean infected systems, it uses next generation scan engine technology, and it has process scanning, digitally signed DAT (virus definition file used by McAfee) and other scan performance optimizations. Its interface is very simple and easy to use, you can view a list of viruses that can be detected and removed by clicking the Viruses button.
According to some latest reports, British intelligence and security agency MI5 has hired 50 ex-hackers to counter hacking and cyber crimes activities in the country, many people have shown their concerns and have criticized this move.
According to top officials of British government, the hackers which have been hired by the Government will play an important role in countering the cyberspace terrorism that has recently been traced by Britain. In a report to Lord West, British Security Minister, Mr Evans has revealed that their have been several attempts of cyber attacks on different British IT assets. He also said that most of these hackers belong to the Asian countries, and are subjected to strict background security checks, as this practice has already been done for other security officials at the time of hiring.
Filtering SSL traffic is always been a tricky work to do, SSL packets are encrypted thus making it impossible for standard HTTP filters to filter them. We have compiled a list of different SSL network traffic filters which will allow you to filter the SSL traffic at the gateway of your network and would not let SSL traffic rule your Network.
In today’s world, internet is a necessary part of our lives, everyone is using internet for browsing, exchanging emails, playing games, music and multimedia stuff, banking and financial transactions, as there is a rapid increase in their dependency on the web, users should also be worried about the safety of their personal information and data residing on their personal computers.
How new mobile phones are privacy risk due to their advanced Geo positioning softwares used, habits of INTERNET shopping and downloading mobile phone applications without reading agreements & warnings etc.
In a latest development, US authorities have revised the rules for searching electronic devices including laptops when people enter United States.
Always install an anti virus software on your PC, which shall be updated on regular basis either automatically or manually, but auto update method is recommended. The anti-virus software shall be running all the time in background so that it can check all the files and emails for infections instantly.
