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It wasn’t a very pleasant feeling to log in to the blogosphere and twittersphere to find that WordPress was under attack.

Logged into my HDFC Netbanking account and saw some changes there.
Firstly, the earlier login screen has now been replaced by one where you first enter only your Customer Id. Once the bank verifies that, you are allowed to enter the password at the next screen.

The annual DefCon gathering of hackers has brought to light the fact that Google Gadgets can be hacked. These nifty little gadgets have become quite popular with people personalising their ”iGoogle” home pages using them to keep track of the time, stock prices, the weather, currency converters, news, task lists et al.

All the hype and hoopla surrounding the launch of Firefox 3 has hardly subsided, and there is already a security glitch. Firefox 3 was downloaded 8.3 million times within 24 hours of it’s release, a yet to be verified world record.

If you’ve ever been in a situation where you lost / misplaced your laptop and despaired of ever getting it back again, you’d wish you had installed Locate Laptop on it.  

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, has discovered the first virus designed to infect iPod portable media players. The virus, which has been named Podloso, is a proof of concept program which does not pose a real threat.

Sophos, a world leader in threat management solutions, has published its Security Threat Report 2007, examining the threat landscape during the previous twelve months, and predicting malware and spam developments for 2007.

With the advance in technology over the years, access to information has become quite easy, and confidential data can now be accessed in a matter of minutes with a few clicks. There is an increasing reliance on everything being available “online”, whether it is netbanking, credit card information, investments et al. It is not surprising [...]