After the proof-of-concept extension for Google Chrome that steals user’s login details, it is time for Firefox to feel the heat from something similar. Mozilla has announced the a malicious add-on, called Mozilla Sniffer has been discovered. The add-on grabs the the login details and sends it to a remote location. Upon discovery, the plugin [...]

I can’t stop thinking about my experience last monthwhen I had to reload Windows XP for a friend. It makes me think we need to reconsider how we in the security world have failed the consumer. Should it really be necessary for a consumer to be a security expert to safely use a computer? Read More Here

Recently, many phishing scams have been spreading around in Twitter causing a trouble to a lot of users. These scams relies on one of the basic things behind Twitter – the use of URL shortening services as tweets are limited to 140 characters. By hiding behind these seemingly innocent shortened links, scammers have been passing [...]

Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site. This was a reaction to an bug in VBScript that Polish researcher Maurycy Prodeus had revealed Friday. The vulnerability could enable hackers  to hijack PCs running Internet Explorer (IE). Microsoft noted that hackers exploiting the VBScript flaw [...]

About a week ago, we told you about the launch of Symantec‘s flagship product, Norton 360 version 4.0. We’ve been using it for the past one week and have come up with some  interesting results. How does Norton 360 version 4 compare with Norton Internet Security or Norton AntiVirus? How is Norton 360 different from [...]

A phishing attack, which some are calling as BZPharma Phishing Attack, has hit Twitter this weekend. The attack is designed to steal username and password of unsuspecting Twitter user. It is spread through direct message from a compromised account. Messages include – “Lol. this is me??“, “lol , this is funny.”, “ha ha, u look [...]

Symantec, on wednesday, launched it’s security product, Norton 360 Version 4.0, here in India, and the rest of the world. This new version uses  a ‘reputation’ based approach to tackle viruses, spyware, trojans and other threats including the web based attacks that target the social networking sites. Additional features include a better backup adding an [...]

In an attempt to make Chromium more secure, Google is planning to get security experts to give more attention on Chromium’s security by providing a $500 reward for reporting bugs. They said that some of the most interesting security bugs are reported by experts outside the Chromium Project and so, by providing this incentive Google [...]

Microsoft has finally released its much awaited ….ahem…. anti-virus, anti-spyware solution today. Codenamed “Morro” during its development stages, this piece of software has been in development for almost a year and now it is known as ” Security Essentials “. We earlier reported to you about the beta release of this software, and this time [...]

A lot of wonderful things are happening at the ongoing Intel Developer Forum. One of such is the concept of turning stolen laptops into unusable piece of crap, which was proposed during the Anti-Theft Technology session at IDF. This will definitely be a boon for those who keep highly confidential data in their laptops and [...]

Recently Microsoft was in the news for its training materials for Best Buy employees, which falsely claims Windows’ “superiority” over Linux. Not even a week has passed  since that incident than a serious security flaw affecting Windows Vista and the yet-to-be-released Windows 7 has been reported.

In this article we will tell you how to configure the freely available SSL Security on your GMail account.

Wireless networks have become a necessity and an essential part of any computing environment. They provide portability and versatility to your network usage. But when it comes to security, there is no way to guarantee that you will be completely secure on a wireless network. However you can take certain precautions while connecting to a [...]

Microsoft will soon be releasing its new security solution named ‘Morro‘ and that too for free. They had not re-christened Windows Live OneCare this time, instead they have been developing a new and free security solution for Windows and ‘Morro’ is the outcome of that. According to Microsoft, they have been testing an early version [...]

This is the second part of the article, you might like to read Part 1 In previous part of our article “10 Live-CDs worth giving a try”, we had covered five different kinds of Live CDs including both based on Windows and Linux operating systems. Here we present five more, each a kind of it’s [...]

Computer security is one of the foremost priorities of both casual and professional users alike. Nowadays organizations spend millions of dollars assessing their network strength and security and carrying forward changes as required. But, spending such huge amount is really not feasible for home users. So, here are some tips on how you could use [...]

In this post we shall discuss a very common method of hacking a website (or rather, a database) called SQL Injection. The object of this post is not to help anyone destroy/deface other websites, but to help you protect your website from such an attack. In this post I shall explain the basics of how [...]

Presenting the Digitizor Tech Show, which will feature a series of video casts pertaining to small hacks on the computer and the networks, which might make your life a bit easier. Nonetheless, if you are new to the topic being covered, don`t worry, just watch through the entire videocast. You might grasp some new stuff. [...]