security


Easily Block Malwares, Trojans on Mac OS

April 15, 2012 |  by Sidharth  |  security  |  No Comments

Now you can use OpenDNS to secure your Mac OS from malwares and trojans.

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Android Vs. iOS Security: There’s no Clear Winner

January 8, 2012 |  by Sidharth  |  security  |  Comments Off

Can you declare which one of the two — Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS — mobile operating system is the best out there?

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PS3 Jailbreaker/Hacker Geohot Raps Video on YouTube

February 13, 2011 |  by Sidharth  |  security  |  Comments Off

This hacker can rap! In case you didn’t know, Geohot, the famous Apple device jailbreaker, has been sued by Sony for getting his hands dirty with the Playstation 3. Sony filed a lawsuit against Geohot for his wrongful involvement in the PS3 jailbreaking scene. And how does Geohot respond to this? You guessed it. Rapping. [...]

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It’s Legal to Jailbreak iPhone, DVD Ripping and Rooting Android Smartphones

July 27, 2010 |  by Sidharth  |  security  |  4 Comments

Easily one of the biggest tech news of today comes from the U.S copyright office informing that Jailbreaking and unlocking iPhones, ripping DVD’s and also rooting Android Phones has been legalized. Up until now, film makers were crossing the line by ripping DVD’s, and iPhone users were concerned that iPhone jailbreaking plus unlocking wasn’t actually [...]

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VeriSign Trust Seal: Ensuring Consumer Protection with Malware Scan Services

July 27, 2010 |  by Jim Roberts  |  security  |  Comments Off

VeriSign announced that the company is adding malware scan seal to its services to ensure consumer protection. When internet surfers see the VeriSign trusted seal on any of the website, it basically means: the surfer that the website they are visiting is a legitimate website and that it makes use of secured encryption protocols to [...]

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New Attempts to break Windows Security

June 19, 2010 |  by Jim Roberts  |  security  |  Comments Off

If you think the virus has been one of the toughest enemies on the net, think again! Oh, well, they actually are! Anyway, the new serial killer these days are the malicious programs that hacks your information on the web. Matousec researchers outlined the way on how the attackers could make use of the kernel [...]

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Major Internet Threat: Poisoned PDF Files and How to Protect Your Computer

June 8, 2010 |  by Jim Roberts  |  security  |  Comments Off

Reports from several major security companies show that corrupt or poisoned PDF files are now in the list of internet security threats. These suspicious files have increased in numbers in 2009 and made up a staggering 49% of all attacks in the Internet. This percentage increased from 11%, second only to the corrupt PDF files [...]

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Checking your Facebook Privacy Setting the Secure Way

June 7, 2010 |  by Jim Roberts  |  security  |  Comments Off

The issue of the Facebook’s privacy has been ongoing for several days now. The privacy setting in your account could be broken and once you get annoyed you file a report to Facebook. However, they cannot just as easily solve everyone’s problems. You want to make sure that your account’s privacy setting is secured but [...]

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