Social Networking Sites such as Facebook, Twitter have become increasingly popular, but so has security issues specific to these sites. Read more »

Increasing use of IT in defense establishments is exposing them to the risks from cyber attacks. Alongwith conventional forces such as Army, Air force and Navy it is time that countries look at Cyberspace. A recent news article explains how the US defense was subject to malware attack from a flash drive. Read more »

Do you know that your hi-tech copier machine is secretly capturing your confidential information? Not many of us know that. But the fact is hi-tech copiers and multi-function printers / scanners come with hard disks which retain the images of the documents copied. Read more »

A good log management tool can be very effective in managing and ensuring security in an enterprise. However, the right tool can quickly become the wrong tool unless the organisation puts in the time and effort required to make the tool effective.

Here are a few best practices to ensure a successful implementation of a log management tool:

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Most of us use wireless routers at office and home. While the office routers are generally secured (hopefully), most home routers are provided by broadband operators wih default configurations and passwords.  In a worst case it may happen that these are set as unsecured. There is increasing risk of an intruder using an unsecured network or hacking into a home wireless network and sending out malicious mails. Read more »

During the recent BWA auctions, the government has earned a lot of revenue to mitigate a part of its burgeoning fiscal deficit. But very few people know what this technology is and its superiority over the current technologies. So lets have a spot light on this technology. Read more »

You can connect to your work computer from your home computer and have access to all of your programs, files, and network resources as though you were in front of your computer at work. You can leave programs running at work and when you get home, you will see your work computer’s desktop displayed on your home computer, with the same programs running. You will need “Remote Desktop Connection” (RDC). Read more »

At the CanSecWest security conference held earlier this year, IE, Firefox, Safari & iPhone were taken down within minutes. The fully patched systems went down to remote exploits which only goes to show how insecure internet facing systems are.

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Since 1981, TCP/IP has been built on version 4 of the Internet Protocol. IPv4 was created when the giant, world-wide Internet we take for granted today was just a small experimental network. Considering how much the Internet has grown and changed over the course of two decades, IPv4 has done its job admirably. At the same time, it has been apparent for many years that certain limitations in this venerable protocol would hold back the future growth of both Internet size and services if not addressed. Read more »

A recent ruling by consumer court in Mumbai, India has held the bank responsible if it has not complied with regulations and the account holders money is fraudently transferred. Read more »