Kevin Finisterre started a website in January revealing a different bug in Apple systems each day of the month which caused ripples in the Mac community and got Apple to recently issue a patch to plug holes outlined by Finsterre.
Kevin Finisterre has shown just how Mac users still lax on security.

We found a paper wrote by Eric Steven Raymond on how to become a Hacker which does open and answer many questions, like why would someone want to become a hacker and also how to become a hacker.

The full article will take you through the Hacker Attitude, Basic Hacking Skills (read more…)

The password trends show that the average user cares less about choosing a strong password and more about memorability.

Our life these days is largely dependent on passwords whether shopping online, transferring funds or sending emails passwords have a part to play.

With fraudsters more and more turning online to get money and we all hear about security breaches and fraud stories all the time.

It still amazes us how people think of passwords as a word they can remember easy, it might just be time for a change if your password is listed here (read more…)

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has kicked German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Muslims Genocide, 230 dead as storm batters Europe, and ‘Saddam Hussein alive’! These are the email subject headlines of a Trojan called Storm, as reported by ITBVirus
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This hoax also infected Digg’s upcoming last week A spam e-mail with messages including “Fidel Castro dead” and “Saddam Hussein safe and sound” contains a virus which has infected thousands of computers, Spain’s Association of Internauts has said.
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Swedish bank Nordea has suffered the biggest web-based fraud in history after more than eight million Swedish kronor ($1.5 million) disappeared as a result of tailor-made trojans launched by Russian criminals. Up to 250 customers at Sweden’s largest bank are thought to have been hit by the attacks, which took place over a period of three months.
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