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Future Watch IV: Google Glass heralds the era of wearable computing

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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At Google’s recent I/O conference, Sergey Brin orchestrated a compelling demonstration for Google Glass laced with skydivers, bikers, a 40,000 feet high video hangout and a race-against-time package delivery. Signs are definitely looking good for this futuristic technology as tech experts are raving about its potential. Google Glass, announced in April, is a prototype product […]

Thinking of buying an Anti-spam product? Here’s a checklist

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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When your organization decides to shell out money on an anti-spam product for network security, there are a few important things that should be considered. Choosing an anti-spam product that provides you the right kind of protection, is cost-effective and doesn’t eat up system resources falls on the high-priority list. The other crucial aspects that […]

3 Security news updates you may have missed

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Malware causes printer outage and gibberish A malicious program called Milicenso afflicted printers across various offices in the world causing them to print garbled data. India, the US, Europe and South America were the majorly afflicted territories. Milicenso has been used in the past by malicious cyber groups and it has now reared its ugly […]

Potential security threats at London 2012 Olympics

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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The London 2012 Olympics begin on July 27 and many security experts have issued warnings against potential threats. Thanks to the large amount of technology at people’s disposal this edition is being billed as the ‘first truly digital games’. 12 million cyber attacks were reported during the Beijing 2008 Olympics, so the need for persistent […]

Registrations now open for Quick Heal Mac Security Beta Program

  • Sanjay Katkar / 14 years
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Quick Heal is proud to announce an upcoming product for the Apple Mac platform. This will cater to the security needs of Mac users and provide our high quality features and service to Apple lovers. Increased attacks on Mac vulnerabilities have raised awareness about security concerns on this platform, and Quick Heal will now safeguard […]

Password Security: A dash of ‘salt’ and little of ‘hash’ to go please!

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Online services like LinkedIn, eHarmony and Last.fm were recently hacked and millions of passwords were found on Russian hacker forums. This has led to a rise in public awareness about password securing procedures like ‘salting’ and ‘hashing’. Quick Heal users are protected from various real-time risks but attacks like this show that web services need […]

Is your LinkedIn account password hacked?

  • Sanjay Katkar / 14 years
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Professional networking website LinkedIn suffered a major security breach of its password database recently. Reportedly a file containing more than 6 million hashed passwords appeared in an online forum in Russia. Out of these 6 million hashed passwords, more than 200,000 passwords have been cracked so far. The file does not contain user names but […]

Future Watch II: Rogue SSL certificates on the rise

  • Adithya Omanakuttan / 14 years
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Continuing with our series of predicting potential security threats, this post delves into rogue SSL certificates. This attack vector allows phishers and social engineers to gain complete trust of their victims, the prospects of which are quite frightening. SSL (Secure Socket Layer) certificates are present on pages where a user needs to enter private data, […]