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A few days back, while surfing, I came across this piece of article that discussed how a researcher named Dan Kaminsky has figured out a flaw in the basic architecture of the Internet. The flaw, which appears in the DNS system allows for poison attacks. Dan had been working with Microsoft, Cisco and the Internet Consortium to patch the vulnerability. Dan had planned to disclose the vulnerability once he is done patching it up. He was planning to disclose the vulnerability in the Black Hat security conference to be held on August 6.

As the number of Internet users in India is rapidly increasing, the chances of becoming a victim of phishing attacks increases too. It comes as no surprise that India ranks third among countries most affected by phishing.

Breaking a World Record might be hard only if you are not some one like Firefox. Few days back they had released RC 1 of FF3 for public testing. And now Firefox is ready to set a new world record for “the most software downloads in a day.”
 
The actual date is yet to be revealed. [...]

We have been hearing lot about cyber crimes. Lots of developments have been happening in the cyber security domain. Even a toll free number was recently launched by Agape India to combat cyber crime. These days online transaction companies are looking forward to having a safe transaction and for this reason online ticketing portals include [...]

Cyber Crime is all over the internet space, India ranks 3rd in Phishing. To fight against Cyber Crime Agape India, a computer and mobile forensic specialist has decided to launch a special toll free number that will enable the users to inform the specialists about the crime. This number is to be official launched [...]

In my last article i had explained what phishing was and how a fake UTI Bank page was online inorder to extract account username and password from innocent users and then rob their bank accounts. Now here is reason why Indians should be cautious about their financial transactions online.
According to a survey by Phishtank a [...]

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