security

PTCL
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Vfone POSTPAID

PTCL introduces Vfone POSTPAID now in exciting three packages. PTCL Wireless Local Loop set Price is 3600 RS. Throught Which you can also use internet at high Speed in remote areas. Terms and Conditions: Charging will be done as per prescribed rates in each package, after expiry of free facility. Outgoing facility will be blocked…

Windows 7
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Hack Expert Says Windows 7 is Hard to Hack

Windows 7 is harder to hack than Apple’s Snow Leopard–mainly due to Flash being installed by default on SL. Security expert Charlie Miller has participated in the Pwn2Own contest over the last two years, and has won both times. Held in the CansecWest Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the contest challenges contestants to find…

Microsoft
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Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug

A 17-year-old bug in Windows will be patched by Microsoft in its latest security update. The February update for Windows will close the loophole that dates from the time of the DOS operating system. First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared…

General
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Age of the cyber rifle

Perhaps a little too much of a reminder of the film Die Hard 4 for many readers – the BBC Technology page is reporting that the age of Cyber Warfare may be nearly upon us, at a grander scale than was first anticipated. A report by online security experts, McAfee, bases its report conclusion opon…