Just found out that one of my internet friend’s website who is a problogger got hacked today. Hong Kiat’s website was hacked by someone (no names were found on that website though). Here is the text left by the hacker.
You think ur problogger ? Think again …
You think ur too good for blog ad networks ? Think again …
You think ur blog readers love your content ? Think again …You’re n00b! W3R3 1337s!
H4X0R3d! 0WN3D! PWND!
It is not actually that the movie Pirates of the Caribbean 3 is a trojan but the spammed email sent to your email contains a trojan.
The spammed email promising a trailer of the film “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At the World’s End” and the chance of free tickets. But the truth is there is no preview or free tickets but a copy of Troj/Yar-A Trojan horse attached in the email.
I must wish my congratulations to all Firefox users because you guys are better patchers than other internet browser users.
Based on analysis by Secunia, 5.19 percent of all Firefox 2 users had missed security updates. 5.40 pecent for IE7. 9.61 percent for IE 6 users. And Opera was the most abandoned in security updates which is 11.96.
“People have to choose to use Firefox,” said Mike Cherry, an analyst with the Directions on Microsoft research firm.
Opera was the least to be patched because the updates is not done automatically instead you need to check the update by yourself by clicking on Help and Check for update. But for Firefox users, the updates are delivered via the browser itself. So, Firefox users are more secure and up to date.
More read at Techworld Computer & Internet Security News .
Firefox users are better patchers [via Techworld] [tags]firefox, opera, internet explorer[/tags]
I just got my Ubuntu CDs couple of days ago and currently I’m looking what things should I need to protect my Ubuntu that I will install once I buy a new hard disk for my PC. I want to make it dual boot. ;))
Luckily, IT Security (more about IT Security) had make a post about how you can protect your Ubuntu by installing must have softwares and modifying some Ubuntu configuration settings.
Here are short tips you need to do to modify the default settings.
1. Reconfiguring shared memory
Open your text editor, open the file “/etc/fstab” and add the following line of code:
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults,ro 0 0
Antivirus is the most important security feature that every computers should have. With antivirus, your computers are protected from being attack and destroy by viruses, worms, trojans, spams, etc. But what is the best antivirus solution for your computers?
Based on the ranking released by virus.gr, Kaspersky version 7.0.0.43 beta is on the first rank with 99.23% score. The second place won by Kaspersky version 6.0.2.614 and the third place is Active Virus Shield by AOL version 6.0.0.308.
Today when I check my spam box in Gmail, I got an email from Paypal. But, why it got trapped in my spam box? Hurm…it makes me curious to check what goes wrong.
When I opened the email, I smiled. He3. It was a fake email. It is not from Paypal but from a stupid person who want our Paypal account. See the image below.
It is true that the email logo is Paypal. But when I read the email carefully, it is pronounced PayPalr not Paypal. And when I mouse-over the login url, Opera displayed a hidden link which is it is not a Paypal login url.
I got an email from IT Security last week but forgot to write a review here. If you are wondering who are the top and the most elite hacker on the Earth, I suggest you read out article from IT Security, Top 10 Most Famous Hackers of All Time.
Some of you may not know that there are two types of hacker. The good ones or we call them as White Hat Hackers are the person who works in IT fields. They are the peoples who incharge and maintain our systems, internet and everything that relates to computers.
On the other side, the bad one, we call them as Crackers or Black Hat Hackers. They are not only do bad things but they also make peoples live in troubles. In the list, #1 Black Hat Hacker is Jonathan James. You can read the details from the article.
But, no matter what hat colour they wear, they are still people like us. Besides, in real life, I don’t think they will wear hat when they hacking, right? Lol… [tags]it security, hackers[/tags]
There are many things peoples can do with the Internet. As an adult, we can think which one is right and which one is wrong. But for the kids, they think everything is right and they can learn a lot from the Internet. Without supervised by their parents it might cause them into trouble.
But thanks to CNET for guiding the parents on how they can keep their kids safe online. “Keep your kids safe online” is a new feature by CNET’s Living with Technology. This guide giving you a number of articles, video, DIY tips and forum where you can communicate with others to share your questions or opinnions.
Here are some articles and highlights from the main page:
Keeping your kids safe online with CNET’s guide [via CNET]
Well, its kinda weird when I first read the article about the contest. And the prize will be a fully loaded MacBook Pro.
The organizer, CanSecWest, will host two MacBook Pro computers with default Apple installation. And the first person who can break into the system with their unique exploits will bring the computer home.
The contest will take place at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver starting April 18. And I’m wondering if any Malaysians want to participate in the contest. 
Hacking contest takes aim at Apple [via SecurityFocus] [tags]apple, hacking, exploit[/tags]
It is not cool when your Auto-Teller Machine (ATM) card got confiscated by the machine. More worst when you found out your account balance is $9.54 because someone had stolen your money by using your confiscated card.
But how do they do it? You will know the answer when you watch this image slide (view at Scribd).
So, if your ATM card got stuck, make sure you check whether it is really got swollen by the machine or someone else want to do this trick on you. Better watch out. :-s
How thieves hack into an ATM [via HongKiat] [tags]atm, auto teller machine, thief[/tags]
