Monthly Archives: October 2007

Hacker Curriculum

Source: ACM TechNews and IEEE Distributed Systems Online. The hacker community has devised effective methods for the analysis, reverse engineering, testing, and modification of software and hardware, and it behooves leaders in industry and academia to understand this culture and be … Continue reading

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The Most Secure Operating Systems Family is?

Design by MASSVision. I found cool plugin for WordPress that gives possibility to have polls in blog. If you want this plugin for your blog, you can find it here. Plugin is very easy for use and I put my … Continue reading

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Symbian Hacked?

Gábor Török, senior mobile software engineer who has been involved in S60 platform development since 2000, posted interesting article on his blog. Title of this post is “Symbian Platform Security – hacked?” and it links to another couple blogs and … Continue reading

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What When DEP Shuts Down Windows Explorer?

Microsoft introduced Data Execution Prevention (DEP). DEP is a security feature that can help prevent damage to your computer from viruses and other security threats. DEP can help protect your computer by monitoring programs to make sure they use system … Continue reading

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Dilbert on Security

Scott Adams and Dilbert have very good strips on security:  Be on the lookout for any suspicious behavior and If you see someone without an ID badge. Funny stuff. Enjoy.

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Tighter Visa Restrictions Dramatically Decreased Research Capability in USA

Foreign-born researchers are significant contributors to U.S. science and technology endeavors.  In fact, between 1990 and 2004, more than one-third of all Nobel prizes in the United States have gone to foreign-born recipients.  The success of many U.S. universities and … Continue reading

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My Books at Belgrade Book Fair

The 52nd International Belgrade Book Fair will take place on October 22 – 28, 2007, in Belgrade. The International Belgrade Book Fair will gather numerous local and foreign exhibitors. About 800 local and foreign publishers will feature their editions. This … Continue reading

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Why Worry About Infected Routers?

“If your router is infected, it can take you anywhere… independently of what you type in the address bar, and you will think that you got to where you wanted to go.” See funny but educational cartoon about pharming and … Continue reading

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Computer Security Video Wins Award

The University of Virginia’s Office of Information Technology and Communications won the first-place award from ACM’s Special Internet Group for University and College Computing Services for a video on how excessive, inappropriate personal information on the Web can be damaging. … Continue reading

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Browsers as Nests for Malware

Hackers target browsers as possible nests for attack to user systems. Having in mind average Internet users and surfers and their (our) lack of caution while surfing and visiting various Web sites, there are very good chances and possibility for … Continue reading

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