Category Archives: Security

Computer Fraud Seminar

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: August 7, 2008
I spoke at my first seminar yesterday. The location was the scenic Couer D’Alene Resort in Couer D’Alene, Idaho. The topic pretty much veered off from computer fraud to computer crime.  It wasn’t surprising to see some of the audience were completely shocked at the end of the day. Nevertheless, it was an exhilarating experience [...]
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Google employees’ personal data stolen

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: July 14, 2008
Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Source: CNET News
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IRS Stimulus Rebate Used for Phishing

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 29, 2008
The IRS Stimulus Rebates being sent to tax payers has provided another opportunity to phishers to harvest personal information. The emails arrive with the subject line ’2008 Economic Stimulus Refund’ which is sure to catch the attention of many people who are eager to know their status. Remember, the IRS never sends emails soliciting information. [...]
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Microsoft releases XP Service Pack 3

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: April 22, 2008
Microsoft released Windows XP Service Pack 3 to its manufacturing channels (RTM) and hopes to reach OEM and enterprise customers by the end of April. The Beta release includes the new Windows Installer 3.1 v2, IPsec Simple Policy Update, Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2), and Network Access Protection (NAP) among others. We hope this won’t [...]
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Goolag: the easy way to hack

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: February 25, 2008
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Safety of encrypted data

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: February 24, 2008
Researchers at Princeton University demonstrated a way to steal encrypted data using nothing but a simple blast of frigid air from a can of dust remover. DRAMs which hold the main memory while the system is running have been touted to lose the memory after the power is shut off. The researchers have found otherwise. [...]
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Identity Theft

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: January 13, 2008
Protect yourself against ID Theft. Millions of people across the world fall prey to this menace. It is more compounded in countries like the United States as well as Western Europe where identity-related information could be used by anyone to make illegitimate gains. The problem is spreading in Asia and other parts of the world [...]
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AVG Anti-Virus Pro free for a year

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 27, 2007
Computer Active is giving away AVG Anti-Virus 7.5 Professional for a year. The reason AVG is letting them do that is probably to get more people to try the Pro version and hope they will pay at the end of a year. Here is a link to the download which is valid till Jan 17th [...]
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Vista Service Pack 1

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 9, 2007
If you are using Windows Vista, then watch out for the Service Pack 1 release this week. Don’t forget to upgrade….
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Spyware and Malware problems?

By Krishna Chaitanya Mandava | Published: December 5, 2007
Here are some useful tools to use if you are having spyware or malware problems. ‘How do I know if I have something on my computer’? Well, there is no real sure shot way of knowing that but your computer normally shows some kind of symptoms when it is infected. Your computer might slow down, [...]
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