What are Rootkits?


Rootkits

Let’s face it. In today’s world of computer lingo and terminologies you have to keep up with such as viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, adware, phishing, zero-day attacks, exploits, vulnerabilities and so on and so on, do we really need to add another one to that list describing another piece of software that will ‘own’ our [...]



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The Art of Deception Review


Art of Deception

Even if you blindly stumbled into this post with no interest in computer security whatsoever, I still highly urge you to pick up and read this most interesting book called The Art of Deception by Kevin Mitnick. In it, you won’t find pages explaining how high tech encryption algorithms work or how to create a [...]



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Utilize VirtualBox’s Snapshot Feature to Test Out Software!


Vbox Snapshot

Back a while ago, I wrote a little article on virtualization and how it can be applied in both home and business environments. If you read over the article, you’ll see the many benefits of doing so. In particular, one of the main reason why I myself is using this technology is to test the [...]



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Better GReader


Google Reader

I wrote an article about the benefit of RSS not too long ago. I’ve been a big fan of the FeedDemon desktop reader. For users who rely on FeedDemon’s online RSS reader, you should have received an email that they are ditching their own online RSS reader and instead migrating to Google Reader’s platform instead. [...]



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Perform a Port Scan on Your Own System


Port Scan

Hmmm…a port scan you say? No problem! Just let me get up and look at the back of the computer to see if any malicious device is plugged in to any of the ports….. Unfortunately, those aren’t the ports I’m talking about! In this post, I’ll give you a high level view of how logical [...]



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Split and Merge Your PDF Documents


Merge PDF

Every now and then, you would come across a PDF file sent to you either from your boss or from your co-workers and colleagues. Simply reading them and even editing them is no problem if you use the ever awesome Foxit PDF Reader, but what if you wanted to do a little more with that [...]



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The Myths of Security Review


Myths of Security

This is a fun book to read if computer security is your thing. Written by an expert working for McAfee, this book is filled with insight as to what’s going on in the security industry today. Let me tell you one thing, it’s not good and the author clearly points that out here. The book [...]



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