Mobiles to detect fake notes: Courtesy 21 yr old
Bangalore: A 21-year-old engineering student Neha M, has developed a mechanism by which a cellphone can double up as a counterfeit note detector, and for this project, she won the Rs. 1 lakh prize at the Innovation Challenge, organized by Schneider Electric India, where Neha competed with 150 entries from engineering colleges across the country, reports Gayatri Nair of Bangalore Mirror. Neha, a student of Vidya Vikas Institute of Engineering and Technology in Mysore says, “The increasing number of counterfeit notes in the country prompted me to develop this device. A trained eye can detect a fake note, but not [...]
Categories: Concept Tags: fake notes, mobile software
FBI probes hacker attack on Citigroup
WASHINGTON — The FBI is investigating a hacker attack on Citigroup Inc. that led to the theft of tens of millions of dollars, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The bank strenuously denied the report. Citing anonymous government officials, the Journal reported that the hackers were connected to a Russian cyber gang. Two other computer systems, at least one of connected to a U.S. government agency, were also attacked. In a statement, Citi said “any allegation that the FBI is working on a case at Citigroup involving a breach of Citi systems resulting in tens of millions of dollars of [...]
Categories: Internet Security Tags: hacker attack
Wp 2.9- Warning: curl_setopt()
After upgrading to WordPress 2.9 when I tried to update any post or publish any new post getting Wp 2.9 and get this error message: Warning: curl_setopt() [function.curl-setopt]: CURLPROTO_FILE cannot be activated when in safe_mode or an open_basedir is set in /home/jon/public_html/wp-includes/http.php on line 1302 The problem is from the XML Google sitemap, that’s why when you want to publish or update a post you get that error message, because after updating or publishing, the plugin is called to rebuild the sitemap automatically. Solution: 1.disable XML Google sitemap 2.Ugrade XML Google sitemap new version
Categories: wordpress Tags: curl_setopt(), wordpress 2.9 errors
WordPress Important Plugins
In one of article WordPress Security Tips we discussed plugins important to secure wordpress blog. If your server crash for some reason, or your website get hacked, and you will lose valuable data. So the better thing is to take backup regularly.Here are some of the database backup plugins for wordpress. On top of backing up your whole blog at least once a week, I’d also recommend backing up just your database data at least every two days. There are several plugins available for backing up and securing wordpress blog. They are really helping the wordpress blogger in a great [...]
Categories: Concept, Internet Security, wordpress Tags: wordpress database, Wordpress Plugins
VMware Workstation vs. Sun VirtualBox
Both are free hardware virtualization tools that can be used for testing purposes. This type of software lets you run multiple operating systems at the same time on a single computer. If you plan to try these, you should consider using a virtualization tool. Testing in a virtual environment has many advantages even if you have PCs for testing purposes. Sun VirtualBox is free software from Sun Microsystems. VirtualBox has its own disk format VDI (Virtual Disk Image), but it can open Microsoft’s VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) format and VMware’s VMDK (Virtual Machine Disk File) format.
Categories: Concept Tags: Sun VirtualBox, virtual machines, VMware Workstation
What is MAC Address
Many of us who have knowledge of networking is well aware of MAC address. For those who don’t know here is detailed information about MAC. MAC- Media Access code is unique code assigned to every lan card. As we all know there is IMIE no which is unique identification code assigned to mobiles. Similar way MAC is unique code assigned to every lan card irrespective of lan card manufacturing company. Mac address also known as physical address.MAC address will look like 00-22-68-AA-5A-5E.
Categories: Concept, Internet Security Tags: MAC, MAC address, physical address
What is Freenet
Freenet is free software which lets you anonymously share files, browse and publish “freesites” (web sites accessible only through Freenet) and chat on forums, without fear of censorship. Freenet is decentralised to make it less vulnerable to attack, and if used in “darknet” mode, where users only connect to their friends, is very difficult to detect. Communications by Freenet nodes are encrypted and are routed through other nodes to make it extremely difficult to determine who is requesting the information and what its content is.
Categories: Internet Security Tags: Anonymous, Download, file share, Freenet, invisible net
Free Windows Live Spaces Blog
Microsoft Live space offer free blog for your website.This may be approach from Microsoft to beat blogspot or wordpress market. The more people know about your business, the more likely they are to become customers. And there’s no better way for a business owner to get acquainted with lots of potential customers than a blog. With Microsoft Office Live Small Business, adding a blog to your existing website is simple. Just choose a subject (visit our community for successful blogging tips) and follow these steps: 1 Create a free Windows Live Spaces blog 2 Write until you’re happy, and publish [...]
Categories: Concept, Review, wordpress Tags: Windows Live Spaces
Break BitLocker encryption
Passware created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. BitLocker is an advanced, full-disk protection feature available in Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows Server 2008. Passware Kit Forensic 9.5 recovers encryption keys for hard drives protected with BitLocker. The software scans a Break Microsoft BitLocker encryption physical memory image file of the target computer and extracts all the encryption keys for a BitLocker disk.
Categories: Internet Security Tags: BitLocker encryption, Passware Kit Forensic
