Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Texting bug hits the Google phone

A text conversation has revealed a big problem with the G1 mobile phone - powered by Google's Android software. Read more...

Monday, November 10, 2008

Friday, November 7, 2008

Protect Yourself from Fake Anti-Virus Software

Be aware of fake anti-virus/rogue applications. These rogue applications or scare wares looks like the real ones, if you are not going to pay close attention on banners and pop-up ads, your PC can easily be infected. Below are some links from F-secure and ScamBusters.

http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001508.html

http://www.scambusters.org/fakeantivirus.html

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Yahoo for Sale!

After rejecting Microsoft's offer last May, CEO Jerry Yang is willing to sell the company. "To this day the best thing for Microsoft to do is buy Yahoo," according to Mr Yang. Furthermore, Google pulled out of an internet advertising partnership with Yahoo. Read more...

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Tips:Linux:Yum

*Update all packages in your system - yum update
*Update individual packages - yum update mysql
*Install a package - yum install mysql
*Search for available package - yum search mysql
*Remove a package - yum remove mysql
* Yum cleanup command - yum clean all (this command will remove old packages that your system is no longer using. This will also take care of cached files that are no longer in use).

Installation example of ClamAv.

# yum install clamav
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
core 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
updates 100% |=========================| 1.2 kB 00:00
extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Resolving Dependencies
--> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait.
---> Downloading header for clamav to pack into transaction set.
clamav-0.88.7-4.fc6.i386. 100% |=========================| 20 kB 00:00

Saturday, November 1, 2008

Trojan virus steals banking info

The details of about 500,000 online bank accounts and credit and debit cards have been stolen by a virus described as "one of the most advanced pieces of crime ware ever created".Read more...

Hack the Box Blue

https://arcy24.medium.com/hack-the-box-blue-f5ae5b602a5c