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How Google gets info about You!

January 26, 2012
By George

Google’s capabilities of tracking users’ activities on the web is a well known fact but there is one important detail you need to know which may surprise you! With your browser’s tracking features and cookies disabled, Google can still reveal information if the website you are visiting references any JavaScript hosted by Google (practically every...
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Megaupload’s shutdown triggers DDoS attacks!

January 24, 2012
By George

Megaupload’s shutdown triggered a global protest by hackers who quickly organized DDoS attacks against the Justice Department and FBI websites, as well as other sites. According to Anonymous, who took credit of these attacks, Megaupload shutdown goes against the freedom of speech and is...
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China’s Commitment towards Cyber Security!!!

January 19, 2012
By George

The recent news that personal information of more than 6 million users of the Chinese Software Developer Network (CSDN) had been leaked by hackers was all fabricated. The news was announced by China’s leading anti-virus software provider. The investigations conducted by the Chinese police...
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Windows Instances available with Amazon’s EC2 Free Usage Tier

January 17, 2012
By George

Amazon Cloud free usage tier service now includes Microsoft Windows Servers 2008 R2 on micro instances. The one year almost free trial which give users up to 750 hours...
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When to Trust a Website

January 12, 2012
By George

The Internet provides services necessary to the functioning of governments, corporations and financial institutions, not to mention schools, medical facilities and SMEs. Extensive use of the Internet by such...
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Status Checks for EC2 Instances

January 10, 2012
By George

Amazon EC2 functionality now includes a status check to help identify problems related to an instance ability to run applications. EC2 contains an automated process that tests every running...
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