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The Two Faces of Social Networks

February 2, 2012
By George

Is it possible to acquire a valuable gift such as the latest iPad by simply following some links as advertised on social networks? You will come across legitimate competitions run by the major vendors that give away expensive gadgets for free! So, why do people (bad guys!) pay advertising costs to promote fake offers?...
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The Storage Gateway

January 31, 2012
By George

An organization may have both on-premises and cloud-based storages running on different platforms while hosting a copy of each other’s data, then the organization has to implement a software mechanism to keep data on both storages in sync. Organizations using Amazon’s AWS can enhance the integration of their on-premises...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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