If you have not heard yet, the internal accounts at twitter was hacked through a employees account and much of the private data that is definitely not for public eyes was exposed to the world.

Phishing attacks are not uncommon and many people are fooled to believe that someone is sending you a genuine email, though Gmail’s spam filters are excellent, there may be times when you want to confirm if a email is genuine and not a phishing attempt.

Lots of proxy servers available today, many of them spring up everyday and disappear as quickly as they came by, this definitely puts a big question mark on whether a proxy server is really safe.

If you have downloaded a copy of Windows 7, before you go ahead and install it, a small tool called Windows 7 ISO verifier can save you a lot of trouble.

One of our readers asked a interesting question today, the readers basically asked us that he signs up for a lot of newsletters, however whenever he opens up them in Gmail, the images are hidden and he has to click on a link to show the images.

Kaspersky Labs, creator of premier security applications have launched the new versions of their security suites. Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 and Kaspersky Antivirus 2010 are out on the streets. The new updated suites carry a lot of updates and new features to keep you safe from the bad guys. Kaspersky’s software has a very good [...]

Microsoft has finally released their free anti virus solution codenamed “Morro” and AKA Microsoft Security Essentials to limited public beta users.

Over a period of time several users have asked us a question, the question relates to MD5 strings that are associated with file downloads, many users are usually clueless about this, so we finally decided to write a post that explains to users, what those MD5 strings mean, and what significance they have in order [...]

A friend of mine recently emailed me (and others) and included a link in it, however I found the link to be suspicious and did not open it up. In the process I chatted with the friend who had sent me the email and asked him why he sent a bad link in the email, [...]

Privacy concerns are pretty high these days, with ISPs snooping on what you download, throttling bit torrent connections and lawsuits galore. So how do you protect yourself from these privacy concerns? Image Credit The simple answer to this question would be Staying anonymous on the Internet, but how? When you browse any website, you are [...]

While doing my research for the post series for the Best Free Microsoft Office Alternatives, I came across several options and alternatives, however a scam website called MS Open Office Suite (msopenofficesuite.com) caught my attention too. The website does not look fishy on the first look, however on closer scrutinization I saw that this website, [...]

The latest news doing round of most part of the technology blogosphere is the availability of Windows 7 Transformation pack for Windows XP. However while trying to review the product, I came across a virus alert that may be a potential threat to your system, the Windows 7 Transformation Pack for Windows XP contains a [...]

Internet threats are increasing day by day and it is always advisable to have a good antivirus and spyware cleaner is definitely a good way to protect yourself from online threats. Though there are several spyware cleaner softwares out there, we definitely swear by a free spyware cleaner called Spyware Terminator. Also Read: Tips to [...]

Keyloggers are a very harmful malicious scripts, that capture keystrokes and spy on your private data and passwords. These programs maliciously install themselves, and run without the users being aware about it, making it a huge security threat. There are several methods to thwart keyloggers and many banks do provide users with a virtual keyboard [...]

What is Digsby If you are not yet aware, Digsby is a wonderful applications that lets you combine the powers of Social Networking, IM and emails into a single application. For all socially networked souls in this Web 2.0 era, Digsby is like a cool breeze. It allows you to manage multiple clients and services [...]