Category Archives: Week 22

The European Union Council has recommended the draft for an EU directive regarding attacks on information systems, to be implemented. According to the Council the basis for the directive is that the current legal framework (2005/222/JHA) from 2005 is not … Continue reading →

Phishing site is fake sites that look like similar to original site, but its purpose is to get valuable data from original site customers. That data can be user names, credit cards numbers, emails and etc. In lecture was shown … Continue reading →

The picture nealy says all. And yes we are talking Sony atack once again. The hacker group that took over the website of PBS NewsHour last weekend has returned to its first love — hacking Sony. LulzSec announced Thursday it … Continue reading →

This article explains about botnets that are used for illegal activity online. Botnet is a collection of infected computers or bots, which are controlled by a hacker also known as a “bot herder”. It is then used to perform different … Continue reading →

I have been reading an article by Gregg Keizer posted at the computer world website. Clamming; that a Java is the biggest threat to PCs. In May 2011 Microsoft re-launched its new Safety Scanner scanning the computer for malware. There … Continue reading →

I found a video in “youtube” about googles database centers in Finland and South Carolina,later the article and the video here shows the center in South Carolina. I found it to be amazing , that such a facility looks like … Continue reading →

Two mounts ago Comodo, a company that issues SSL security certificates has been hacked and during the attack a number of forged certificates have been released. Apparently, history is repeating itself, and a few days ago, the Comodo branch from … Continue reading →