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What is Phishing and How Phishing is done

Posted by sudhirmangla April 20, 2009

Intro There are couple of other phishing tutorials around here, but some people seem to have problems understanding them. So I’ll try to be as simple as possible. This phishing tutorial is written for newbs, and if you have problems understanding it, then you need to get some beginner level computer knowledge first. -This article was written for educational purpose only. I’m not responsible for any illegal activity that you may commit. What is a phisher? Phisher is something... Read more »

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Conficker worm: worst is yet to come

Posted by sudhirmangla January 23, 2009

Conficker has wriggled into millions of PCs, leaving them open to receive a nasty parcel of malware from its author. But the worm – shaping up to be the biggest virus attack the world has ever seen – has yet to deliver its payload to a single infected computer. Antivirus experts tell NBR they’re waiting for the other boot to drop. Peter Sparkes, senior manager for managed security services across Asia Pacific and Japan for Symantec, the largest antivirus player, tells NBR his company has... Read more »

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Firefox tops list of 12 most vulnerable applications

Posted by sudhirmangla January 2, 2009

Mozilla’s flagship Firefox browser has earned the dubious title of the most vulnerable software program running on the Windows platform. According to application whitelisting vendor Bit9, Firefox topped the list of 12 widely deployed desktop applications that suffered through critical security vulnerabilities in 2008. These flaws exposed millions of Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The other applications on the list are all well-known and range from browsers to media players, to... Read more »

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Why does svchost.exe need to connect to the Internet

Posted by sudhirmangla June 24, 2008

Service Host (Svchost.exe) is the Microsoft Generic Host Process, which acts as a host for other processes running from dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). Multiple entries for this process might be present in the Task Manager list. The Svchost.exe file is located in the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder. When Application rules are configured in Comodo Firewall pro, Svchost.exe will have % SystemRoot%\System32\services.exe as the parent process.Service Host (Svchost.exe) is a core piece of Windows XP code... Read more »

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