Both Windows 7 and Vista provide substantial security enhancements over earlier Windows workstation operating systems such as XP. Many of these security features are enabled by default and help prevent many common attack vectors. In addition, implementing the 64-bit mode of the OS on a 64-bit hardware platform substantially increases the effort of an adversary to attain a system or root compromise.
We know Sony Playstation site was attacked by Anonymous Hacker group last week, the hacker group Anonymous has now decided to go next step against Sony in a different way, by staging 24 hour in-store protests at numerous Sony stores around the globe. The group started a campaign against the Sony’s legal pursuit of two PS3 hackers.
In an effort to spread awareness, ESET has published a infographic of how phishing attacks works. We know now a days spammers sends mail like the trusted bank or some other trusted one, which emails contains the link to login with their bank details. This will send the passwords and details to the spammers. So don’t click any links regarding login in email. Banks wont send email like this. This kind of hijack is called as Phishing Attack.
The hacker group Anonymous has targeting Sony’s online Playstation store by DDoS attack temporarily took down playstation.com yesterday, after an hour it was back again. The Hacker group Anonymous now taking revenge because of its lawsuit against PS3 jailbreakers George Hotz, also known as GeoHot, and Graf Chokolo.
Now a days all the people use USB Flash drives like Pendrive, External Hard Disk and Many more. They all skipped DVD, CD and all optical Disc because it takes time to copy and it cannot be reused. So UBS Pendrives are now with all people. I used to see all over my college, they hang USB pendrive in their necks. They carry Music, Movies, Datas in that. How USB flash drives improves as the mean while USB virus also increases along with that. If Virus affects pendrive.