Cyber Times

Alarming cyber crimes are boosting security demand

Expressing grave concern about the growing threat of cyber terrorism in his opening statement at the meeting of Chief Ministers on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) held on May 5, 2012, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram stated:

Hacker arrested for Hacking into Six Million Computers.

Police have detained a 22-year-old hacker who created a system of networked computers that was used to steal more than 150 million rubles ($4.47 million) from people's bank accounts and already one of the most wanted hacker in the world. But now, "Hermes" is, has been tapped over six million computers and earns around 5 million francs, was caught in Russia.

Anonymous hackers take down MTNL website

New Delhi: A hacking group said it attacked the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) website, accusing the company of censoring content on the Internet.
The corporate website of MTNL, which caters to the major Indian cities of New Delhi and Mumbai, was down for at least six hours. A post on hacking group Anonymous India's blog said the company was attacked because it had blocked several file sharing websites.

But MTNL officials denied any knowledge of an attack.

Open Source Technologies: Enchanting Charge in India

Technology; a vast term to understand and to explain, however it becomes more complicated and difficult when it keeps changing very often. There are lots of technical glitches which every technical person face. In today’s computer Modernization, Security is the biggest challenge for every Technology and to implement it is another good question.

Find System Vulnerabilities before Someone else does

Now a days where Hacking attempts are rising with the an increased speed, the security breaches are more and it is just because of the security loopholes which are available in our system. It is very important for each computer user to check the system vulnerabilities to make sure that the computer is secure enough from the external attacks.

To check the system vulnerability, it is important to block the open ports through which the malicious content effect a machine. So let us understand what are different types of ports and how to scan them from security point of view.

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