Monthly Archives: May 2010

I was in the local library at the weekend, and noticed something a little bit odd at the computer terminal section. A flash drive was sticking out of one of the PCs – more often than not, this is evidence …

SSH is a very useful tool for anyone using Linux Environments. It’s a secure way to log into a machine remotely but can also do a lot more. With SSH one can create tunnels –  that is have the local …

For the first time, Microsoft’s share of the browser marked has slipped below 60 percent, according to figures from Net Applications, a Aliso Viejo, Calif., web app and metrics firm . Browser market share: Microsoft — 59.95 percentMozilla’s Firefox — …

Google has released the results of a year-long study of 240 million web sites that said 15 percent of the malware detected was related to rogue security applications. The study was released at the Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent …

For the second time recently, a security researcher has pointed out that running machines without administrative privileges could significantly improve security. Mikko Hypponen, the head of research at Finnish AV company F-Secure in an interview with The Inquirer, said a …

The editor of Storage Newsletter created a few waves earlier this month when he wrote an opinion piece entitled ‘Backup is dead’. He made the point that backup today has no more interest and organizations only need replication. I won’t …