All Entries in the "Security" Category
Habib Bank Ltd. Official Website Rated Red by McAfee SiteAdvisor
McAfee SiteAdvisor is software that helps you stay away from potentially risky websites. The software also allows you to install browser plug-in, which immediately alerts you about malicious websites. Usually, the sites are rated Red, Yellow, and Gray.
Today, when I opened Habib Bank Ltd. official website habibbankltd.com, McAfee SiteAdvisor raised Red flag and alerted me that the website I am visiting could cause potential security risks. I am not saying, that Habib Bank has put something to get users’ information but there is something suspicious in the website code which McAfee SiteAdvisor cannot recognize and considered it a risky website.
Upon click the red flag, McAfee SiteAdvisor gave details about the issue and also explained that the website is getting links from McAfee Green Rated website so, it could be less harmful. But extreme caution is suggested.
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My MoneyBookers Account Got Hacked!
Hacking is nothing new especially for people who work online. I have been using MoneyBookers (a payment processor) since long and have a quite good experience with them. As PayPal doesn’t support Pakistan, so, MoneyBookers is good payment alternative.
Lets get back to the story. I recieved a sum of middle $$$ from someone on 14th of January and I did not login to my account since then. Last night I logged in to my account and fewwwwww…. all money was gone (well not all… the guy left $1.5 there). The ‘hacked transaction’ took place on the vary next day of payment, 15th of January. I did not receive any receipt or payment acknowledgment. MoneyBookers locked my account because they thought, there was a security breach.
I called MoneyBookers customer support center and they told me that they had an idea that I did not authorize this payment and they locked [...]
Ant Colony Optimization Techniques (ACO) for Digital Security
The internet is a hotbed of malware and viruses and new securities have to be constantly evolved to counter the constantly evolving threats to digital security. The newest technique created is based on ants where the behavior of ants in a colony is mimicked in the virtual world to make security programs that are unbeatable or at least extremely secure.
In this innovative method, so called “digital ants” are programmed to play the same role that a real ant does. These ants survey the systems which they protect and once they detect any problem caused by a virus the concentration of ants in that sector of the system software is increased and this leads to the problem being solved in a very short period of time. The ants go to work on the malicious code known as Trojan horses or more commonly known as computer worms. The ants are localized [...]
