July 2013 Microsoft Security Updates : Details

The following Microsoft security updates are released on July 9 2013 : Bulletin ID Bulletin Name Maximum Severity Rating Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software* MS13-052 Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework and Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2861561) Critical Remote Code Execution May require restart Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, …

April 2013 Microsoft Security Updates : Details

The following Microsoft security updates will be released on April 9 2013 : Bulletin ID Maximum Severity Rating Vulnerability Impact Restart Requirement Affected Software* Bulletin 1 Critical Remote Code Execution Requires restart Internet Explorer on Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server …

Facebook Hacked But No User Info Compromised

Facebook on Friday announced that it’s security was internally breached when employees visited a developer’s site that was infected with malware. No user accounts or information has been compromised and the attack deemed “highly sophisticated” is now being investigated. This breach was due to a totally new and never reported before (zero day) exploit that …

Microsoft And The Scroogled Concept

Microsoft recently started the Scroogled campaign which mentions why Outlook is non-invasive compared to Gmail in terms of privacy because Gmail scans the content of every email and then displays targeted ads. While this isn’t exactly new because Gmail is a free service and many free email providers display ads to make up for their …

Microsoft Releases modern.IE : A ToolKit For Testing Internet Explorer Compatibility

Microsoft has introduced an online toolkit for testing compatibility of webpages with Internet Explorer. This set of tools is named “modern.IE” Testing if a webpage is correctly rendered in Internet Explorer involves clicking on “Scan a webpage” and entering the URL. The results are then displayed along with possible issues and suggestions on how to …

How To Quickly Find Out IP Address’s Geolocation

Here is a quick way to get the physical/geo location of any IP address : Go to iplocation.nmonitoring.com and enter either the domain name or an IP address. The results for that will display the geographical location and can be handy when trying to identify spam IP addresses or any potential malicious activity. Cheers.

How I Moved From Shared Hosting To VPS

Last year, I moved this blog from Blogger to WordPress.  Last week, I moved this blog from shared hosting to VPS. It was a fun experience and interesting too. Why I chose VPS (Virtual Private Server) : To have better control and ownership of blog (a VPS server is fully accessible through root/admin compared to a …