Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 24, 2010 ·
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Intel has recently confirmed that it was a victim of the recent ultra-sophisticated cyber attacks. Though Intel has refused to comment on the possible connection of these attacks being linked with Operation Aurora which targeted Google, the timing of the two attacks is astonishingly similar. It’s hard for me to believe that it’s a mere coincidence that both these companies [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 1, 2010 ·
If you are planning to buy a stylish new notebook or laptop, take a look at the Acer Aspire 3935. It’s sleek and polished design truly justifies that ‘Looks Can Kill’. What’s more – it offers excellent performance and a very impressive battery life as compared to most of its competitors in the sub £500 laptop category.
The Acer Aspire 3935 is barely one inch in thickness and the well [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on February 1, 2010 ·
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Adobe and Apple are not known to be the best of friends and the recent launch of iPad without Flash support is likely to further deteriorate the relationship amongst these two technology heavyweights.
Adobe claims that Apple’s restrictions on iPad will severely affect both content publishers and consumers. With ‘No Flash’, iPad users will miss out on a wide range of [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on January 18, 2010 ·
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With Operation Aurora, professional hackers have taken the hack attacks to ‘never seen before’ ultra sophisticated levels. It’s phenomenal that an attacker can take on not one, not two but nearly a dozen of highly acclaimed companies including the likes of Google and Adobe.
Operation Aurora is probably the smartest combination of stealth programming, strong encryption [...]
Posted by Ruk Cooray on July 23, 2009 ·
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Adobe is investigating reports of vulnerability in Flash being exploited. It looks like, after malicious Acrobat PDF files get on a computer, they start exploiting the vulnerability to drop a Trojan onto it. Flash is a very popular add-on to most browsers and is also available in PDF files. Symantec stated that any software that uses Flash could come under attack until a fix is [...]