Despite Microsoft's added security in Windows 8, Vupen, a French security firm, claims it has already found a vulnerability unknown to Microsoft. The attack comes via security holes in Internet Explorer 10 and can be used to take control of a computer over the...
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PPTP VPN Seeing it’s Last Days
For a long time only third party software existed to connect two networks via an encrypted connection (called Virtual Private Networking, or VPN). Microsoft introduced a built-in version of this technology into Windows Server, and its use became widespread. This...
Cookies, Privacy and You
Google was caught with their hand in the cookie jar, raising a lot of ruckus concerning privacy on the internet. Google claims it sidestepped privacy settings in an attempt to make its "+1" Google+ system work across different browsers. The part where...