by Jovie Cabais | May 22, 2011 | Tech Updates
After the first few minor assignments for Auza.Net’s trainees, they have now moved onto a more challenging project. Their creativity and wordpress skills are already being tested through the development of a website for a certain charitable organization. The trainees have been taken to the site of the organization for them to take a shot on photography. Photos were collected and then they were also taught how to properly enhance them for a better-looking website. At this point, the trainees are being handled by Auza.Net’s skilled website developers who are doing their best to impart their knowledge on the techniques and do’s and don’ts of the website – making market. Other than that challenge, the trainees are still expected to go on with their skills practices and self study on the earlier lessons which have been tackled. Share...
by Jovie Cabais | May 22, 2011 | Tech Updates
Are you a victim of viruses spreading on facebook? And have you been embarassed by being called a spammer because of suddenly posting stuff on your friends’ facebook walls? Well, here’s what has been happening. Five years ago, hackers found it so simple to slip their code into computers, but this has been solved since the evolution of Internet security making browsers more protected. However, hackers have found a new way of spreading malicious contents not by entering internet browsers, but by directly hacking internet users instead. This is called Social engineering, which has become a serious problem these days. This is merely the act of psychologically influencing people into performing measures or exposing private information, rather than using technical cracking methods. According to wikipedia encyclopedia, the term typically applies to trickery or deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access. According to a Yahoo News Report, “Social engineering is how the Koobface virus spreads on Facebook. Users get a message from a friend telling them to go and view a video. When they click on the link, they’re then told that they need to download some sort of video playing software in order to watch. That software is actually a malicious program. Social engineering hackers also try to infect victims by hacking into Web pages and popping up fake antivirus warnings designed to look like messages from the operating system.” A social-engineering method called spearphishing is a recognized problem. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, criminals need some inside information on their targets to convince them the e-mails are legitimate. Then, they send...
