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USB Malware

In recent times, with USB flash drives falling to dirt cheap prices, you can be sure everyone has one. The sheer convenience of carry 1gB + worth data in your pocket and being able to access it anywhere is fantastic. There is just one problem, USB drives are read+write without the need of any permissions; [...]

Ubuntu 9.10 Blazing Fast liveUSB boot

Halloween meant two things, Saw and Ubuntu ! So i downloaded a copy using BitTorrent ( always chose this over http, avoid server load). Plugged in to boot and closed my eyes. When i opened my eyes, Ubuntu had loaded and the bright orange wallpaper was staring at me. Surprised i rebooted again and this [...]

Human Error

Human beings are a highly evolved life form on this planet. The word comes from the Latin, Homo Sapien , meaning wise man. And Wise he is. Today Humans have the most complex and developed brain capable of logic, structural thinking , ability to love , feel pain and numerous complex emotions. They can communicate [...]

Hunt for the perfect Operating System

I was spending the last bit of my vacations with my parents at home. In the afternoon i sat down on his laptop, opened Firefox and saw a suspicious 3rd party toolbar and addon (something to do with browser history) When i asked him if he knew exactly what that was doing, he replied No. [...]