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Tips and Tricks about Gmail

While Web-based email is nothing new, Gmail introduces some new and unique concepts. Managing email has become very easy while at the same time having powerful tools to find and

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What are the countermeasures against software keyloggers?

It is very hard to detect a keylogger’s activity. Hence, a Network Administrator should take the following steps as countermeasures against software keyloggers: * Actively monitor the programs running on

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Critical SQL Injection in Myanmar Calendar

PlanetCreator‘s Security Team Researcher Infofreakzzz reported another Critical SQL injection (vulnerability) on Myanmar Calendar URL : http://www.myanmarcalendar.org/ SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring

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