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How secure are some of the leading websites in the world? A scan report

How secure are some of the leading websites in the world? A scan report

Disclaimer: This article carries information about the security vulnerabilities in a leading website. I’m not responsible if anyone tries to exploit

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SQL Injection : How secure is your application

SQL Injection : How secure is your application

I know many novice PHP programmers who are very good when it comes to writing PHP scripts and adding nice CSS elements (+ some Jquery stuffs). But som

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Using a Bluetooth headset? Beware of Eavesdropping

Using a Bluetooth headset? Beware of Eavesdropping

The number of people who are using Bluetooth headsets have gone up recently. Thanks to the new generation bluetooth devices that offer reliable commun

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Security Issues with Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) systems

Security Issues with Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) systems

Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) systems are used to prevent shoplifting. They are widely used in the retail industry and places like libraries.

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Change or spoof your MAC address

Change or spoof your MAC address

There are many systems that use MAC address for authentication. For example, most the universities use MAC addresses for identifying the systems that

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Port Scanning of a website

Port Scanning of a website

I’m starting a new segment – Hacking Countermeasures. Well, at the very outset itself  let me say something about the word ‘hacker’. All

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