Victor's Blog about the Web, Security and Life

The web for me is a hobby where standards and best practices are daily bread. Security is a concern that everybody must be aware of its details for IT in general, and the web in particular, to be a safer place. My life, on the other hand, is that of a regular Lebanese citizen where politics and social issues are discussed on a daily basis. I hope you enjoy reading my blog and make sure to drop me a comment about any topic you find interesting.

Category: Security

Ziad Baroud Spamming?

Today, I received an email from Mr. Ziad Baroud, the Minister of Internal Affairs, asking me to check my listing on the DGPS website. While the majority would like the fact that Mr. Baroud is using a one-to-one communication method to reach as much Lebanese citizens as possible, I did not...

General, Web, Security

Standard Chartered Email & Website Phishing

If you receive an email related to the suspension of your Standard Chartered account with a link to www.standardchartered.ae in it asking you to login in order to update your account settings, don't click on it. Beware of it. This is a phishing email leading to a phishing website and...

General, Web, Security

Huge Lighters Security Alert

Recently, I am noticing many individual walking around with huge lighters in hands and (barely) in pockets. Huge lighters (similar to the one shown in the picutre) are being considered as pretty cool these days by many. While I agree that such a thing is somehow cool, we must be aware of...

General, Security

How To Recover Your Hotmail / MSN / Live Passport Account?

Did you lose access to your Hotmail / MSN / Live account and cannot reset your password using normal techniques (like Secret Question / Answer or Alternate Email)? If yes, here is the link that allows you to "try" to recover your account by contacting Microsoft directly....

General, Web, Security

IEEE Ethical Hacking Seminar

Yesterday, I gave a seminar entitled "Ethical Hacking: It's All About the Ethics". What I really enjoyed about the seminar was the amount of interest that the topic had on students as well as the questions asked during and after the seminar. I received today some pictures...

General, Security

Emerald Who's Who is a Scam

I am writing this article in here so that everyone else out there can be aware of this SCAM and FRAUDULENT company named Emerald Who's Who. These people are very professional at their SCAM business to the extent that you will feel very stuck in their deal. I was almost caught yesterday except...

General, Web, Security

The Ghost in Internet Explorer 6, 7 and even 8 (Beta)

I found an interesting article written by Marius Oiaga, related to Internet Explorer security, and addresses the existence of what can be called "Ghosts". Whether you believe in ghosts or not is irrelevant from a browser point of view. The matter is that you'd better start believing...

Security

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