Earlier today, some MD of a security firm on channel new asia commented that it is impossible to check every single passport against the list of stolen passports due to the time needed to search the database. Such stringent checks would result in massive holdups at checkpoints. Therefore, apart ...

Just read something quite interesting here. Apparently, all the research put into mathematical algorithms is a double edged sword. Encryption can be used to deny the rightful owner access to his data. Fortunately, the attacker in this case made a mistake resulting in a 128 bit key that was ...

Type: Open port Affects: Singtel's firmware on 2wire 5012NV-002 Version: (HW version: 2701-000808-004, SW version: 9.3.1.29) (Unable to ascertain if other versions are affected as I do not have access to the firmware) Severity: High Ease of exploit: Low Impact: Allows an attacker to gain access ...

Ever since google decided to nerf their google apps free account privileges(I created my account earlier and was grandfathered 10 free emails), I have been toying around with several other providers of email service for custom domains. I discovered that I could actually have 2 accounts with ...

For a long time, I have always wondered why my download managers always pops up dialog boxes to download files when I visit certain pages in chrome. I have always attributed it to false positives or buggy software. I stumbled upon the answer just a few days ago. Apparently, google decided it ...

Recently did quite a lot of mysql related administration. Found quite a few ways to optimise that may make future administration easier. 1) If you are going to add/drop databases very frequently, you might want to add innodb_file_per_table=1 into your my.cnf config file. This will allow mysql ...

Well, this is pretty old news but here are my views on ICANN allowing organisations to buy out an entire TLD. For those not in the loop, basically, in addition to .com, .net, .org and others, ICANN will be releasing lots of new TLDs so we could have stuff like .blog, .cloud or even .google. ...

I have never liked nor seen the point of using URL shortening services such as bit.ly, is.gd . The only time I have used it is during lectures or talks when links are shared by copying them directly off the whiteboard or slides. Even then, there are probably better ways to share the links such ...