Security issues
Internet Explorer 6 Vulnerability
The last week revealed some interesting news about the latest hacking attempts. Google and around 30 other companies were hacked or hacking was attempted.
Investigation revealed that Internet Explorer 6 had been hacked using an unknown security vulnerability that Microcosft has confirmed and is working on fixing. Some security companies say that this error also exists in all other versions of IE. Until Microsoft has fixed the vulnerability,
I suggest that you use either Firefox or Opera as your main browser.
Cell phone Vulnerability
In the last three months there have been debates regarding GSM cell phones and how vulnerable they are. Most security people assumed that FBI and other agencies could tap cell phones without anyone knowing. Last month a buzz started that a German computer engineer, Karsten Nohl, had cracked the code that is used to encrypt the transfer between the cell phone and the base station. As far as I know they now estimate that a person with fairly inexpensive equipment ( app.$4000) can decipher everything that is happening on your cell phone. With more expensive equipment they can do it in real time.
This means that you can be doing a bank transaction on your cell phone. When you hang up, they can potentially log in and transfer money at will.