Author: Shankar Ananth Asokan
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Know Everything!
When I was doing my undergraduate I was used to be regularly questioned by my friends on my interests in information technologies being a Chemical Engineer. I used to reply back stating that I am trying to find a link between the two. Though at that time my interests were not really based on what…
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Is your Cloud Secure? – No! Just see what happened to Wikileaks
As I write this blog I had read a few cables released on Wikileaks. Having very less political background it is quite tough for me to make an assessment on the ethical nature of releasing these cables. Is it free speech? or is it espionage? These are not the questions that really trouble me. What…
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AVG 2011 – Surf Shield Bug – avg_ls_dom.js
Recently I faced issues loading webpages in Chrome. Many websites failed to load including my Blog. Websites that have a lot of java scripts especially Adsense units (Image and Text) took a lot of time to load. I tested the page elements load time with firefox browser with firebug and Google Page speed addon and…
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More on Stuxnet – Some Views
Stunxnet is beyond imagination. Bloggers claim its targets are beyond process, power and nuclear plants. Siemens systems are also being used in Space as well as Traffic control systems like railways. If you have seen Die Hard 4.0 you can have your imagination rolling! Now its clear why hackers targeted Siemens systems. But still…
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Stuxnet – The New Generation Control Systems Computer Worm
Stuxnet is a Windows-specific computer worm first discovered in June 2010 by VirusBlokAda, a security firm based in Belarus. It is the first discovered worm that spies on and reprograms industrial systems. It was specifically written to attack Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems used to control and monitor industrial processes.Stuxnet includes the capability…
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JnNurm
Ever wondered what the JnNurm sticker on city buses you see in Bangalore mean? Initially I thought it to be a technology or brand name of Volvo. Only when I found it on Tata Marcopolo buses also did I put some thought on it. Many would be surprised to know that JnNurm stands for Jawaharlal…