Instant Messengers: Pain or Gain?

50 years ago, nobody had imagined that by clicking a button and typing some text we would be able to communicate with someone across the globe. All this has been made possible through the Internet.

The Internet is an evolving world but the elements held within it are also evolving quite rapidly. Taking chatting as an example, initially this was done through mIRC or ICQ which were quite primitive tools. You’d go into what was called a channel and start chatting with your peers from across the globe.

Detecting intrusions and being prepared

Hacking has been one of the most popular subjects with the readers of this blog. With the issue being of worry to the vast majority of Internet users, I felt that it is time to start exploring some software products that would help you identify any intrusions into your system.

Going back to an article from last week entitled Are you being hacked? we started exploring the Foundstone Website which provides us with quite a few useful tools. In this article, we’ll be exploring a few of the most useful and simple tools and see how these can help us identify any wrongdoings that are happening on our system.