Category: Tech Stuffs

Yesterday evening I got this e-mail in my Gmail, I almost fell for it. I read it again and again and my first impression was how come Google is so lousy?!?! I didn’t even notice that the e-mail asked for password until later on. I decided to leave it there and went back to it again later then I suddenly realized that it asked for password so it’s not a real thing.

In case you got such message(asking for username and password or personal information) in the future, make sure you do not reply to such e-mail.

Taken from Google (http://www.google.com.my/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75061):

A phishing message is an email that tries to trick you into revealing personal information by appearing to be from a legitimate source, such as a bank (or the Google Team!).

Messages or websites phishing for information might ask you to enter this information:

* Usernames and passwords
* Social Security numbers
* Bank account numbers
* PINs (Personal Identification Numbers)
* Credit card numbers
* Your mother’s maiden name
* Your birthday

Phishers often ask for personal information in an attempt to steal your Google Account, money, credit, or identity.

You should always be wary of any message that asks for your personal information, or messages that refer you to a webpage asking for personal information.

If you receive this type of message, especially from a source claiming to be Google or Gmail, please don’t provide the information requested. Google will never send unsolicited mass messages asking for your password or personal information, or messages containing executable attachments.

In fact, this applies to other services that you sign up online also. So be extra careful.

We all know that hacking is bad. It causes a lot of problems to businesses and end users. You might risk getting your confidential data stolen or might get your system go crazy. Everyone hates hackers but not those that hack ethically. It’s known as Ethical Hacking.

I’m sure some of you might be surprised about this. Is there such thing as ethical hacking? Yes, it’s very common in ensuring tight IT Security. Ethical hackers help companies identify and fix the loopholes in their systems to ensure users are protected from unethical hackers. If there is no such experts, we will be in very vulnerable state as we rely so much on the Internet.

In fact becoming an ethical hacker is something very interesting. I know some friends of mine are crazy about hacking. They hack to improve security and not to jeopordize security. Most of them do not have special certificate for this, they did it just for the fun of it. However, if you are really interested and would like to be certified, you can sign up for a course to be a Certified Ethical Hacker. This job can pay you really well. If you are certified, you will have better chances of getting hired.

As you know, the economy nowadays is bad and many got retrenched or even pay cut. This is one job that will ensure you will stay on the job and still get paid well because you are very important to the company, they cannot lose you, if they do, they will get themselves into huge trouble!

Besides that, there are also courses such as Security Fundamentals, Penetration Testing, Computer Forensics
, Disaster Recovery, and Secure Programming on offer. All these can pay you really well. I’m sure those who wants to venture into much more exciting IT field will find these very interesting.

As an IT graduate myself, I’m aware of how important these professionals are to the IT industry. I urge you to venture into these fields if you can. There isn’t many professionals like this, do something different and make yourself stand out among tonnes and tonnes of IT graduates. You will stand a better chance to get satisfying job with satisfying salary.

#CEH

I’ve been seeing people playing games in facebook for quite a while and I did not understand and got no interest at all to join in the bandwagon.

Then few days ago, I was feeling not really in the mood to study and then I got nothing much to do, actually there are but I’m demotivated by somebody’s attitude and I’m mentally and emotionally tired. I decided to check out what those games are all about that are making so many people went crazy about. On that fateful day, I too got stuck with the games! OH NO! ;p

First, I tried Restaurant City, this is the most addictive! OH DEAR! You know what I do? I log into the game, supervise a bit, let it runs on its own, and I do my revision. Guess what?!?! I revise better and faster. Weird eh?

Then, when I’m done with a part of my revision, I will check back and see whether there is anything that I need to do to improve my score or just to add something here and there. After that, I will go back to do my revision again.

Hahaha… Before that, my revision pace was so slow but now it’s fast! Actually I’m not the kind that can do my revision in quiet environment and only do revision. I have to watch TV, listen to radio or at least do something else I won’t be able to revise anything.

By the way, seeing them move around is quite fun also. Kinda cute hehehe… I could sometimes stare at the game for minutes to see them move around *LOL*

Next, I tried Happy Farm. Not so addictive but fun enough.

There isn’t much to do but wait for most of the time. You have to wait for your plants to grow and sell them. Once in a while, you will need to kill the weeds and worms or water. Sometimes if I feel a bit restless, then I will go steal some veggies from my friends or help kill the weeds and worms or help watering the plants for my friends.

Lastly, it’s Pet Society. This doesn’t give me much excitement, I think it’s quite boring. You have to keep entertaining your pet else there is nothing much to do. A bit too much work for me since I’m doing my revision. ;p

So that’s all for today. Any plan for this coming weekend and long holiday? All I know is that I will be having exams on this weekend. Then… jiak kaki I guess… How I wish my darling is here with me… Anyone wanna date me? ;p