Developing iPhone applications is all the rage now. From the mutli-million dollar software company, to the teenager in his bedroom, it has become a new phenomenon. There are now over one billion application downloads from the Apple App Store, and even more in the unofficial homebrew Cydia Store, which is an application that allows developers to make available, for free or for pay, applications that utilize private calls and libraries. For both though, there is a rising problem for developers. Read more…

If you are a Star Trek Generation fan and have seen how a high-breed program has taken control of The Enterprise, you will get an idea of what a rootkit is. That program gradually took control of the ship until such time that it was able to decide its course. In plain language, a rootkit is a powerful software that has the potential of wresting control of a system without being detected by security mechanisms. Since the purpose of a rootkit is to grant secret access to a non-administrator, it could be said that this administrative tool is malicious. Imagine a competitor knowing about the company’s trade secrets without the owner being aware of it.

One of the recent technologies that aid spying (to put it bluntly) is through keylogging. What is this? Keystroke logging or keylogging is the process of noting the keys struck by a user from a keyboard, which is done in a very covert manner so that he is unaware that the information he is entering into the computer are recorded or monitored. As you can imagine, this kind of tool offers tremendous opportunities for hackers. At the same time, this can also give your system a very tight security.

It’s a good thing that we can communicate in various ways. We can use signs, sounds, light and many other methods, but do you know how to communicate securely online? This is an important subject for online businesses or people who shop online using their credit cards. Nobody ever wants his or her credit card or other sensitive information being misused.

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