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If you are using Windows for your servers, you are strongly urged to check with your system administrator or vendor if your server(s) are already patched for security (particularly the Windows' SMB Server vulnerability), or if measures have been in placed to safeguard your server from attacks. Don't forget to backup in case disaster strikes.

Patch information here:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms17-010.aspx

Other information here: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39901382

It's common knowledge in the IT industry that tech giant Google is in the business of collecting plethora of data across the web. It should be no surprise that it also collects data about you.

So what Google knows so far?

If you are using Gmail or an Android device, chances are you have a Google account. This account enables you to use Google services like, YouTube, Google Play and Maps, and activate your Android devices. At the same time, your account enables Google to "optimize" your experience such as language, timezone, and territory-related search results, by recording information such as your IP address, location, search history, or even videos watched. The data collected also includes activities in your Android device/s such as when you used your Viber, Facebook, Instagram or other Android mobile apps to name a few. The photo you see here is a sample snap of what was collected so far.

The good news to the privacy conscious is that Google is quite transparent about what data it collects from you, and has recently launched its new tool called My Activity which is found under My Account in your Google dashboard. From there, you can view or delete the data collected from you.

Although some users might feel shocked about having to see their activities being recorded, to some, this is a good sign about Google's transparency and a potential tool to check if your account (or device) is being used by someone else especially that tech-related crimes are nowadays frequent in the news.

Check yours out:

You can start here:
https://myaccount.google.com/

or go directly to:
https://history.google.com/

Be careful with these high-tech card skimmers that can steal your ATM or Credit Card information.

The lengths at what hackers would take are at times unthinkable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ll4f0Wim4pM

Finding an ATM Skimmer in Vienna UPDATE: I have since notified the Vienna Police Department regarding this discovery as at the time of the incident I did not have access to an international ...

If you're looking at a career in software development, here's a table of the top 10 popular programming languages across the net which have been computed, organized and indexed by TIOBE. Note that the list is not about the best of the crop, this is an indicator of what programming languages are commonly seen from various sources across the web to date, like search engines, ad servers and the likes. In many ways though, this could also translate if whether what you know or what were taught to you in school are still current.

Is yours on the list?

If you want to see the top 50, click here for source:
http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe_index

Because the popularity of Windows, people both the tech-savvy and the not, are used to the usual folders and Windows drives such as C:\ or C:\Program Files, C:\Windows\System32 etc...

If you're new to Linux and has come to like it because of its open source nature and licensing, and its inherent nature of keeping files secure to a point where some would speculate that Linux is resistant to viruses (in many ways yes it is resistant, but only if users are not careless), then understanding the Linux folder and file structure should interest you.


all credits to source:
http://fossbytes.com/linux-lexicon-linux-directory-structure/

Linux Lexicon: Linux Directory Structure In Detail | fossBytes The Linux Directory Structure is quite different as compared to others. Here is an overview of it along with the details of some of the common top level directories that you must be aware of