Late Krishna Mohan

I am Krishna Mohan (krishi as I am affectionately called). I am a practicing surgeon having my own hospital - Prabhu Hospital at Moodabidri. My interests include trekking, mountaineering, wildlife conservation, Nature photography, classical music, computers and Internet. I was a member of the team of 1990 Expedition Brahma I, to scale 21,050 feet of this world’s 17th toughest peak on western Himalayas. I am also member of Arohana, mountaineers and adventurers, Mangalore. I served for World Wide Fund for Nature in 1989-92 and conducted innumerable nature camps for young nature enthusiasts at Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole,& Bhadra wild life sanctuaries. I am an active member of Wildlife First.

Firefox Is In A Fix Again

August 8, 2007July 26, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

Mozilla is working on patching its Firefox browser after a hacker posted details of a flaw that could let criminals run unauthorized software on a victim’s machine. The flaw lies in Firefox’s URL handler component, which was the source of another bug Mozilla disclosed Tuesday. This second flaw was disclosed Tuesday by Billy Rios and … Read more

Internet Explorer & Firefox Blame Game Starts

February 5, 2009July 13, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

Thor Larholm, A security researcher has found a security bug that could be attacked in Internet Explorer. Mozilla said it plans to patch the problem in its next Firefox software update. No, that’s not a typo, just the strange fall-out from an unusual bug that had security researchers debating the question this week: “Who’s to … Read more

Afraid of WGA? Over 20 Features & Services of Vista Harvest Info from Your Machine

February 7, 2009July 9, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

Are you using Windows Vista? Then you might as well know that the licensed operating system installed on your machine is harvesting a healthy volume of information for Microsoft. In this context, a program such as the Windows Genuine Advantage is the last of your concerns. In fact, in excess of 20 Windows Vista features … Read more

Fake Microsoft Security Alerts Crop Up

June 11, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

With Microsoft’s monthly patch release expected on Tuesday, scammers are sending out fake security bulletins that attempt to install malicious software on victim’s computers. The e-mail messages claim to describe a “Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer” that fixes a critical security flaw in the browser. It comes with a link entitled “Download this update.” … Read more

New Zero-Day Bugs in Internet Explorers and Firefox

June 5, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

A noted security researcher disclosed four new zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft and Mozilla’s browsers, including a critical flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) and a “major” bug in Firefox. Michael Zalewski, who regularly publishes browser flaw findings, posted details on the Full-disclosure mailing list for cookie-stealing, keystroke-snooping, malicious downloading and site-spoofing bugs. The most serious of … Read more

Vista is Marginally Secure Than XP

May 31, 2007 by Late Krishna Mohan

The strength of Windows Vista’s security model is easily the biggest question facing the nascent operating system. While sales will be strong simply on account of the way OEMs have adopted Vista on their midrange and high-end offerings, the place of Vista in the enterprise is not yet clear. Microsoft must demonstrate that its approach … Read more