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  • Microsoft Warns of Security Holes ,Releases Updates to Patch up

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    Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 26 separate security holes in itsWindows operating systems and related software. At the same time, Microsoft has issued a stopgap fix for a newly-discovered flaw that attackers are actively exploiting.

    The security fixes are included in seven security patch bundles, three of which earned Microsoft’s most dire “critical” label, signifying that attackers can exploit them without any help on the part of the user.  Redmond patched vulnerabilities in Windows,Internet Explorer, Dynamics AX, Microsoft Lync(Microsoft’s enterprise instant message software), and theMicrosoft .NET Framework.

    Microsoft called out two patches as particularly important: the Internet Explorer bundle (MS12-037), which addresses 13 issues; and a critical flaw in the Windows remote desktop protocol (RDP). Updates are available for all supported versions of Windows, via Windows Update or Automatic Update.

    In a separate advisory published today, Microsoft warned that it is aware of active attacks that leverage a vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services 3.0., 4.0, 5.0. and 6.0. This is a browse-and-get-owned flaw that can be triggered when an Internet Explorer user on any supported version of Windows visits a specially crafted Web page. Microsoft does not have an official patch available yet for this flaw, but it has issued a FixIt tool workaround that effectively disables the vulnerable component. The vulnerability was discovered by Google, which said it saw the flaw being exploited in the wild in targeted attacks.

    A summary of the patches released today — with links to the individual patch advisories — is available here. As always, if you experience any issues applying these patches, please sound off in the comments below.

    http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/06/microsoft-patches-26-flaws-warns-of-zero-day-attack/

  • IT- Questions by Engineers to Managers,Never Asked..

    1.How is you expect that we should not have personal work even at 10 pm ,while you have personal work at 5pm?

    2 How is it that,When you do not understand what we say, you say ‘Dont make it too complicated’while when we do not understand what you have to say,you say’He is Dumb’?

    3.How is it possible for you wish us us with a deadpan face on Saturday’Happy Weekend,after loading us with enough work to last till Monday?

    4.If an Application does not work,’there is some problem with the Application’ for you, while for us it is ‘You do not know the Application’?

    5.When you do not get the pay hike you expect, ‘the company is becoming worse’-for us ‘Work hard,better luck next time’?

    6.When you forget to send us an important e mail,”I was busy in some other issue’-while if it is us, it is-‘you should concentrate on Work’?

    7.If you are on Phone.it is as though it is the most important thing in the World, while when we are Phone’Concentrate on Work’?

    8.It is not wrong of you to leave for home at 5 pm,but when we go out for tea for five minutes, why do you glare at us as though we have just committed a gruesome murder?

    9.If we check personal mails during lunch hour it is ‘Do not waste Company Resources for personal work’- but when you check ICICI Direct,Geogit first thing in the morning?

    In Tamil it is much better.

    1. ராத்திரி 10 மணிக்கு கூட எங்களுக்கு பர்சனல் ஒர்க் வரக்கூடாதுனுஎதிர்பார்க்கறீங்க… ஆனா சாயந்திரம் 5 மணி ஆனவுடனே உங்களுக்கு மட்டும்எப்படி பர்சனல் ஒர்க் வந்துடுது…?

    2. அது எப்படி நாங்க சொல்லி உங்களுக்கு ஏதாவது புரியலைனா Dont make it too complicatedனு சொல்றீங்க… ஆனா நீங்க சொல்லி எங்களுக்கு புரியலைனா He is Dumbனு சொல்றீங்க..?

    3. அது எப்படி Week end எங்களுக்கு வேலை கொடுத்துட்டு சனிக்கிழமை நீங்கவீட்டுக்கு கிளம்பும் போது Happy Weekend னு கூச்சப்படாம சொல்லிட்டுபோக முடியுது..? 

    4. அது எப்படி உங்களுக்கு ஒரு அப்ளிகேஷன் சரியா வேலை செய்யலைனா,அப்ளிகேஷன்ல பிரச்சனைனு சொல்றீங்க… அதே எங்களுக்கு வேலைசெய்யலைனா, உனக்கு அப்ளிகேஷன் தெரியலைனு சொல்றீங்க..?

    5. ஏதாவது நல்ல நாள் வந்தா ஏதோ உங்க வீட்ல மட்டும் விசேஷம் மாதிரிஎல்லா வேலையையும் எங்க தலைல கட்றீங்களே. ஏன் எங்க வீட்லயும்விசேஷம் இருக்கும்னு உங்களுக்கு தெரிய மாட்டீங்குது..? நாங்க என்னடெஸ்ட் ட்யூப் பேபியா…

    6.. உங்களுக்கு ஊதிய உயர்வு வரலைனா மட்டும் கம்பெனி ரொம்பமோசமாகுதுனு சொல்ற நீங்க, எங்களுக்காக மட்டும் பேச மாட்றீங்க…?

    7. ஏதாவது ஒரு முக்கியமான மெயில் அனுப்ப நீங்க மறந்தா மட்டும், I was very busy in some other issueனு சொல்றீங்க. அதே நாங்க மறந்தா, you should concentrate on workனு சொல்றீங்க…?

    8.     ஆபிஸ் நேரத்துல நீங்க ஃபோன் பேசிட்டு இருந்தா மட்டும், அது ஏதோதலை போற விஷயம் மாதிரி எடுத்துக்கறீங்க, அதே நாங்க பண்ணாவேலையை சரியா செய்ய மாட்றானு சொல்றீங்க…?

    9. சாயந்திரம் 5 மணிக்கு நீங்க வீட்டுக்கு போறது தப்பில்லை, ஆனா அப்பநாங்க ஒரு டீ குடிச்சிட்டு வர போனா மட்டும் ஏதோ கொலை குத்தம் செய்யறமாதிரி பாக்கறீங்க…?

    10. காலைல வந்ததுல இருந்து ICICI Direct,gmail ,Geogit, Sharekhanனு செக்பண்ணிட்டு இருக்கீங்க. அதே நாங்க மதியம் சாப்பிட்டு வந்து மெயில் செக்பண்ணா மட்டும் Don’t use company resources for your personal workனுசொல்றீங்க…?

    ஏன் சார் ஏன்….

    இத்த தான்…

    திருக்குறள்ள

    யாதெனின் யாதெனின் நீங்கியான் நோதல்
    அதனின் அதனின் இலன்…

    ஆப்பீசுக்கு போனா ஆணிபுடுங்காம சும்மா இருப்பதே சுகம்னு வள்ளுவர்எப்பவோ எழுதிவச்சுட்டாரு.
    இந்த  மேனேஜர்களுக்குத்தான் இது தெரிய மாட்டேங்குது..

    நாங்களும் இன்ஜினியரிங் படிச்சிட்டு தான் வந்திருக்கோம் .

    Thank you,Manian.

  • Today’s Developers Might Be Programming Themselves Out of Tomorrow’s Jobs.

    Image representing Google App Engine as depict...
    Image via CrunchBase

    True.

    As Technology develops , curiously it has he effect of drying up creativity.

    We need not look farther.

    Look at Science.

    To-day Technology is ruling, with very little development on the theoretical side of.say,Physics,Chemistry and the like.

    The only way to advance knowledge is to explore new frontiers in Basic theory which would make the present Technology  redundant and usher in new vistas .

    Coding as a skill is becoming a casualty of efficiency, which is a beautiful thing. Coding is a means to an end, and if new methods are developed that enable us normal folks to achieve comparable results, then that’s a win in my book.

    To a certain extent this is already happening, albeit to a less romantic degree. Take Google App Engine for instance. Instead of needing to set up whole server infrastructures, you just upload a simple web app and Google handles everything else, from load-balancing to scaling. Many companies don’t even go that far. A Facebook Page, with its built-in tools to distribute content, advertise, promote and engage with an audience, is often all you need.

    Beyond the purely technical realm, services and layers are appearing to make aesthetic skills more and more redundant as well. Enterprise software company Cloudera used 99designs, which recently scored $25 million in funding, to crowdsource its logo on the cheap. And apps like Instagram and Retro Camera that allow users with little “skill” to take brilliant photographs.

    Eventually, you won’t need to have any technical knowledge in a world increasingly defined by technology.

    Rather, the only thing you will need to have is an idea, and having good ones will be the only meaningful thing setting you apart from others. I like to think of it as the triumph of creativity over learned skill — a change that some believe has ramifications for formal education as well.

    The only remaining question is: Where are your ideas going to bubble up from?

  • Google Offers Hackers $20K To Take Down Chrome.

    Microsoft might have a go at it.

    It’s time to get out your pocket-squares and zit cream, Pwn2Own is coming up! This annualhacking competition, which takes place every March, gives hackers a chance to break into new systems, and to get paid for doing so. Companies like Apple, Google, and Firefox will offer up monetary prizes to geeks who can hack into their products.

    In the past the prize money has been around $15,000. But this year is different. Google is offering $20,000 and a free Chrome CR-48 laptop to anyone who can successfully exploit two vulnerabilities in its code.

    Two things. One, if Google really wanted to show confidence in Chrome, shouldn’t the prize money be like, $2 million? And two, this seems like a great way to find and hire Google’s next member of their security team. Let the hacking begin!

    Personally, I am not impressed by the $20,000 award. That must mean they expect to give that money away, and have hedged their bet. What’s also interesting is that both Firefox and Apple are only offering $15K to anyone who can hack their browser’s security. That sounds like chump change.

    Offer up $500K and you’ll have my attention, and the top spot in my choice of browser. With each company worth billions, let’s up the ante her folks and get some serious money on the table.

    Of course this is all publicity for Chrome, which is currently third in popularity behind Internet Explorer and Firefox, but I think there’s something more to it. What a great way to find the flaws in the system, and to find the guy who is smart enough to discover them!

    When the Pwn2Own goes down, will Google hand out $20K, a laptop, and a job to the person who can hack Chrome? It seems natural.

    If you fancy yourself a computer wiz, have time to take a 3-day trip to Vancouver in March, and have always wanted to work for Google, get packing, and get hacking. You’re shot’s coming up!

    http://current.com/19l9h4c

     

  • IT Salary benchmark 2010, India

     

    ZDNet Asia conducted an online survey between October 2009 and November 2010, to gain insights into salary trends and the IT workforce in Asia.

    The study polled a total of 14,998 respondents from various sectors including government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across eight Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

    There were 7,646 respondents from India, holding full-time positions with job functions that cut across several areas such as systems development, project management and support.

    In addition, 190 respondents from the economy were either contract or independent consultants, while another 43 held part-time positions, working fewer than 28 hours a week.

    Respondents who had IT management responsibilities in the IT, Web and telecom sector were the highest paid among their peers in India, pulling in an average salary of about 1.1 million rupee a year.

    Summary

    Indian IT professionals with less than five years industry experience earned average annual salary of 343,553 rupee.

    The study polled a total of 14,998 respondents from various sectors including government, healthcare, IT, services, telecommunications, legal and finance, and across eight Asian economies: China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

    There were 7,646 respondents from India, holding full-time positions with job functions that cut across several areas such as systems development, project management and support.

    In addition, 190 respondents from the economy were either contract or independent consultants, while another 43 held part-time positions, working fewer than 28 hours a week.

    Respondents who had IT management responsibilities in the IT, Web and telecom sector were the highest paid among their peers in India, pulling in an average salary of about 1.1 million rupee a year.

    In the following charts, INR denotes the Indian rupee.

    Average annual salary by IT skills and years of experience (INR)

    IT Skills
    Years of Experience
    Less than 5 years
    5-10 years
    More than 10 years
    Application Development
    373,298
    815,608
    1,181,769
    Desktops/Software
    285,563
    612,216
    947,142
    Operating Systems
    294,227
    607,227
    972,227
    Servers/Networking
    282,913
    599,485
    938,962
    Web Development
    333,187
    764,960
    1,154,673
    Systems Administration
    278,661
    526,571
    885,893
    Database Management
    343,204
    718,521
    1,073,855
    Enterprise Applications
    398,809
    846,389
    1,185,099
    Consulting/Business Services
    –
    –
    1,185,383
    IT Security
    306,355
    –
    –
    Infrastructure Management
    –
    673,578
    1,067,116
    Web Services
    352,724
    781,715
    –

    Average annual salary by job function and years of experience (INR)

    Job Function
    Years of experience
    Less than 5 years
    5-10 years
    More than 10 years
    IT Management
    441,035
    917,726
    1,216,840
    Project Management
    433,918
    871,926
    1,196,222
    Systems Development
    361,720
    726,148
    959,066
    Communications
    275,660
    576,898
    764,829
    Support
    225,150
    435,117
    601,476
    Administration
    295,268
    508,079
    695,156
    Other IT Professionals
    347,579
    728,463
    946,523
    Overall
    343,553
    728,840
    1,095,643

    Average annual salary of Top 10 most popular IT skills (INR)

    Rank
    % of Respondents
    IT Skills
    Average Annual Salary
    #1
    51.1
    Application Development
    678,954
    #2
    31.4
    Web Development
    615,953
    #3
    28.5
    Operating Systems
    546,591
    #4
    28.3
    Desktops/Software
    535,067
    #5
    25.8
    Servers/Networking
    533,301
    #6
    23.1
    System Administration
    486,367
    #7
    22.6
    Enterprise Applications
    789,770
    #8
    22.5
    Database Management
    614,497
    #9
    20.1
    Web Services
    658,308
    #10
    16.1
    Infrastructure Management
    685,645

    Average annual salary by job function and industry (INR)

    Job Function
    INDUSTRY
    IT, Web & Telecom
    Government, Education
    & Health
    Legal & Finance
    Media, Marketing
    & Sales (non-IT)
    Manufacturing, Services
    & Others (non-IT)
    Overall
    IT Management
    1,118,380
    667,960
    1,073,522
    815,333
    710,173
    1,014,855
    Project Management
    861,092
    719,865
    799,853
    570,818
    674,901
    840,971
    Systems Development
    517,113
    421,042
    610,898
    492,835
    486,881
    516,889
    Communications
    484,486
    275,308
    260,982
    243,182
    359,726
    434,012
    Support
    354,065
    271,385
    201,432
    396,000
    282,986
    327,131
    Administration
    458,609
    264,125
    474,960
    344,548
    325,918
    425,018
    Other IT Professionals
    604,622
    128,100
    524,500
    481,111
    372,275
    579,325
    Overall
    624,827
    426,271
    613,123
    511,126
    470,765
    602,348

    http://www.zdnetasia.com/india-it-salary-benchmark-2010-62204821.htm