Assalamualaikum w.b.t to all of you.


~2315, Thursday, 25 December, 2008.


Sampai K.L kira2 dalam kul 2am by car for Krismas holiday. Driving from Melaka took lebih kurang 4 jam. So tired. Driving alone. Bertolak lebih kurang kul 10pm lebih. Sampai K.L, tumpang bilik kawan kat UIA (junior). Pukul 4.30 pg pulak, pergi amik abe Arif (anak sedara) kat Hentian Pudu. Beliau dtg K.L sempena Krismas. He still studying at Pahang matriculation. Mmg dah plan dari awal2 lg. Tp initial planning nakgi Genting, namun memandangkan keadaan diri ini xberapa mengizinkan, terpaksalah tukar plan asal. Org suruh tunggu kat plaza tol Gombak, tp mcmna dia boleh tertidur. Blame someone is something enjoyable..hehe. Ah, sedak kata kat org. Kalau aku pun rasanya boleh tertidur jugak. Biarpun keadaan diri xberapa baik, dahlah penat pun xhilang lg drive dari Melaka namun terpaksa juga gagahkan diri utk pergi amik beliau.


~1124 pagi,

Bertolak dari UIA ke Putrajaya. Ni 2nd time aku datang sini. Dah byk berubah. Masa dtg dulu, byk lagi bangunan yg xsiap and still dalam process development. Kat sana, sempat jugak bergambar. Yang xbestnya aku xde camera, so terpaksalah bergambar dgn camera handphone. Kualiti mmglah xsehebat digicam, tp kira oklah. At least ada jugak gambar utk kenangan.

So, kat ruangan ini aku nak kongsilah dgn korang2 semua antara gambar2 yg sempat aku amik masa kat sana utk kenangan lepas2 ni...saja nak kongsi jek. Nak bagi jealous kat korang semua yang masih belum sampai kat Putrajaya. Pesanku, ada masa nanti, kunjungilah. Panoramanya sungguh menakjubkan. Putrajaya is a truly awe-inspiring.

Gambar dirakam dgn Nokia N73.









Actually, ada byk lagi aku nak letak kat sini tp sbb connection pulak putus2 membuatkan aku feel down nak post lagi..dahlah mata ni pun dah rasa pedih. Semalam baru sampai sini, pastu pergi amik abe Arif lagi...and hari ni seharian kat Putrajaya...penat betul.. and then connection pulak meragam...dissapointed...guna wireless kat UIA ni. Ingat kan service dah okay, rupa2nya still mcm dulu lagi. Xde perubahan pun..huhu sedey..

Oklah, till then jumpa lg next time soon. Bye.

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Salam to all of u readers,

~1715, December 21, 2008, Somewhere in Malacca.

Last night around 0247, i got a phone call from my friend told me that our group team database has been took over by someone (hacker probably). The total damage has not yet been classified.


~Today, 0902, December 22, 2008.

I was told by our project manager with high degree of confidence that half of our data has been compromised. Its all about the new project codename WINGS2 that will be launching next week. I was really shock and panic for a moment since we have to submit the final draft the day after tomorrow (Dec 24). Initially rasa nak report kat authority about this thing. But, unfortunately it seems that is just to no avail. Nothing will going to change indeed. Nobody ain't to come forward to claim responsible for that. All we have to do is to retrieve the data back before it was too late. Celaka betul sape punyer kerja ni. Orang xtido 2-3 malam straight nak siapkan benda alah ni (some kinda programming). Dia senang2 je nak rosakkan kerja org. Lantas terdetik di hati rasa nak balas balik. Rasa rugi xbelajar betul2 dulu mcmna nak hack system computer orang lain. Bukan nak menuduh tp aku rasa aku tahu sape punye angkara durjana ni..

I was wonder why it took so damn easy to hack our database (breaching our security is impossible i thought) since we have very tight firewall on and a bundle of security level but it still not ample enough to stop hackers from intruding into our system. What a silly mistakes. Very ashamed huhu. Security macam sial. Sori abg Bad (our security programmer) lie terpaksa mengutuk sbb abg Bad terlalu ego. Skang tgk apa dah jadi..


~2028, December 24, 2008.

Tomorrow, Christian devotees will be celebrating Christmas. Merry Christmas to them. When talking about the Internet and the associated technology, it is quite common to talk about cyberspace, a parallel universe, virtual and intangible, in which everything that exists in the real world can exist through a cable. Modern technologies have enabled the creation of this digital world in which any experience is possible.

We are surrounded by devices that can enable everyday activities to be carried out on the Web. Work, personal relations, business, leisure... there are few activities in 2008 outside the scope of the Internet. Perhaps we could demand that technology advances towards the transmission of physical senses beyond simply sight and hearing. Smell, taste and touch have not really been explored to complete our sensory experience in the way that, say, home cinema caters for our audio and visual senses. I don't believe we'll have to wait long in this area, in particular with respect to touch. The pornography industry will soon make its move in this direction, as gradually everything ends up having its counterpart on the Internet.

However, more sinister aspects of real life are also bridging the digital divide. Cyberspace is adopting not just the positive advances of humanity, but also the most negative aspects of our society.

Many experts would date the start of personal computing on a massive scale back to 1981, with the introduction of the first IBM PC systems. And along with the popularization of the PC came computer viruses. A wave of malicious code saturated systems. Although even infections that were then considered disastrous gave little insight into what would happen some years later, when the Web became a mirror of the real world. If at some time viruses were considered the first form of cyber life, this life form has evolved at a dangerous rate.

The authentic creators of malicious code initially created viruses as a hobby, and now they are genuine professionals earning serious sums of money. And how is it possible to earn money with a virus? If we continue to understand the concept of a virus as it was some years ago, evidently there is no financial return. Destruction for the sake of destruction, propagation of malicious code as an objective in itself has no benefit to anyone. Nevertheless, a small twist in the creation of the code has started to make this a profitable economic activity.

The shift from real to virtual life is also affecting malicious code. The creators of malware are now showing an interest in cyber crime. Illegal activities are now as much a part of the Internet as e-commerce, the sale of concert tickets or online newspapers. Take the following example. A user visits a web page and a window appears asking for her consent to install small program (spyware). According to the web page, this is a special content viewer. In reality, this program will spy on the user's Internet movements so that the adverts displayed on certain sites coincide with her lifestyle. Advertising agencies will charge more for this targeted advertising, bearing in mind that as they know the habits of the person, they know they are a potential client of the advertised product.

In this case the user is being robbed, even though she doesn't realize. Her privacy when using the Internet has been invaded, she is no longer anonymous. And although many Internet users will not feel this is important, it is just the first step.


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Letih wei..., lama xnaip...

The next step is clear. If a programmer can spy on somebody's Internet movements, why not go one step further and spy on online banking operations? On banking websites users enter login details and passwords which if known would make theft a simple task. A key logger registers keystrokes and sends them to a hacker. Quick and simple: another victim of fraud.

Malware creators already know that they can get money out of users… so now they need more. And that's what they will do, despite the obstacles we put in their path, as the amount at stake is considerable. Firstly, they will try to trick users into ‘voluntarily’ revealing the information they need. Phishing is oriented towards using subtle tricks to get users to send their details to the fraudsters who then use them to access bank accounts, etc. From simple e-mail passwords to credit card numbers, cyber crooks will try to entice the less-informed and more vulnerable users to fall for their scams.

Ah, letih menaip bang kak oi. Gilos dekat 2 jam lebih aku menaip benda ni. Xsedar. Rasa bazir masa pulop. Tgk2 masa dah dua jam aku spent utk blogging. Stop dulu lah. Tp xpe, leh improve lg english aku. Okay, sambung lg next time. Btw, ni baru part 1. Part 2 akan bakal menyusul xlama lagi. Nantikan kemunculan part 2 ye. Btw, sedap menulis ni. Mmg minat aku menulis ni, cuma selalu je xberkesempatan..ok ya, c u again.


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