May 03
security, software No Comments
Freeware application WirelessKeyView recovers the wireless network keys saved to your computer by the Windows Wireless Zero Configuration service of XP or the WLAN AutoConfig service in Vista. As with any password-finding tool…
Mar 17
hacking, security, technology No Comments
More than 100 drivers in Austin, Texas found their cars disabled or the horns honking out of control, after an intruder ran amok in a web-based vehicle-immobilization system normally used to get the attention of consumers delinquent in their auto payments.
Kinda funny…
Feb 17
Are you doing enough to protect your business by having secure passwords? And do you have different passwords that can’t easily be traced?Many people use the same password for everything – from their private work accounts, containing a plethora of confidential details, through to their own personal Facebook or social networking account.
Analysis of the 32 million passwords exposed last month in the breach of social media application developer RockYou – who’s applications can be used on Facebook and Myspace – provides further proof that consumers routinely use easy-to-guess login credentials.
Jan 20
microsoft, security No Comments
Reports have surfaced about a new security hole that has been in Windows since the release of Windows NT 3.1 on July 27, 1993. The vulnerability is present in all 32-bit versions of Windows released since then, including Windows 7.Thankfully, the flaw isn’t in a commonly used application but in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) used to support 16-bit applications. There are several vulnerabilities in this implementation, according to Google security team member Tavis Ormandy, who found the issues.
Dec 14
Hackers have released an application designed to thwart a Microsoft-packaged forensic toolkit used by law enforcement agencies to examine a suspect’s hard drive during a raid.The hacker tool, dubbed DECAF, is designed to counteract the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, aka COFEE. The latter is a suite of 150 bundled, off-the-shelf forensic tools that run from a script. Microsoft combined the programs into a portable tool that can be used by law enforcement agents in the field before they bring a computer back to their forensic lab. The script runs on a USB stick that agents plug into the machine.
Nov 04
Following its August 2009 on-demand report, AV-Comparatives has released its October 2009 removal comparative. Sixteen products were tested between September 1, 2009 and September 15, 2009 on Windows XP Professional SP3 32bit. The latest updates installed on September 1, 2009. The tests in this latest study focus only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities of the security products installed on an already infected/compromised system; detection rates and protection capabilities are ignored.
Nov 03
microsoft, security, windows No Comments
The Magical Jelly Bean Keyfinder is a freeware open source utility that retrieves your Product Key (cd key) used to install Windows from your registry. It allows you to print or save your keys for safekeeping. It works on Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Server 2003, Server 2008, Office XP, Office 2003, and Office 2007 family of products. It also has a community-updated configuration file that retrieves product keys for many other applications. Another feature is the ability to retrieve product keys from unbootable Windows installations.
One of those tools that’s good to know about.
Oct 13
security, software No Comments
Only for the next 24 hours:
http://download.zonealarm.com/bin/free/sum/index-b.html
Oct 05
email, microsoft, security No Comments
Neowin has received information regarding a possible Windows Live Hotmail “hack” or phishing scheme where password details of thousands of Hotmail accounts have been posted online.An anonymous user posted details of the accounts on October 1 at pastebin.com, a site commonly used by developers to share code snippets. The details have since been removed but Neowin has seen part of the list posted and can confirm the accounts are genuine and most appear to be based in Europe. The list details over 10,000 accounts starting from A through to B, suggesting there could be additional lists. Currently it appears only accounts used to access Microsoft’s Windows Live Hotmail have been posted, this includes @hotmail.com, @msn.com and @live.com accounts.
This is why every online account I have has a different, strong password. I use RoboForm to manage all the passwords so I don’t have to remember them.
Oct 02
microsoft, security No Comments
Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.
Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.
Going to give this a go and probably drop AVG in favor of an MS solution.
Sep 21
microsoft, security, software No Comments
No hassle, no cost security software for your computer.
The idea is good and MS is the best computer to protect the OS that they developed (I’m sure lots of people will strongly disagree with that) so will see if this becomes anything.
Sep 11
security, software No Comments
With ID theft reaching increasingly alarming proportions, Symantec this week rolled out a battery of new tools geared to helping PC users fight victimization, at a press event Wednesday in New York City.The company’s latest round of heavy artillery includes new Quorum technology, integrated into the now available Norton Internet Security 10 and Norton Antivirus 10, plus a free tool known as the Norton Online Risk Calculator.
Does anyone still use Norton? I stopped using them many years ago because they are just way to much of a resource hog. Have they got any better?
Personally I use AVG for antivirus and Comodo for a firewall.
Aug 27
development, php, security No Comments
Unfortunately there will always be some one out there on the world wide web who will attempt to break any thing they can find on the internet so you owe it to your visitors/ members to ensure nothing malicious is being hidden on your site and there info isn’t being stolen. In this article i will cover 5 important steps you need to take to make sure your web site’s secure.
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Aug 14
development, javascript, jquery, security No Comments
In short words jCryption is a javascript HTML-Form encryption plugin, which encrypts the POST/GET-Data that will be sent when you submit a form. It uses the Multiple-precision and Barrett modular reduction libraries for the calculations and jQuery for the rest.Normally if you submit a form and you don’t use SSL, your data will be sent in plain text. But SSL is neither supported by every webhost nor it’s easy to install/apply sometimes. So I created this plug-in in order that you are able to encrypt your data fast and simple. jCryption uses the public-key algorithm of RSA for the encryption.
Jul 31
Critical vulnerabilities have been identified in the current versions of Adobe Flash Player (v9.0.159.0 and v10.0.22.87) for Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, and the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat v9.x for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems. These vulnerabilities could cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system.
Link:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-10.html
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