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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Even though it's been In the hands of OEMs for barely a week and has not even made it to general availability yet, Windows 7 has already been cracked. The crack can reportedly be built on Lenovo's Windows 7 Ultimate OEM DVD .ISO that was leaked to a Chinese forum. Using the leaked .ISO, the OEM-SLP product key and activation certificates can be obtained through the boot.wim.
Did you know that any website you visit can determine your browsing history? A new site, Web2.0collage.com , shows how easy it is for strangers to determine your browser history. By constructing a collage of the sites that you've visited, Web2.0collage.com mixes art and technology to raise privacy awareness.Many of us consider our browser history to be private, but that is no longer the case. Any website you visit can determine your browser history by exploiting the very features designed to enhance your internet experience, a fact many people are not aware of.
Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention.
I know some people will download non-official copies of Windows 7 when it becomes available. Some of you will also have a brand new operating system infected with malware and spyware because some of these copies will be pre-infected. If you want to make sure the copy of Windows 7 that you downloaded has not been tampered with then check out the Windows 7 ISO Verifier.
You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.
Today we're going to run down, step-by-step, how to crack a Wi-Fi network with WEP security turned on. But first, a word: Knowledge is power, but power doesn't mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn't make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise.
What type of protection do you have on your home network?
In the 220 milliseconds that flew by, a lot of interesting stuff happened to make Firefox change the address bar color and put a lock in the lower right corner. With the help of Wireshark, my favorite network tool, and a slightly modified debug build of Firefox, we can see exactly what's going on.
Just when it appeared Windows and its associated services were looking more stable month after month, Microsoft chose June to tackle a plethora of vulnerabilities including no fewer than 14 that its security engineers believe could be exploitable within the next 30 days.
With that many fixes I think it will be better to wait a couple days to make sure the patches don't introduce any problems.
TestDisk is a powerful free data recovery software! It was primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table). Partition table recovery using TestDisk is really easy.
What it does:
Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
Fix FAT tables
Rebuild NTFS boot sector
Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
Fix MFT using MFT mirror
Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
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The internet—unfortunately—isn't a never-ending buffet of secure open-source software and Bollywood-style musicals starring LOLCats. There are people and organizations that delight in stealing your personal data, hijacking your computer, and making a general nuisance of themselves through malicious software. This week we're highlighting the top five tools for removing software with ill-intentions from you PC.
Child Safe Email with ZooBuh: Your child can now have a safe email account, giving you complete peace of mind. Parents have the ability to control and monitor their children's activities from anywhere.
NetNanny: Net Nanny Products from ContentWatch provide Internet Protection software, including parental controls and internet filtering software, computer cleaning utilities, anti-phishing controls, and more.
CyberPatrol: CyberPatrol lets you use the Internet safely. Our parental control and internet filter products and services help you block websites, monitor internet use, control internet access, and stop online predators and cyberbullying.
Security Advisory 969136 describes the new problem as one that can allow remote code execution if the file recipient opens an infected file. The Microsoft Security Research & Defense blog is rather more useful (not to mention straightforward -- yes, they're seeing it out in the wild, used in targeted attacks), recommending several defensive maneuvers while we await a patch.
Conficker is one of a new interesting breed of self-updating worms that has drawn much attention recently from those who track malware. In fact, if you have been operating Internet honeynets recently, Conficker has been one very difficult malware to avoid. In the last few months this worm has relentlessly pushed all other infection agents out of the way, as it has infiltrated nearly every Windows 2K and XP honeypot that we have placed out on the Internet
This is a great read for all the geeks out there. Quite interesting.
Does the machine you're using have a case of the Mondays Conficker worm? CERT on Sunday issued a bulletin updating the infection situation and suggesting that if users are unable to load two particular URLS -- one at Symantec, one at McAfee -- it might indicate that the machine is infected, since Conficker interferes with access to those sites. Windows users may want to take a second to click for themselves.
it's an little embarrassing to discover that a dumbfoundingly simple method for forcing Windows to accept keypresses from a script as though they'd been pressed by a human being, is the focus of a proof-of-concept macro capable of disengaging User Account Control in Windows 7.
Get ZoneAlarm Pro for free tomorrow, November 18th. The page linked below should get activated tomorrow at some point. If the link is not correct I will update it when I find out what the actuall published link is.
Poke is the ultimate gaming utility. It's a small program that allows you to cheat in every game out there - published or to be published in the future!
In a computer game, all numerical values are stored 'as is' in memory. We'll use a great game, The Sims, to show you how easy it is to take advantage of this fact using Poke.
The best criminal hacker is the one that isn't caught—or even identified. These are 10 of the most infamous unsolved computer crimes (that we know about).
I didn't know that Microsoft was releasing the monthly security updates to a DVD ISO image as well as through the Windows Update tool. I guess for someone in an enterprise environment a DVD of the updates may be a desirable thing.
"In computer science, a hash collision or hash clash is a situation that occurs when two distinct inputs into a hash function produce identical outputs."
Why you shouldn't be hashing with MD5 anymore if you have access to the SHA-1 algorithm. MD5 collisions can be made in hours or minutes on a standard notebook computer. This basically renders the hash useless for highly sensitive information.
Submit your planned newsletter/ad/etc. (via SpamCheck Form or via e-mail). In seconds, we'll return a Spam Score and recommendations on how to reduce the likelihood of your e-mail being filtered.
Whether is accurate or not at least its something. Wish I could find an open source PHP solution so I can play around with the algorithms a bit. Anyway, use it if you like and let me know if it worked for you or not.
Kevin Mitnick knows that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.
As a young fugitive hacker, he went to jail for breaking into computer networks, mostly by using his cunning and persuasion than his tech skills. He was an early master of the science of social engineering--manipulating people into doing what you want, such as giving out passwords and other information that unlocks sensitive information on networks.
For a good movie on the story of Kevin Mitnick then check out Track Down. A great movie.
Online htpasswd Creator is an easy way to create properly encrypted passwords for use in an htpasswd file. The htpasswd file is reference from an htaccess file to protect files and folders.
Freeware PDF Unlocker, a free Windows utility, doesn't do everything that commerical packages like those from Elcomsoft do, but it will help if you just need to unlock copy/paste and editing restrictions on a PDF. Simply drag a copy-protected PDF onto PDF Unlocker's icon, and a new, non-protected copy will be created.
Now more than ever, it's important that Windows users ensure their machines are safe from hackers. A dangerous new strain of malicious software that holds the victim's computers files for ransom has been unleashed, and Kaspersky Lab is warning that security researchers have yet to crack the encryption key.
The malware in this case is the latest version of Gpcode (Kaspersky calls it Gpcode.ak), a nasty piece of "ransomware" that scrambles all of the victim's data files with an encryption key known only to the attacker(s). Victims are told via a pop-up message that they need to purchase a special decryption program to regain access to their data.
McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are ".hk" (Hong Kong), ".cn" (China) and ".info" (information).
Of all ".hk" sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of ".cn" sites and 11.7 percent of ".info" sites that way.
Microsoft is warning that a previously disclosed flaw in Apple's Safari browser could have dire consequences for Windows users.
The Safari bug, originally disclosed on May 15 by security researcher Nitesh Dhanjani, allows attackers to litter a victim's desktop with executable files, an attack known as "carpet bombing."
It turns out that if this flaw is exploited in combination with a second unpatched bug in Internet Explorer, attackers can run unauthorized software on a victim's computer, according to Aviv Raff, a security researcher. Raff says he originally reported the IE flaw to Microsoft more than a year ago, and then told them about how it could be combined with the carpet bombing bug just over a week ago.
In this practical introduction to the basics of securing your home wireless network, we'll cover the important, high-level points that ordinary users need to know in order to secure a network of game consoles, phones, and PCs. Along the way, we'll also recap some of the relevant information from the original wireless blackpaper...
Basic antivirus and antispyware protection for Windows available to download for free. Limited features, no support, for private and non-commercial use only.
Features:
Virus and spyware protection
Safe web surfing, downloading and instant messaging
Hacker attacks prevention
Phishing and E-Mail scam blocking
Stops threats before they become a problem
I use and install AVG on most of my systems and it has done well for me. This is worth checking out and for the price (free), why not.
In this article I'm going to try to provide documentation for the undocumented Rich Signature produced by Microsoft compilers. I'm not completely sure when this signature was introduced, I wrongly believed that I had been introduced with Visual Studio 2003, but I was shown that it is present even in VC++ 6 executables. So, I guess this signature has been introduced with that compiler. Information about this topic is non-existent (seems strange, but it's a fact). Thus, most readers probably don't know what I'm talking about.
Virustotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines.
Knoppix STD is a Linux-based Security Tool. Actually, it is a collection of hundreds if not thousands of open source security tools. It's a Live Linux Distro, which means it runs from a bootable CD in memory without changing the native operating system of the host computer. Its sole purpose in life is to put as many security tools at your disposal with as slick an interface as it can.
Knoppix STD doesn't even have to be installed. Just burn it to a CD, place it in your CD drive, reboot the computer and let it boot from the CD. Knoppix STD will be setup for you. Couldn't be easier to play around with a Linux distro or in this case test out some hacker tools. (built ontop of Knoppix)
Unsure if your website is as secure as it should be? Then check out the Exploit-Me suite to test the two most common, and well known, forms of attack; Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL Injection.
XSS
XSS-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.
SQL Injection
SQL Inject-Me is the Exploit-Me tool used to test for SQL Injection vulnerabilities.
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...
When you consider that you can go to Google right now and enter a search string which will return you thousands of usernames and passwords to websites, you realize that this dark science is really no mystery at all. You’ll react similarly when you see just how simple a concept SQL Injection is, and how it can be automated with simple tools. Read on, to learn the basics of how sites and web content management systems are most often hacked, and what you can do to reduce the risk of it happening to you.
The reason for the warning is Safari's lack of anti-phishing technology. Currently the Apple browser does not alert users to sites that could be phishing for your info, and it lacks support for Extended Validation. PayPal is, of course, a popular site among phishers in their neverending search for personal information, user IDs, and passwords.
The "Cult of the Dead Cow" hacker group – cDc for short – has published a tool that searches for vulnerabilities and private information across the web. Using well-chosen Google search queries, Goolag Scan discovers links to vulnerable web applications, back doors, or documents inadvertently put on the internet that contain sensitive information.
This kind of "Google hacking" is already well known: a hacker using the pseudonym Johnny has already published quite a collection of these "Google Hacks" or "Google Dorks" on his web site ihackstuff. What cDc has done is create an automated tool that allows an unskilled hacker to use these same techniques.
For most people, their web browser is central to their interaction with the Internet, connecting to global web sites and helping them consume online services providing everything from booking flights to banking services to online shopping. This reality makes browsers a key tool when evaluating the security experience of users as the browser interprets Web content and programs delivered from around the world.
Over the past few years, there has been much discussion of the need for improvements in browser security, but few hard data studies performed to support assertions concerning the security of available browsers.
This report documents the results of my analysis of Internet Explorer and Firefox vulnerabilities over the past few years since Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP SP2 became available and Mozilla launched Firefox.
Make Password is back online after a server issue that caused it to not function properly. Thanx to a very helpful person it was brought to my attention and all is resolved.
The EURion constellation is a pattern of symbols found on a number of banknote designs since about 1996. It is added to help software detect the presence of a banknote in a digital image. Such software can then block the user from reproducing banknotes to prevent counterfeiting using colour photocopiers.
Pretty interesting on the mechanism that copy machines use to detect and block the copying of a banknote.
Elections were transmitted using a secure encryption encoded by a key generated using photons -- tiny, massless packets of light. Since this method uses physics instead of math to create the key used to encrypt the data, there's little chance it can be cracked using mathematics.
Make Password has been expanded to included a Password Strength value that can be added to the generated password list. This value is a number from 0 to 100 with 100 being a very strong password and 0 being a weak password.
I think this can help when people are creating large lists of passwords as you will now know the strength of the password.
Want something else added or have comments about Make Password then please feel free to drop by the Forum.
If you are trying to track down why your computer is running so slooowwwly, try using this simple DOS command from Digital Inspiration to uncover a possible problem:
Type cmd in your Windows Run box.
Type "netstat -b 5 > activity.txt" and press enter.
After say 2 minutes, press Ctrl+C.
Type "activity.txt" on the command line to open the log file in notepad (or your default text editor)
There have been some questions raised about how we service the Windows Update components and concerns expressed about software installing silently. I want to clarify the issue so that everyone can better understand why the self-updating of Windows Update acts the way it does.
To understand how rainbow tables work, you first have to understand how passwords are stored on computers, whether on your own desktop, or on a remote web server somewhere.
Passwords are never stored in plaintext. At least they shouldn't be, unless you're building the world's most insecure system using the world's most naïve programmers. Instead, passwords are stored as the output of a hash function. Hashes are one-way operations. Even if an attacker gained access to the hashed version of your password, it's not possible to reconstitute the password from the hash value alone.
But it is possible to attack the hashed value of your password using rainbow tables: enormous, pre-computed hash values for every possible combination of characters. An attacking PC could certainly calculate all these hashes on the fly, but taking advantage of a massive table of pre-computed hash values enables the attack to proceed several orders of magnitude faster-- assuming the attacking machine has enough RAM to store the entire table (or at least most of it) in memory. It's a classic time-memory tradeoff, exactly the sort of cheating shortcut you'd expect a black hat attacker to take.
ELK CLONER, 1982: Regarded as the first virus to hit personal computers worldwide, "Elk Cloner" spread through Apple II floppy disks and displayed a poem written by its author, a ninth-grade student who was designing a practical joke.
Read about the other notorious computer viruses over the past 25 years.
Mozilla is beginning to give away programs used by both the good guys and the bad guys to discover critical program vulnerabilities.
The programs, called fuzzers, have so far been for internal use only. Fuzzers poke at programs in search of vulnerabilities that can arise when an application receives data it doesn't expect.
Users may think that their personal data is safe when they use a secure login page online, but that's quite far from the truth. In fact, everything from the contents of your e-mail, who your friends and acquaintances are, and almost anything else you can think of could be easily exposed by hackers if browsed via WiFi network, security firm Errata Security pointed out in a recent paper presented at this year's Black Hat 2007 and seen by Ars Technica.
Unfortunately, most firewalls leak. But Comodo's Firewall is unique in that it passes all known leak tests to ensure the integrity of data entering and exiting your system. Comodo has put firewall through all kinds of sophisticated tests to ensure its firewall powerful enough to ward off these attacks with default settings. No other firewall has had to work this hard.
Features from Comodo's website:
PC Magazine Online's Editor's Choice
Secures against internal and external attacks
Blocks internet access to malicious Trojan programs
Safeguards your Personal data against theft
Delivers total end-point security for Personal Computers and Networks
I was a long time user of Sygate's personal firewall but when it was acquired by Symantec no more updates were provided and the firewall and all future development just died. I continued using Sygate until locating Comodo, and so far, has proved to be a great firewall.
Mozilla Admits Firefox Exploit Caused by Firefox Bug, Not IE: "On July 10, engineers at Secunia issued a security advisory, rated 'Highly Critical,' warning Firefox users that their browser could be tricked into executing arbitrary JavaScript code. Soon afterward, Mozilla developers issued a statement saying the problem was caused by Internet Explorer, which could trick Firefox into executing that code. This morning, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder had to issue a retraction, stating Firefox could just as easily trick Firefox into doing the same thing"
Tech Support Guy is one buzzing forum with lots of groups and 100K's of posts. If you need some help with anything computer than check this forum out. Even if you don't want to ask a questions just using their search feature can probably yield a discussion going on.
Redesigned Engine – Benefit from superior program flexibility and more accurate scanning methods with all-new program architecture.
Improved Code Sequence Identification (CSI) Technology – Boost your privacy protection with precise detection of embedded malware, including known and emerging threats.
Incremental Definition File Updates – Save precious time and resources with smaller update files resulting in faster download times.
TrackSweep - Control privacy by erasing tracks left behind while surfing the Web on Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera, with one easy click.
Multiple Browser Support – Choose Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Opera with expanded browser support.
New Straightforward User Interface – Effortlessly maneuver the complexities of malware detection and removal with our new user-friendly interface.
Polish hacker Michal Zalewski has ratcheted up his ongoing assault on Web browser security models, releasing details on serious flaws in fully patched versions of IE 6, IE 7 and Firefox 2.0.
Edited: The first and last numbers have been X'd out...
Does that number mean anything to you? Apparently a lot of people are up in arms over it and people posting about it are being threatened with legal ramifications.
"It’s the HD-DVD Processing Key for most movies released so far. I was not aware that a string of numbers and letters was copyrightable. Perhaps its just my ignorance but it seems that someone is abusing the DMCA again.
This means the (admittedly long) number is precisely the key you need in order to decrypt and watch HD-DVD movies in Linux (oh, okay, maybe software is also required). And the fact that it’s out there, spreading like wildfire, is killing the types at the movie studios right now."
This story is spreading like wild-fires and Digg has even removed posts containing the number. Is this huge? Is this a well executed hoax? The next few days will tell.
AVG Anti-Rootkit is a powerful tool with state-of-the-art technology for detection and removal of rootkits. Rootkits are used to hide the presence of a malicious object like trojans or keyloggers on your computer. If a threat uses rootkit technology to hide itself it is very hard to find the malware on your PC. AVG Anti-Rootkit gives you the power to find and delete the rootkit and to uncover the threat the rootkit is hiding.
Industry Leading Encryption Software from Pointsec Mobile Technologies: "What's the real cost of a lost laptop, PC, PDA or smart phone? It depends. How much private information could be stolen? How many trade secrets? How much will you have to spend to restore your customers' privacy? Not to mention their trust - or your reputation?"
Free Secure Email Certificates allow you to encrypt and digitally sign email and attachments keeping them secure and confidential
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Binds your email identity (email address) to a cryptographic key used to sign or to encrypt your email
Make Password can give you some assistance on creating lists of passwords and then you can use RoboForm to store them. Roboform is a must as it makes recalling passwords a snap and lets you assign unique passwords for every login. No more worrying about a website 'stealing' your passwords. Imagine if you use the same password on every login and one of the websites is upto no good - kinda scary.
DataDots are a state of the art identification and anti-theft security system applicable to most assets. The product consists of polyester substrate micro-dots, each the size of a grain of sand, onto which unique information is laser etched. These unique dots come pre-mixed in a UV based adhesive for ready application onto assets such as cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, laptops and other electrical equipment, business assets, cell phones, tools, Powersports equipment, and other high value items.
DataDots are a good options but what about RFID powder. Remember that? With that technology you will not only be able to identify if an item is yours, but you can do it with an RFID scanner without the need to actually approach the item.
Long gone are the days when you have to prove that you are human by typing in a jumble of mangled letters and numbers that even a human has trouble deciphering (I often get it wrong). Here comes Microsoft to the rescue with the Asirra project. The short is that the Asirra project provides the code that lets you prove your human by choosing all the cats from a series of pictures of dogs and cats.
Not sure this is the solution to the anoyounce so many people have with CAPTCHA* but I think its moving in the right direction. Computers will get faster and deciphering letters and numbers will become trivial no matter how mangled they are. A better solution is needed.
I created an online password creator to help me in setting up password lists in databases. Basically I had a need for more than 10K random passwords, with hash values, as a default password for a member database.
Well, I am now looking for ideas on how to make the tool better. So, here is your time to let me know what you would like to see, features you want added, or just general ideas.
If you have an idea for a new online tool please feel free to email me directly (email address in my profile) and I just might create your tool.
OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity. How it works:
To login to an OpenID-enabled website (even one you've never been to before), just type your OpenID URI. The website will then redirect you to your OpenID Provider to login using whatever credentials it requires. Once authenticated, your OpenID provider will send you back to the website with the necessary credentials to log you in.
Symptom: you have identified files or folders belonging to spyware, malware, or adware that cannot be deleted since some background service has the files or folders locked. You receive a message “access denied” when attempting to delete them and uninstalling the malware from Add/Remove programs, or deleting associated Regkeys, still does not remove the files.
Right click on the folder, or file(s), and select Properties.
Click on the Security tab.
Highlight the Administrators group, and then click Remove. You should not have to highlight any other groups or user names.
When prompted with a message “you cannot remove xxxxx/xxxxx because this object is inheriting permissions from its parent, click on "OK" to the message, and then click the “Advanced” button.
Uncheck the box for “inherit from parent the permission entries……”
When prompted with another dialog “selecting this option means the parent permission entries…… will no longer be applied….” click “Remove”.
Still in the Advanced Security Settings dialog, click Add.
In the Select User or Group dialog, type in “Everyone” (no quotes) in the “Enter the object…” field, then click on "OK".
In the Permissions Entry dialog, check off “Full Control”. All other boxes should automatically be checked off. Click on "OK".
In the Advanced Security Settings dialog again, “Everyone” should appear in the Permissions entries field, and under “Inherited From”, should appear.
Click on "OK" again to exit that dialog.
Click on "OK" to exit the folder or file Properties dialog.
Try deleting the folders or files. You may need to reboot the PC in order to release the current security settings from memory. Once restarted, try deleting the items again. If removing malware from a PC, this is a good start toward disabling the software, especially where Add/Remove Programs, or registry key deletions have not worked.
Search "-w:unprotectpassword-" tag, the line reads something like that: w:unprotectpassword-JSHDNW08-/w:unprotectpassword- (the dashes are used because HTML tag enclosures get removed from the blog posting)
Keep this "password" in mind
Open original document (.doc) with any hex-editor
search for hex-values of the password (reverse order!)
Overwrite all 4 double-bytes with 0x00, Save, Close
Open document with MS Word, Select "Tools / Unprotect Document" (password is blank)
Found this a long time ago so I'm not sure who to give credit to.
"The new version of AVG Free provides increased scanning speed as well as additional improvements which include a new event-history log and added options for filename extension definitions."
Automatic update functionality
The AVG Resident Shield, which provides real-time protection as files are opened and programs are run
The AVG E-mail Scanner, which protects your e-mail
The AVG On-Demand Scanner, which allows the user to perform scheduled and manual tests
Free Virus Database Updates for the lifetime of the product
AVG Virus Vault for safe handling of infected files
I know some people will download non-official copies of Windows 7 when it becomes available. Some of you will also have a brand new operating system infected with malware and spyware because some of these copies will be pre-infected. If you want to make sure the copy of Windows 7 that you downloaded has not been tampered with then check out the 
Unsure if your website is as secure as it should be? Then check out the Exploit-Me suite to test the two most common, and well known, forms of attack; Cross Site Scripting (XSS) and SQL Injection.
Long gone are the days when you have to prove that you are human by typing in a jumble of mangled letters and numbers that even a human has trouble deciphering (I often get it wrong). Here comes Microsoft to the rescue with the 
