Monitor Open TCP/IP and UDP Ports With TCPEye
The most dangerous and common characteristic of virus, trojan and worm is they open a TCP/IP or UDP port connection to spread outside the infected local machine. This is why network monitoring software is a must have tool (aside from antivirus and firewall) for system administrators. A tool like TCPEye...
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Recover Saved Windows Network Password
Windows 7, Vista and XP stores all save password in Credential Manager. Passwords for Network Authentication, Outlook, Live Messenger, GMAil Notifier are just few of the programs that utilize the Credential Manager. It is a well-known fact that checking the remember password option on programs put your...
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Fact: Pidgin Stores Passwords in Plain Text
I just learned recently that my favorite opensource and multi-protocol instant messenger client stores my passwords in plain text. Yeah thats right! once other users got hold with your machine and type the following "%appdata%\.purple\accounts.xml" on the run or search box then say goodbye to your privacy....
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Top HackMe Passwords
found this interesting article about common passwords used by web folks.
NYC put it quite bluntly, "Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was '12345.' Today, it's one digit...
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Security Update 2010-001 released
Apple has released Security Update 2010-001 Client and Server for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Security Update 2010-001 for Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.
The update addresses issues with CoreAudio, CUPS, Flash Player Plug-in, ImageIO, Image RAW, and OpenSSL. Read more here.
The update is available via Software...
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Facebook Settings Every User Should Check Now
"In December, Facebook made a series of bold and controversial changes regarding the nature of its users' privacy on the social networking site. The company once known for protecting privacy to the point of exclusivity, now seemingly wants to compete with more open social networks like the microblogging...
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Delete Recoverable Files and Folders Permanently
If you still don't know... you can recover any deleted files (pressing SHIFT+DEL) using various recovery software tools. One good example is you can recover deleted photos on a memory stick using Memory Stick File Rescue. Now if you intentionally deleted these files with the intention of making it disappear...
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Lock Files And Folders In Windows 7 Using Easy File Locker
I had been using Mylockbox to protect my private folders until today when I stumbled on a similar software that is more complete and made me switched. Easy File Locker can not just lock folders, it can also lock files and hide them from prying eyes. There are four options you can do with a folder or...
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Your Passwords Aren’t As Secure As You Think; Here’s How to Fix That
"If you allow applications to save your passwords, anyone with physical access to your PC can decode them unless you're properly encrypting them—and chances are pretty good you're not. Let's walk through the right and wrong ways to store your passwords."[via lifehacker]
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Convert Your Webcam to Motion Detection Security Cam
Want a security camera that supports motion detection? No need to hit the gadget store and buy a new one. If you have an old web cam sitting around then you can convert it to a security camera using your computer plus the Motion Detection software. This software can save still images and/or movies complete...
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