Grownups taking online password security risks

UK grownups are risking their online security by using identical or easy to remember passwords on the webpages they visit, new Ofcom research reveals. More than half (55%) of grownup internet users admit they use the same password for most, if not all, webpages. Meanwhile, a quarter (26%) say they tend to use easy to remember passwords such as birthdays... [Read more ...]

More than 108,000 accounts of Sims players stolen

According to Cyber War News reports, NewSeaSims – the webpage used for a lot of Sims users for downloading custom stuff for their characters was attacked, and that resulted in the compromise of registered users’ emails, usernames and passwords. To worsen the things up, this list that also provides the details for more than 108.000 users... [Read more ...]

Users do not feel safe on Social Media networks

More than 80% of users take into consideration that their personal data might be stolen or misused on the social media websites like Facebook, Twitter or Google+ show a study of Avira. This survey also showed that about 44% of users refered to Facebook and Twitter as their primary concern and another 40% mention other social websites. So, the users... [Read more ...]

Win 7 password reset how to (Vista, XP covered)

1. Use the win 7 password reset cd to restore your Windows password Windows Vista and Windows 7 let you burn a password reset disk that you can use in order to perform Win 7 password reset (or Vista) without headaches. The only problem is that you actually have to make this password reset disk BEFORE losing your password (so right after a fresh install).... [Read more ...]

Passwords from US government revealed by Anonymous

As the moment when the new legislation for defending the rights of copyright holders regarding online sharing will be discussed is coming near, the Irish politician pushing it & the government itself are being repeatedly attacked by the hacker collective Anonymous. The group said a campaign dubbed “#OpIreland” & mounted DDoS assaults... [Read more ...]

How to avoid getting hacked by Anonymous

The hactivist group Anonymous used a series of simple technical plus social exploits to crack the network of security-technology firm HBGary Federal, giving the company a schooling that other network security pros can learn from. The overriding lesson: Meticulously follow the basic best-practices of corporate defense. But there’s more detailed... [Read more ...]

FBI investigates the Gawker Media Hack

The FBI confirmed that it is inquiring in to the recent intrusion by a group of hackers in to Gawker Media’s servers last weekend. The hack exposed over 200,000 reader e-mail addresses and passwords, and the information is now circulating online as a peer-to-peer torrent file. An FBI representative declined to comment further about the continued... [Read more ...]

Tcpdump, Etherape and Cain and Abel – security scanners

Tcpdump Tcpdump is the IP sniffer all of us used before Ethereal (Wireshark) came on the scene, and plenty of of us continue to make use of it often. It may not have the bells and whistles (such as a GUI or parsing logic for hundreds of application protocols) that Wireshark has, but it does the job well and with fewer security holes. It also requires... [Read more ...]

Websites that “grab” your browsing history

Certain web pages probe visiting browsers for information that can be used to help criminals craft phishing attacks that compromise the accounts of online banking customers, researchers have found. Java scripts on these sites invade the browsers’ history cache and finds out what sites the browser has visited. If, for example, the history reveals... [Read more ...]