Archive : Security

Security Ah, cloud computing. Is there anything more serene and beautiful than the realm of shared Internet space? Can any other ease-of-access concept go so far in allowing you to retrieve important files and functionality from wherever you are? Can any tech support group do such a good job at retaining a stable environment? Still, for all its wonders, cloud computing must be treated with care. Passwords become your electronic [...]

Guest Posts, Security The worst passwords to use online: Hi friends, I have seen many people say what would be the safe password to use online. Here are some of the worst passwords that can be used or in other words cakewalk for a hacker to steal your sensitive information and further reading gives the best passwords to choose from…. In recent study some the worst passwords to use online are as follows… The most common passwords rockyou 12345 123456789 Password iloveyou princess 123456 1234567 12345678 abc123 Here [...]

Security Over the years, WordPress has increasing number of vulnerabilities. Believe me it has quite interesting stats! Below I mentioned 20+ basic tips to protect your WordPress blog. I omitted some tips because I considered them too complicated to apply (for newbies). Sorry! 1. Upgrade : Golden Tip. The latest version of WordPress always contains patches and bugs fixes for the security holes.  Therefore it is important to [...]

Security, Tutorials According to U.S. Copyright Office, Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. Copyright A Name, Title, Slogan or Logo ? You can rather say this as Trademark.  Copyright does not protect names, titles, slogans or phrases. But for logos both copyright [...]

Security In Security Jargon, Social Engineering is the act of using Non-Technical aspects for obtaining confidential information.  The attacker don’t need to have contact with the victim in person. These kind of attacks are called as social engineering attacks. Here the intended victim is tricked to do something needed by the attacker. A common example is phishing. It is a kind of social engineering attack. If you are [...]

Blogging, HTACCESS, Security URL redirection is also called URL forwarding, URL shortener, domain redirection and domain forwarding. Why to redirect a website ? For Similar Domain Names : A user accessing a particular domain name may type the wrong spelling of it. For example, consider www.hellboundbloggers.com and www.helboundbloggers.com. Here one ‘l’ is missing in the second domain name. Organizations often register these mis-spelled [...]

Best Posts, Security Hacking web cams become no big deal now-a-days. Even script kiddies can easily do it if they have some software (I don’t want to mention it here). But to my surprise many people still don’t believe that their web cams can be hacked. It is possible to hack or take control of your web cam without the hacker having personal contact with the system. You can refer this from Tom’s Hardware and from BBC News. So [...]

Security, Websites Earlier we saw about the shortest URL shortner. This time we are going to review about another Short URL service which comes with password protection feature for extra privacy. We are discussing about 2pl.us – URL shortner with password protection. This one allows us to create a short URL with password protection. Only the people who know the password of this short URL can access the site.  Like all the short [...]

Security, Tech News WordPress became the backbone of many popular and official blogs. Let it be for Celebrities, Techies or even U.S. Government Agencies. I came to know about this from Mark On WordPress blog. The U.S. Government Agencies use it either privately or publicly. Even the U.S. Government Agencies trust WordPress platform. How about you? Still not switched? Below I mentioned some 15+ U.S. Government Agencies using the WordPress [...]

Reviews, Security I picked up top movies based on computer hacking, security, science-fiction and in other similar categories (as of May 09) which triggered me into blogging in these categories. I found some similar posts in the blogosphere, but some interesting movies are missing there. Because those posts and articles are older. I decided to create a updated list of movies. I watched half of the mentioned movies and the rest are in [...]