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 [...]
Facebook
Earlier I shared an article regarding ways to report Facebook fake profiles. Now I prepared some tips to identify fake profiles.
Like many other social networks, Facebook also contains tons of fake profiles unfortunately. Below I mentioned some funny but true tips to check whether a profile is fake or not.
1. Profile Picture. Always be suspicious of profiles featuring photos of professional models. Most of the fake [...]
Facebook
Facebook is the most popular social network site in the world. But unfortunately, it is also a popular target amongst phishers and other social engineers. Tonnes of Fake Profiles and the game is to identify which one is genuine.
Believe me, if you find a fake profile with your real name then it may be a sign of serious identity theft. They would have imitated your profile and prepared it for some illegal online activities [...]
Firefox
On January Mozilla Firefox 3.6 released. Now Mozilla warns that the current version 3.6 has a security hole, a memory corruption flaw, which lets a remote attacker to run arbitrary codes on a person’s computer. Mozilla Firefox recommends all their users upgrade to this latest release Firefox 3.6.3 immediately.
If you are using Firefox 3.6 you would have received an automated update notification within 24 to 48 [...]
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 [...]
Softwares
I’m surprised more and more everyday when I find Mac owners that don’t have the greatest app ever created, Little Snitch, installed. If you too are unfamiliar with Little Snitch, let’s go through what the application does and why it is absolutely necessary for you to have it installed on your computer.
Firewall commonly protects your computer against unwanted guests from the Internet and Little Snitch [...]
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 [...]
Softwares
I rarely review softwares, but this one really forced me. So I’m going to review about it. In short, I’m going to review about a software that allows you to find out what other users do on your computer in your absence.
Great isn’t it? You can monitor your children, spouse, friends, etc. It is purely a security based software.
Award Keylogger is fast, invisible and easy-to-use surveillance tool that [...]
Softwares
IP Privacy is a privacy protection software that hides your IP address and prevents your browsing and internet activities over the Internet from being tracked by others websites or Internet Service Providers (ISP).
It provides secure online privacy protection by clearing all online traces and block invasive codes that can harm or use inadvertently information on your computer.
Uses anonymous proxies routing all your [...]
Announcements, Blogging, Tutorials
Finally I introduced Comments Policy in HellBound Bloggers. Don’t worry it is just a formal Comments Policy which tells you what to do and what not to do during a blog’s conversation.
You can see this line “By commenting in this blog, you agree to abide by the Comments Policy of this blog.” above every comment form present here.
I know many of my beloved readers are experienced probloggers and [...]