Facebook Hacked!?February 7th, 2009 Facebook has become the most popular social network on the net, even surpassing MySpace. So it is obvious that hackers will now target Facebook more.
How to Reset Master Password in Firefox in Case You Have Forgotten itJanuary 14th, 2009 It happened to me just the other day. Someone deliberately got into my Firefox, cracked my login information from security options and surfed to my password secured websites at glory.
How To Enable Root Account on Mac OSXApril 20th, 2008 1. Login to the Admin account (not the normal account)
2. Open up a command shell in the Terminal application by selecting - Macintosh HD -> Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal
At the command prompt type this command:
sudo passwd root
You will then get the following prompts.
How To Reset Google AdSense PasswordMarch 23rd, 2007 Strangely the most obvious means to reset Google AdSense password may not work for you. By obvious I mean the link on AdSense login page: I cannot access my account.
How To Recover Openfire admin Password October 22nd, 2007 Openfire is a cross-platform java based free Instant Messaging server which implements the XAMPP (Jabber) protocol with extensions. It is very well suited as corporate instant messaging solution.
Security Vulnerability: Firewall Site Exposes Sensitive Data Through phpMyAdminSeptember 9th, 2007 I was looking for the wiki of a popular Linux based firewall site. The main url was 404, so I went up one level hoping to find a new url.
How to Set Up Root Password for Your MySQL ServerJanuary 17th, 2009 If you have never set a root password for MySQL, the server does not require a password at all for connecting as root. To set up a root password for the first time, use the mysqladmin command at the shell prompt as follows:
$ mysqladmin -u root password newpass
If you want to change (or update) a root password, then you need to use the following command:
$ mysqladmin -u root -p oldpassword newpass
I hope this will work for you perfectly.
Researchers claim that your typing style can be used for authentication: Security PipelineFebruary 19th, 2005 If this works out then no more forgotten passwords for me!
Keyloggers will still work. Not only that you can now trick anyone to type on your computer anything and analyse the pattern to figure out his password.
How To Change MySQL PasswordApril 20th, 2008 Let's look at all the ways to change MySQL password, for root and other users:
In MySQL the default password is empty. This is inherently unsafe and should be immediately changed.
How to Change MySQL Password for Other UsersJanuary 17th, 2009 Do you get this error message when you try to change the root password?
mysqladmin: connect to server at 'localhost' failed
error: 'Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: YES)'
Or may be you need to change the MySQL password for other users. So what do you do then?
To change a normal user password you need to type:
$ mysqladmin -u user-name -p oldpassword newpass
How To Protect Yourself From Identity TheftMarch 9th, 2006 A corporate attorney, with first hand experience of identity theft, formulated guidelines for the employees in his company. It contains very useful and non-trivial advice and information to protect yourself from identity theft.
How to Hack Windows Adminstrator Password Through LinuxJanuary 21st, 2009 With all the good intentions you can think of, name it a tutorial purpose or something to learn purely for the fun and never to harm anyone, I will now show you a simple way to hack a Windows administrator password using Linux. You will only need a Live CD, and for this example, we will utilize Ubuntu.
Security Review of Online Feed Aggregators with Password Protected FeedOctober 8th, 2008 In my previous article I have already discussed about how to use the Online Feed Aggregators to view the password protected Feed with username and password. Now the next thing that should come to your mind is how do they actually fair in maintaining the security of your account.
How to Hack Your Computers BIOS PasswordNovember 22nd, 2008 Suppose you have forgot the BIOS password of your computer or you are into your friend's computer and want to give him a little shock. But the problem is the BIOS is locked with a password and you can't find a way to enter through it.
Tip: How To Find MySQL VersionSeptember 1st, 2007 Try:
mysql -e status|grep 'Server version'
If that doesn't work then use:
mysql -u root -p -e status|grep 'Server version'
Provide root password when prompted. Default root password for MySQL is empty string, so just pressing enter when prompted for password will suffice by default.