UK Ministry of Defence Adapts Blackberry.. Is It Safe?September 15th, 2007 UK Ministry of Defence is using secure Blackberry's to allow their staff to communicate on the move. It uses The Blackberry Enterprise Server system which allows lost or stolen smartphones to be remote controlled, shut down, or even wiped clean by IT administrators.
'123456' is World's Worst Password Used in InternetMarch 19th, 2009 '123456' is the most common password used by people on the Internet. Obscenities, names of fast cars and even ncc1701 - the ship number for Star Trek's Starship Enterprise, have made it to the list of top 500 worst passwords of all time.
Two Points To Remember Before You Trust Firefox FullyJanuary 13th, 2009 Let's face the fact. Firefox has made our internet experience a lot easier.
Most Common MySpace Passwords From 20, 000 PasswordsSeptember 17th, 2006 A blogger found a stash of 20, 000 MySpace passwords from a phisher's site and analyzed the results. Interestingly the most used passwords are:
13 - cookie123
12 - iloveyou
12 - password
11 - abc123
11 - miss4you
9 - password19
9 - clumsy
8 - sassy
8 - summer06
8 - pablobob
8 - boobie
8 - fuckyou1
8 - iloveyou1
8 - tink69
8 - password1
7 - gospel
7 - terrete
7 - monster7
7 - marlboro1
7 - bitch1
7 - flower
7 - space
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Does that give you an idea on the demographic profile of MySpace users?
MySpace is also in news as Universal Music Group has said that social networking sites MySpace and YouTube are violating copyright laws by allowing users to post music videos and other content involving Universal artists without permission.
Opera Password Recovery 5.0.2 - A previewDecember 24th, 2008 Though in this on going battle of Firefox and Google Chrome, Opera has never lost its own position. Probably the most under-rated (less discussed to be accurate) browsers of our times, Opera has many a features which even Firefox don't.
How to Determine if your Sensitive Data is Safe in Shared HostingAugust 26th, 2005 One of the strong security concerns in shared hosting environments is whether your sensitive data like MySQL server login/password or other login/password is actually safe from other users sharing the same web hosting machine. Few shared hosting providers do not provide telnet/ssh.
Microsoft Tag: Another New Application for iPhone Users January 16th, 2009 Microsoft is getting on with Apple's ubiquitous touchscreen device. This time its up with another cutting edge application to make iPhone users happier.
Ten Commandments on Computer SecurityMay 16th, 2006 Ten commandments for computer security:
Thy shall create strong passwords
Thy shall use good antivirus software
Windows users shall regularly update critical updates
Thy shall download online forms after verifying URL https:// or forms with lock icons
Thy shall use secure shell (ssh or sftp) for file transfers
Thy shall not open unnecessary emails
Thy shall regularly back up important files
Thy shall set a password protected screen saver to activate after 10-15 minutes
Thy shall shutdown thine computer at night
Thy shall schedule monthly scanning of hard disk
Heavily modified from BSNL list (by email).
iPhone Hacking: Security Vulnerability Allows Full Remote Control From Malicious Web SitesJuly 24th, 2007 Security researchers Charlie Miller, Jake Honoroff & Joshua Mason claimed and then demonstrated a prrof-of-concept vulnerability in iPhone which can be used by any website to inject codes in iPhone which will allow full remote control of your iPhone over the internet. The hackers can do everything you can do with your iPhone remotely.
iPhone Activation for DummiesJuly 24th, 2007 iActivator is a nice Mac OS X application which allows activating your iPhone without a contract. It provides a nice graphical user interface and is very well suited for the non-technical people.
RoboForm: The Best Password Manager for Our Forgetful-SelvesJanuary 16th, 2009 More than often it happens that you log in a new webite, took time to fill up the details. Well away! The next time you go for a log in you remember nothing about it, forgot password is totally out of your mind. Well to turn things around RoboForm can be your help.
iPhone 3G 8GB Model Costs 4 Times More in India!August 20th, 2008 Vodaphone sent the pricing for iPhone 3G 8GB and 16GB models in India and I have to tell you it is daylight robbery!
The iPhone 3G 8GB model costs Rs. 31, 000 (~ 738$) from Vodaphone whereas the 16GB model costs Rs.
Deliberate coverup of security breaches confessed by ChoicePoint and LexisNexisApril 14th, 2005 Privacy invasion behemoths ChoicePoint and LexisNexis have lost control of sensitive data in the past, but deliberately covered it up because no law required them to come clean, executives from both outfits confessed Wednesday during Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the recent epidemic of ID theft plaguing the USA. Numerous past breaches went without notification, ChoicePoint President and COO Douglas Curling admitted under questioning from Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (Republican, Pennsylvania).
Google Updated Spreadsheets for Apple iPhoneFebruary 16th, 2009 iPhone was hot, but its getting hotter with things turning up in its favor. Well, this time its with Google's update spreadsheets.
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.