Free Security Tools
August 16, 2006
Need a proxy for surfing anonymously? Need email privacy?
How about a free firewall?
Here are a bunch of free security tools you can use.
The Internet is full of legitamate free tools created by people who don’t care about making money or make money with donations and endorsements. Majorgeeks is my favorite place to get anti malware, anti spam, anti spyware tools. You don’t want to go to just ANY site and start downloading software. Not all sites can be trusted. One of the main ways that malicious hackers get in your system is by putting out free stuff loaded with malware. Malware can be put in pictures, music, movies, and of course software.
Make sure you only download from trusted locations.
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Security Forums Directory
July 21, 2006
Easily locate forums and newsgroups related to security. Why isn’t elamb.org on there? Oh, well.
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A funny musical animation on N.S.A. wiretapping in United States…
June 5, 2006
Found this via the very popular and relevant Schneier security blog.
It is a funny Flash musical animation, titled “NSA Wiretapping” (will resize your Web browser's window and requires Flash), on United States' wiretapping.
Tried to put it on digg but somebody beat me too it.
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Delete Search Results: Cover your tracks
May 31, 2006
Ever search for something questionable on someone else system and go into a hyperventilation panic when you notice that their computer is retaining the keywords you typed into their search engine?
You typed in “boobies” on your mom's computer and now the word pops up everytime you type a “B”!!
Perhaps it was your spouses system and your were searching for evidence of pornography.
Maybe it was your kids computer and you want to make sure they are o.k. mentally.
Maybe your Internet connection has been down for a while and you’ve had to use your friends system or a public system.
Whatever the case maybe it is none of my business. And you don’t want it to be the business of the other who will use the system after you.
Here are two simple techniques to get rid of those bad keywords.
For Window XP “Recently Opened Documents”:
To delete “my Recent Documents”
Right – Click on the “Start” button
Select “Properties”
On the Start Menu Tab, Select “Customize”
Select the “Advance Tab”
Select the “Clear List” button at the bottom. Don’t worry, it will NOT delete the files. (Deselect the checkbox if you don’t want the system to track previously opened files)
For Windows XP, Internet Explorer:
In IE, Select “Tools”
Go to “Internet Option” at the bottom of the Tools list
Under Temporary Internet Files select “Delete Cookies” and “Delete Files”
To delete the history of the websites you searched select “Clear History”
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First mobile phone virus nears 2nd birthday
May 31, 2006
The first real mobile phone virus, which was found in the wild and could replicate on its own, was discovered almost two years ago. F-Secure's chief research officer Mikko Hyppnen reports that although there are now over 200 mobile phone viruses — many of which are variants of Cabir — the problem is unlikely to get as bad as it has with PCs.
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18 Days of Reckless Computing
May 31, 2006
Someone over at wired gives tests his new Dell to see how many viruses and how much malware it takes to get the Geek Squad to call it a total loss.
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10 Security Suite Reviews : Who's Got Your Back
May 30, 2006
All-in-One Security
Suites of antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software can provide convenient, solid protection against today's worst threats. Our tests of ten contenders show who's got your back.
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Computer Viruses Monitored via Dynamic Worldmap
May 30, 2006
You'll be able to view Previous Hour, Previous Day, Previous Month, This Year, and Previous Year. Color Coding has 6 Ranges (No Data, Quiet, Low, Medium, High, and Epidemic)
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Create A Password
May 17, 2006
Creating a Password is easy. Standard practice to create a password that is fairly difficult to crack consists of using at least 8 character with upper and lowercase letters, a number and a special character. So your password should look like this: M1k3@H0m3
This password says “Mike at Home”. It is a good idea to make the password something that is easy to remember. 53Xon+Be@ch
Here is another one that is hard to crack and easy to remember. It says “Sex on the Beach” (”the” is replaced with “+”)
@o15uX@55
If you are on AOL this one might be easy to remember as well.
+H1SismyBby
If you have to log on to a baby site, a password similar to this might help. It says “this is my baby”.
This is the general idea for generating good passwords. But if you have like 30-40 passwords and don't want them to all be the same here is another method that could help you. READ more about how to create a password and MANUAL ENCRYPTION here.
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She Cracked my Hotmail Password: a sad shoulder surfing story
May 16, 2006
Ever type in your password at work and notice that there is someone standing behind you watching your fingers very closely as if trying to decipher you password? This is known as “Shoulder Surfing.”
If you don't think it is possible to eyeball someone's keystrokes and know their password, think again.
In the '90s, I didn't know much about computers or computer security. I was a military cop well versed in physical security and air base ground defense and only used computers for screwing around. My passwords were as easy as possible so I could remember them.
I didn't fully appreciate the importance of having a strong password until my wife hacked my Hotmail account. No big deal right… WRONG. Like I said I was screwing around. I was big into flirting in chat rooms and on email. I was just having fun with what I thought were beautiful young ladies, but who (realistically) were probably neither beautiful or young or (shedding a tear) ladies.
I'd been spending so much time online with chatrooms and EverQuest (a.k.a EverCrack) that my wife started to get very jealous of the computer and suspected I was up to something. So she shoulder surfed me one night, got my password, and got into my account while I was at work.
To make a long story even longer, my wife went crazy. She called my job screaming, I had to respond to my own house, my weapon was taken away (this is like being neutered for a cop), and the beautiful young lady that I was chatting with…. It was a man (yeah, it was like a cyber Crying Game). Needless to say, I don't do much of ANY chatting these days. But I digress.
Tips to guard your hotmail account cracks, via shoulder surfers.
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