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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Day-to-Day activities that increase risk of ID theft

Everyday activities like using their phone, browsing the web and shopping can increase their risk of becoming victims of identity theft.

Steven Domenikos, CEO of IdentityTruth shares his list of 8 everyday activities that increase an individual�s risk for ID theft � I thought you may be interested in sharing these with your readers?

Phone Home: Smart phones are more popular than ever. In the rush to grab a piece of the pie, phone vendors and carriers will perhaps sacrifice security for market share. While Apple vets all iPhone apps, some others - notably Android Market - do not. Fake banking apps have been discovered on Android Market and have been subsequently removed � but not before they were downloaded and used by an unnamed number of victims.

Apple, of course, is vulnerable as well. With the lion�s share of the Smart Phone market, the successful release of a rogue application, even if only for a few days, would result in a huge payoff for the perpetrators. A May 2009 survey conducted by Trend Micro revealed that 1 in 5 Smart Phone users admitted to having been the targets of phishing scams.

Staying Connected: It seems that everyone has at least one profile on a social networking site - and many people have more than one. Besides the spam friend requests that are received, presumably in an effort to get past the spam email filters, there are the add-on helper applications that pose just as much a danger as the rogue smart phone apps referenced above.

The data contained on these sites when combined with information contained on school re-union sites, resume and job-search sites and other public information could be used to build personal profiles, and enable identity thieves to steal your whole persona.

Check that URL: In October 2009, ICANN approved the user of non-western characters in web addresses. Beginning in mid-2010, one will begin to see addresses in Arabic, Greek, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Cyrillic and others. With certain foreign characters looking like western characters, it is easy to see that the scam artists will use these to impersonate valid sites. Surely the security software will eventually catch up. But in the meantime, users will need to beware.

It�s in the mail: When you receive applications for �preapproved credit cards in the mail� be sure that you open and shred the enclosed materials before throwing them away. According to the US Department of Justice: Criminals may retrieve those applications to try and activate the cards for their use without your knowledge. Also, if your mail is delivered to a place where others have ready access to it, criminals may simply intercept and redirect your mail to another location.

Longer Log-ins: A recent report from Imperva shows the most commonly used passwords, including �123456� and �iloveyou�. Having such an easy-to-guess password � and worse, using it for multiple websites/services � makes you easier to target. Choose complex passwords that include both letters and numbers, never use the same password for more than one website, and change your passwords frequently � at least every 3 months.

To reply?: If you get an email from any institution - be it your bank, your credit card company or the IRS asking that you reply with sensitive personal information do not respond under any circumstances. These phishing emails are still used by identity thieves preying on people that are too trusting, or too rushed to think twice.

Trash that: Dumpster Diving is not an Olympic sport � it is a practice by which criminals comb through trash looking for personal financial information � cancelled checks, bank statements, credit card statements and more. Be sure to shred any and all documents containing any personal information before throwing them away.

Shop till you drop: Double check all receipts from stores and ATMS � they may contain account information that identity thieves can use. Also, try to avoid kiosk ATMs - those freestanding units often do not have cameras and are statistically more likely to be infected by skimmers (electronic devices that allow thieves to record account and PIN numbers).

Always check if there is a SSL Certificate (https://) present in the website while you do Online Shopping. Not only in a shopping site, but also check if the page is secure in case you provide your confidential and personal details.

Monday, February 08, 2010

G String [ Honey, bunny, sweety]

Come and treat me right
And you'll never guilty

Honey Bunny Sweety
Let's take a chance
Only take me home tonight
You'll never regret it

Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Webhost Hacking

Recently one of my collegues website was hacked and there were some arabic content with English talking ill about the world. Finally we found that the site's hosting account was hacked and have complained it to the webhost provider.

What makes hacking easier for hackers?

Hacking is caused by weak user account login and password. It always recommended to use some strong passwords. Avoid using passwords like your name, date of birth, your computer name, pet name etc. The other reason for a webhosting account to be hacked is caused by the party website script that is vulnerable and having a security hole. For example, if you download a free website template from a insecure website and upload it to your webserver without knowing that hacker has placed some spyware in it. A hacker can exploit your textbox or web-form by injecting SQL into your database, or even by injecting HTML code into your web files. Another entrance for hackers is through FTP login, once the hacker gains access, they will be able to change your web files in any means.

So it is very very important to secure your own hosting account as well your ftp login. Make sure your password is 8 Character long and having combination of alphanumeric, Numbers, and symbol. safeguard your own login information. Finally, make sure your website script is updated with the latest version of script released. These are the best way to protect your website from being attacked again.

There are so many securities stuff availble by the webhosting provider, you can purchase them and form a additional layer of security to your web hosting account.

Make sure you buy a website and WebHosting Account from a genuine provider, who can always be by your side to support at the earliest.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Internet security - must know for PC users

Everyone has a PC today, but they also get attacked by computer viruses all the time. Though PC penetration has been on the raise, the percentage of internet security conscious users has reduced.

Here are a few tips for readers to understand the DOs and DONTs on the internet

DOs

The foremost thing to do when you are an internet user is to install an internet security product. The product should essentially contain a working firewall system and a database of virus information to help protect your computer from any latest security threats.

The second thing is to educate yourself, on the levels of safety of various sites. Though it might seem that most site seem credible, with a days it should be easy for anyone to get a hang of which sites are safe and which ones are not.

Beware of what you download. Most of the viruses in the internet spread through downloads. Having said that one of the major activities on the internet is to download relevant data from the internet. Make sure you run a virus scan to ensure that the downloaded item is virus free.

Learn more about the internet security and how vulnerable your computer is. Learn to change the settings of your system to ensure that there is no possibility of an attack.

DONTs

Do not use your credit card or back account number is an unauthorized site. Many cases are reported along these lines when members have given their security details on the internet which was misused.

There are many viruses that spared through emails. When opening an email always beware of a threat. Do not open executable files when sent through email from an unknown sender.

Always carry financial transactions, only through secure websites. These sites have been verified by a third party to ensure the cash transfer process is secure. The site will begin with https:// if it is a SSL secured website.

Don�t leave your system logged in, which can be misused by other users. It is advisable to "Lock Before You Walk" from your Computer.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Configuring YUM server for LInux on Windows FTP server

Hi all,
In this artical i am going to setup YUM ( Yellowdog Update Modified) server on a Windows based FTP server.Here we go;
First of all copy Full DVD of your linux distribution on a windows ftp server.
In my case i have copied all the contented of Fedora core-11dvd on my windows ftp server (192.168.5.52\fedora11)
The exact link location is ftp://192.168.5.52/fedora11

Now on Linux system follow the following steps
1. Move all the repo file to a backup location in my case /backup/yum.repod

[root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# mv /etc/yum.repod/*  /backup/yum.repod/

[root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# cp /backup/yum.repod/fedora.repo /etc/yum.repod/satishmalanch.repo

Now edit this file with vim edtior:
root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# vim /etc/yum.repod/satishmalanch.repo

Edit the file as shown in above figure.
Now run following command:

[root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# yum clean all 

Now you have configured the yum repositry on a windows based ftp server on network.

You can now install the packages without any dependancy.

...........................  Satish Kr Malanch

Configuring YUM server for LInux on Windows FTP server

[root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# mv /etc/yum.repod/*  /backup/yum.repod/

Edit the file as shown in above figure.
Now run following command:

[root@satish.malanch.com tmp ]# yum clean all 

Now you have configured the yum repositry on a windows based ftp server on network.

You can now install the packages without any dependancy.

...........................  Satish Kr Malanch

Monday, January 18, 2010

Twitter airport bomb joker arrested

What do you think if someone come to you and he makes everything in funny act? That the happened on Twitter base camp. Over flood by joker. Do you arrived there too? Can you tell me more about something crazy?

Honestly, joke is important when you got stressed, maybe on you r job or in situation in your life that seems make you not interested. Althogh of this, try to find out, what gone in