Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Here's a great list of password dos and don'ts for you to make sure that you are using good, strong passwords and protecting your accounts as much as you possibly can.DO use a password manager such as those reviewed by Scott Dunn in his Sept. 18, 2008, Insider Tips column. ...
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
With its last update, Microsoft has added StartCom to the pre-installed root certificates in its operating system. As a result, Microsoft products (such as Internet Explorer) now accept certificates issued by StartCom without prompting the user or requiring any special configurations for the certificates. Third-party programs that use the operating ...
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Friday, September 25th, 2009
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft Operating Systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using Dictionary, Brute-Force and Cryptanalysis attacks, recording VoIP conversations, decoding scrambled passwords, recovering wireless network keys, revealing password boxes, uncovering cached passwords ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
F-Secure Health Check checks your computer for potentially unsafe software and, by suggesting solutions, helps you to resolve the situation before it turns into a problem. What security measures you take, is entirely up to you.
F-Secure Health Check does not check your computer for Viruses, Trojan Horses, Backdoors, Bots, Rootkits ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
A phishing scam is circulating on Twitter that aims to steal users' log-in credentials and then forward scam messages to all their friends in the hope of tricking them too.
The scam begins with a direct message -- one sent directly between two Twitter users -- that reads "ROFL this you ...
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