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Watch out for forged Tabs - Tabnabbing Phishing Attack

Written on June 14th, 2010 at 14:54 pm by shredder12

For those of you who haven't heard about Tabnabbing, its yet another form of phishing which seems to be simpler and more effective than the usual phishing attacks you would have heard of. An important thing about this attack is that it can't be detected easily, even a smart browser and a cautious web surfer can get easily fooled, leading to information theft.

Browser Fingerprinting - Technique to Identify Users without using Cookies

Written on May 18th, 2010 at 15:36 pm by shredder12

Protecting one's online privacy has been one of the most popular point of concern for Internet users these days. If you don't want a website to keep track of you or if want to remain anonymous for a website, you are advised to disable cookies or use private browsing mode in your browser. But a forthcoming paper by an Electronic Frontier Foundation technologist suggests that Cookies are not be the only way to identify users, a combination of various information about the system and software collected from the browser are enough to uniquely identify a user.

How to secure and optimize SSH login using sshd_config

Written on May 5th, 2010 at 20:28 pm by chia

The increased hacking attempts these days convinced me that password alone won't save my system from the attackers out there. For those of you who think that your system is safe because of some complex password, then think twice, because there is always a chance that a brute force attack from some dedicated server(s) might break it. A good password is a decent start, but its definitely not the end. In this tutorial, I will tell you some ways to make your ssh login more secure by making simple changes to the sshd_config file.

Google introduces Encrypted Web Search

Written on May 23rd, 2010 at 01:41 am by shredder12

Google announced the beta release of its new secure search engine this Friday. This search engine provides you with ssl encryption to protect your searches from interception, making it the first search engine to provide such a feature. All you have to do is use https instead of http to access this service.

Protect your password from Rainbow Tables

Written on May 12th, 2010 at 00:07 am by chia

Rainbow tables are a way to break md5 hashes. Rainbow tables reduce the difficulty of brute force cracking a single password by creating a large pre-generated data set of hashes for nearly every possible password.

SSH login without Password

Written on November 14th, 2009 at 00:44 am by chia

Alright! So this one day, I'm talking to a friend. She's telling me about this real cool movie she heard about...2012 or something (which btw... WATCH! ). Now I'm also typing my password on an ssh server, and I happen to mistype. Now I have a feeling I've done so, so I press Backspace till I think nothing could ever have lasted here and type again. My lucky day it was, for I happen to mistype again. That was when it hit me! There's gotta be a way around this password thingy. This is why I love being a Linuxer. There's always a way out of everything!!!

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