Saturday, August 30, 2014

5 Signs Your Game Amadou Bot is a scam

The world of online dating has been ignited by fire known as tinder name application. Amadou is a mobile application that geolocation Dating like your Facebook friends information and photos used and try with other singles who share common interests or friends living near you to share and meet your search criteria.

The popularity of scale probably has a lot to do with its ease of use. Amadou has a stack of photos of possible matches. If you like, you move to the right if you do not like it, you can push on the left side. If someone slipped right onto the same when they see a picture of you, then you will find a game Amadou and warnings at a time and allows you to chat with others. Pretty simple, right?

Entry: Scam Tinderr bots

Like all good things in the world, scammers and spammers have to ruin in order to find a way to abuse the technology for personal purposes.

Amadou was a target for fraudsters who cheat the users of money, or malware installed on their computers, so that fraudsters try to make money through affiliate marketing malware, and other methods.

So, how can a user know if they are right tinder Photo Slide a legitimate person looking for love or a thief in disguise?

Here are 5 signs that your "party" Amadou could be a scam:

Type 1 are incredibly fast

Only of the lighter robot robots, not humans. You have a limited number of reactions to be able to give such a robot. A good tip is to go when you are "tuned" to a bot then they are messages that are likely to send a few microseconds party.

Is it possible that this is a real person, who like to talk to you? Maybe, but more likely that the bot that was triggered by the game and sent his first message trying to get you on the hook as soon as possible. While this is not conclusive evidence, it is the first thing you probably know that something is wrong.

As you continue to talk, you will probably find that the answers that you are to get back almost immediately, because they were written and are caused by their answers.

2 Your answers are generic. They do not seem to be a word you will hear say

Unless the bots are equipped with a sophisticated engine based chat conversation, you probably have some ready-made answers that address their interactions. After you have given some observations as love Smalltalk: "I had a busy week, my feet hurt, I need a massage," then they will deliver their payload, is invited as a rule, a link to visit you need download something (malware) or them the details of your credit card.

As a robot script have answers, they will not answer your questions directly. This does not mean that some scams may not be able to maintain real life on the other side who could participate in a real conversation with you before deceive people scale, but the current batch of Tinder robot even the simplest of his conversations because their robot.

Once they deliver their payload, is probably the last of them will hear you, are likely to respond to the questions. They are made with you. She took the bait or not.

3 You have no friends on Facebook or interest

Search engines tinder false statements must use the Facebook profiles to be in the scale. Since we are the robots, you probably do not have Facebook friends with them. You can have generic interests in common with you, but probably not.

4 ask you to visit a link, or do something for them, that the use of a credit card requires

The honeymoon is over when the message hits you. All these earlier love messages have been designed to help you set up for the fraud. You have received 5, 10, maybe even 20 posts, but in the end they ended up with, to the point and deliver its payload: the message to download or pay for anything something.

Once you receive this message, it is preferable that the scale-Lock function, you can have them from the list drawn with the "party". After receiving this message, it is unlikely that you will receive further communication between them other than repeated requests to perform the same action that you want in the message payload.

5 profile pictures are too hot to Facebook

Fraudsters know that the odds are good for a party, which is reflected in the conversation, if they use pictures of interesting people, because if it is not to feed them, then they will not talk to you, then rob you better. Probably will throw in one or two who really sexy picture to get your attention and make you more likely to slip on the right factor.

Amadou, a very pleasant place for meeting new guys have to be made, so make sure that you recognize the warning above, and not fall madly for a few signs of use bots.

Your child & # 039; School sent only one ...

It's that time of year. The kids are back to school, many schools are implementing the programs in which each student issued a personal laptop or tablet PC. Depending on the school, the receiving device will likely be financed to some extent by the school before your child. The fact that the school supports and configure the software for you does not mean you can ignore the security

The degree of freedom that you and your child need to install the software and configure your computer can be very limited or not limited. Here are some tips to ensure provided at your child's school equipment. Remember, these things may or may not, depending on the school policy. Always follow the policy of your school.

1 Let your child "hack" your way detected in an administrative role on the computer from school

Many children do not like it, forced by the administrators of school systems that could the ability to configure some elements, such as edit, for example, the installation of software block. Children often have the desire to "hack" your way into an administrative role on the computer, so they can do what they from their PCs to be offered by the school

If they do, the policy will probably hurt "proper use" of the school and will define you as a parent, as a "reset" or "new image of taxes." Moreover, according to the policies of your school, your child may receive as a different form of rebuke.

2 Let your children respect the school computer for games or downloads in the school

Tell your child not to try that do not involve the installation of their software school computer in the school. It's probably against the rules of the school, but nothing to install unapproved, downloaded mainly from the Internet, you risk malware on the computers at school.

3 Install security updates and operating system is the policy of the school

In school you can push security updates directly on your child's computer by a kind of service acquisition / Automatic Updates, or may require that you or your child from school or elsewhere updates to download. Anyway, you should ensure that security updates are applied. Check to ensure the history of the update operation that patches applied promptly and follow the instructions of your school, how the system updates.

4 Make sure that the antivirus / anti-malware software is running and up to date

Are probably the school team your child loaded anti-virus or anti-malware on it to prevent malware infections, but the device must be connected to the Internet for files (or the school network) anti-malware definition updates. Ask your child to open the anti-malware software and check if the update history. periodically. If it seems to be exceeded, perform a manual refresh or update your school to monitor.

5 Let your child take the necessary precautions to ensure your laptop / tablet if left unattended

Unless you want to pay for a laptop replacement, you must make sure that your child's computer so that it is not lost or stolen. Make sure they do not know unattended and always keep you safe. Many laptops have a "K-slot", a Kensington lock type, in which a steel cable used to to connect the laptop slightly. Even a good lock not stop a certain thief, but it will prevent casual thieves opportunity

6 Make sure that your child with a strong password on your computer and share them with anyone (except you)

The fact that they are children does not mean you should not as a security when creating a password. Make sure that your child is a password for all accounts of the school. Check out our article: How to create a password for full instructions.

Thursday, August 28, 2014

Statement Voicemail Hacking

We've all heard the voicemail hacking that took place in the British News International hacking scandal. Before the scandal, rarely heard the terms and voicemail hacking in the same sentence. One thing that has resulted from this scandal is that many people think about how uncertain is their voice mail accounts.

Most voicemail accounts shall be determined with a simple 4-digit code. Voice mail is usually from a phone available when the password can only contain numeric characters. A numerical code coupled with a length of 4-digit PIN code in order to reduce the total number of possible combinations of only 10,000. This may seem like it would take some time for someone to try, but if you use it in less than a day or two, or really even less, a computer with a modem and autodialer script program.

Some people do not even bother to change their PIN / password to the default value. In many cases, the default value or the last four digits of the phone number or something as simple as "0000", "1234" or "1111".

Therefore, the harsh reality is that until the password complexity voicemail authentication from other network methods is updated, is voicemail hacking and can be easily damaged.

What can you do to protect their own voicemail mailbox hackers?

1 If the voice-mail system, a 4-digit PIN set

It is almost impossible, given the limited 4 digits Create Most systems require a password for your voice mail. If the system allows more 4-digit PIN that you should definitely advantage of the function code. The simple addition of the two points increases the total number of possible combinations from 10,000 to 1,000,000, which requires much more time and resources to hack. An eight digit password would be 100 million possible combinations. Unless the attacker is found that they can spend.

2 Change the PIN at least once every two months

Always change the PIN every few months. If someone has already hacked the voicemail cut off access at least for the time to hack again. In addition, a PIN again, and if the attacker runs 100 million possible combinations of the 8-digit PIN code, you have changed, and reiterated its start.

3 Open a Google Voice account and with the functions of voice mail

If you still do not get a Google Voice account, you really should consider.

Google Voice gives you one phone number that can be used as a permanent number for life. It never changes. You can send your number to Google mobile or landline and the phone calls will want to change processes on the basis of several criteria. For example, say you want to have all calls to your Google number on the phone at home at night, they have to go to voicemail overnight, and then sent on his cell phone during the day. Google Voice allows you to make this call routing with time. Everything is in place easily in a safe place, to which it connects.

Google Voice has quite robust to also voice-mail security, what you could get with your cell phone provider. Google Voice you can and connection limits the PIN again in the caller ID, will not allow you to be your voicemail access, if you see that you use one of the numbers that supposedly allows call. This adds an additional layer of security and prevents random people who try to have a jump on your voicemail password. (Unless they have your phone stolen).

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

5 tips to help you get a job in the IT security

Career in information security are always in high demand, especially in view of the fact that cyber crime seems to be constantly in the news data breach to an almost commonplace.

Have you thought about a career in the field of cyber security? Check out our article: Tips to help you for some tips on what you can do to help get your foot in the door in this lucrative area for a job in IT security.

Do you have a job in computer security? What do you think think that you helped to get the job? Share your story in the comments:

Scams to see The Top 5 Facebook

Scammers like Facebook because it gives them a place to try their scams front of a large audience. Therefore, all have an avalanche of spam to endure scareware, rogue applications folded steal our personal data, and any other type of deception and to imagine. Here are the five most popular types of scams that you should keep in mind:

1 dislike button, look at my profile and other long false Facebook scams

For some reason the big FB does not want negativity in your web page. We have new features like no aversion "calendar" and press "ticker" on us every two weeks, but the button. I honestly think that if the next presidential candidate said, "If I am elected, I will ask Facebook to add a dislike button" is likely to win by a landslide.

The scammers are trying something they know, everyone wants to use (the button with disgust), to attract people to click on a link and install malware on their computers. If Facebook does not not add the dislike button, all important markets of the media in the world will be on him, do not worry, you'll know about it. I do not claim that the installation of a particular application Add button disgust think.

2 My friend has a free and also I can visit / installation

We all love free stuff, and if we think that our friend just a free iPad because he wrote what he did in the wall, then who are we not to believe. We try and we will get ours, while the road is good.

Your friend can a fake application, the benefits of "Friends help Post on my Wall" function takes place on Facebook. The application you installed fraud recorded message on the wall and the wall of your friends making it look like he was there. He probably has no idea what happened, too.

This scam is easy to check and see if the same message is displayed on the walls of some of their mutual friends. Let people know that he wait for the postman to stop to deliver your iPad, because unfortunately will not happen to your friend.

3 Check out this video of anxiety / / sexy taste terribly wrong. Just fill in the questionnaire or install this application display (which is actually a virus / malware) first.

This scam plays on our curiosity. The bait is often usually a bit weird or morbid as "shocking" video. An alarming number of people repost these fraudulent links even before checking the contents. This allows the scam spread virally and globally within hours. The more outrageous the subject, plus the scam link is likely to spread.

Many of these scams require the potential viewer, complete a survey or download a piece of software before you see this video. Only after the victims the task, they found that all was false and no video made. Meanwhile, the scammer has to make money, only to be installed from the results of the survey and / or the victim application. The money is paid by affiliate programs that install the scammers pay Malware Malware marketing.

4 I'm your best friend, and I am firmly in and I lost my wallet and / or passport. Could you please connect me to some money?

When hackers break into a Facebook account, they often try to impersonate the person this compromise and try to scam money. Their friends Your family think you are in trouble and can actually fall for this scam before to contact them, they know that this is wrong, let.

Check How to talk to a friend of a Facebook Hacker Facebook for more information track to help recognize your friend a criminal (unless your friend is a criminal).

5 Facebook will start charging, pay their fees here.

This scam has many variations, but the principle is very simple. The scammers tell their victims that Facebook now begin to charge users for their accounts. Fraudsters tell users if they do not pay their bills, then (and all funny cat videos that have been shown in recent years) are deleted.

Some of these fraud also take users to a page where they "pay their contributions." Of course, all you have to pay at the end of the scammers who now have their credit card information.

As a victim of the iPhone to avoid ...

There is a new scam, the sweeping Australia and elsewhere this week. See their victims of hackers apparently compromises their access iCloud accounts iPhones locked away. The victims are then issued lock ransom through the screen. Told victims that if they pay the ransom, they will receive the code to unlock their phones.

This scam uses the My iPhone feature "so lost" Search. The article in this week: How to be against to protect iPhone Ransom scams locking device, you show what you can do before becoming a victim protect your phone, we are also about what to do, when you talk about this fraud affected.

Have you ever been a victim of this scam? Tell us about your experiences in the comments:

Saturday, August 23, 2014

Parental Control Google

Kids love Google knows everything. Your children can use Google to find them information for homework, funny cat videos and everything else.

Sometimes the children can have a "trick" in Google and find yourself in a dark part of the Internet, where they should not be. Some children may innocently found inappropriate content, while the other kids look intentionally. , Questions often, but parents what they can do to find their children and to find "bad sides" by Google to prevent.

Fortunately, Google has the child lock to take the parents contribute at least reduce the amount of waste that ends in the search results.

Let us take a look at some of Parental Control, Google may allow, help their curious children who end up on the wrong side of the tracks:

What Google SafeSearch?

Google SafeSearch is a great parental control options that Google provides the search results from the parents by the police to help. SafeSearch filter explicit content from search results. It is designed primarily to attack sexually explicit content (images and videos) and not the violent content.

How Google SafeSearch enabled:

Allow http://www.google.com/preferences visit to Google SafeSearch

1 In the page "Search Settings", put a check mark in the box with tags "filter explicit results."

2 the setting set so that your child can not change it, click the "Lock SafeSearch Link." If you have not logged into your Google account, you have to do to lock SafeSearch to "position".

Note: If you have more than one browser on your system, you must perform the foreclosure process above for each browser SafeSearch. Also, if you have more than one profile on the computer (for example, your child has a separate connection for a user account shared computer), then you need to disable the browser in the child's profile. Cookies must be enabled for this to work well.

If you activated successfully activated or deactivated SafeSearch, you will receive a confirmation message to obtain in your browser.

To check the status of SafeSearch, whether your child is disabled for some reason, looking at the top of each page of search results on Google, a message at the top of the screen that says SafeSearch is locked.

There is no guarantee that all bad blocks SafeSearch content, but at least it's better not to be. There is nothing to use your child a different search engine, prevent to find malicious content. Other search engines like Yahoo, have their own characteristics SafeSearch like, so that you can activate. Check their support pages for information on their offers of parental control.

SafeSearch enabled on mobile devices

In addition to your computer, you will probably also want SafeSearch on any mobile device that your child uses regularly as you allow your smartphone, tablet or iPod touch. For instructions on enabling SafeSearch in a variety of mobile devices, see page Google SafeSearch cart.

As we all know, kids will be kids and try to test their limits. We have set up a roadblock and turn around. This is a constant cat and mouse and it is always a gateway to the Internet, we forgot to block as parents, and to cross for children, but we do our best.

You want if to implement in other ways parental controls on the Internet, see related article look below:

Backup and restore Windows Vista

Microsoft has included a function of data backup in Windows for years. , The latest flagship operating system, Windows Vista, with a backup but it is much better and recovery program.

In Windows Vista, Microsoft has provided more capacity and automation, and wrapped him in an intuitive graphical user interface to help new users to backup data being backed up with no experts in the recovery of the disaster itself or backup.

To open the Backup and Restore, follow these steps:

  1. Click in the lower left corner of the screen icon
  2. Select Control Panel
  3. Select Backup and Restore

5 things you never post on Facebook

Facebook has become the Google of social networking. If you do not update their status at this time, it is likely that you upload photos or take some kind of foreign competition. We publish a lot of intimate details of our lives that do not usually share with everyone. We believe that as long as we make sure our privacy settings are set correctly they are safe and comfortable in our circle of friends.

The problem is, we never know who is really looking for our soaps information. In the name of our friend could have been hacked when they installed a rogue application, or it may be scary uncle with his account because they forgot to log off. To ensure the safety of you and your family, there are some information you never post on Facebook. Here are five things you should consider to remove or not publish to Facebook and / or other social networks.

1 to full date of birth of your family

We all love the "Happy Birthday" to our friends on our Facebook wall. It makes us all warm in the knowledge that people remembered and cared enough to write a note on our special day. The problem is when you put your birthday, make identity thieves with one of the 3 or 4 pieces of personal information needed to steal your identity. It is best not to set the date at all, but if necessary, at least let the year. Your true friends should know this information anyway.

2 Your Marital Status

If you are in a relationship or not, it may be better not to inform the public. Stalker want to know that you are single again. If you want to change them to "Single", green light your status, they have tried hunting now that you are in the market to resume again. They may also know that you are home alone, your partner is not like everything. Your best bet is to leave it empty in your profile.

3 of your current location

There are many people who are able-tagging feature on Facebook that people know where they are like 7.24 allows. The problem is that you can only say all you (not at home) are on vacation. If the length of the trip is added, is that thieves know exactly how much time they have to steal. My advice is not to establish their position at all. You can always upload your holiday photos when you get home or text to your friends to let them know how they should be jealous that you. Having a drink umbrella in her fight for work

4 fact that you're alone start

It is extremely important that parents ensure that their children have never found that they are alone at home in your state. Again, you can not enter a room of strangers and tell them home alone for not be on Facebook.

We may think we only have access to our state, but you really have no idea who reads. Your friend may have had their hacked or someone could be reading into account the shoulder in the library. The best rule of thumb is nothing set in your profile or explain You would not want to know a stranger. You can have the strictest privacy settings available, but if your friend account is in danger, these parameters out of the window.

Labeled 5 photos of your kids with their names

We love our children. We are all, to do it safely, but most of the people posting marked hundreds of photos and videos of their children on Facebook, without even a second thought. We even have on our children changed our profile pictures.

Parents probably 9 out of 10 Show the child your full name and the date and exact time of birth, while still in the hospital after birth. We publish photos of our children and the brand and their friends, siblings and other relatives. This information could be used by predators to lure his son to be. They were able to use your child's name and the names of their relatives and friends, to build trust and convince them that they do not really strange, because they know detailed information that can build them a relationship with your child.

If you need to send photos of your children, then you should at least remove personally identifiable information, such as their full names and birth dates. Untagged images. Know your true friends are their names anyway.

I would be a hypocrite if I said I have completely removed the highlighted pictures of my children on facebook. This is a difficult task considering the amount of photos we have proud parents, but I started it, and I'm going to do every day a little, until it is finished.

Finally scored twice think before the photos of the children of friends and relatives. You could their children do not qualify for the above reasons. You can post a link to the photos and you can score in place of their children if they want.

Thursday, August 21, 2014

Facebook, Twitter, privacy, security, ...

We share many details of daily life online, but where do we draw the line, what we share about ourselves, our family and friends? There are a few bits of personal information, it is best never to share online, here are ten of them:

1 Your full date of birth

While you may like to get published a lot of birthday wishes from your friends on your Facebook Timeline, you have your date of birth required information is listed in your profile with one of the main elements, scammers and thieves may steal your identity and open accounts in your name .

2 from your current location

Many people do not realize that when they publish a status update or a tweet, may also be a reference to its current location. Provide position information can be dangerous, because it potential thieves, who could not be at home. Depending on your privacy settings, this innocent tweet your holiday can the bad guys they give the green light waiting to steal your house.

3 photos of your children or the children of your friends by name by keyword

Ok, this is a touchy subject. We all want to protect our children We would be online for the world to see the images in front of a truck to protect them, but many of us publish hundreds of name tagging our children. The problem is that you can never be sure that only your friends to see, be these images. What if your friend has stolen her cell phone or miss a connection to Facebook in the library and to log out? You can not access the "Friends Only" setting, because you never know count. Let's assume everything is public, and not everything that you do not want the world to have access to write.

If you send photos of their children in order to remove any geocoding information, and avoid their real names on the label of the image or description. Know your true friends are their names, no need to label them. Ditto to tag photos of friends with their children. In doubt, give the label.

I would be a hypocrite if I said I had taken all my kids labels Facebook. It is a long process to restore the year the value of the photos, but I am working a little at a time, over time, I've seen it all away.

4 Your Home

Again, you never know who may be looking at your profile. Do not publish where you live makes things easy for the bad guys. What can criminals do with your address? Check out our article on how criminals use Google Maps to "common case" to find out.

5 Your actual phone number

While you want your friends to you if your actual phone number contact case in the wrong hands. It is possible that your position may be reduced by a person with a tool Reverse Phone Number Lookup, which are freely available on the Internet.

A simple way for people to contact you over the phone, give them your real phone number is to use a phone number from Google Voice as a mediator. Check out our article on how to use Google Voice as a firewall policy for details.

6 Your Marital Status

You want to give your stalker awaits green light, while letting you know that your home more likely to be alone? Publish your marital status is the safest way to achieve this. If you want to be mysterious, just say: "It's complicated."

7 geotagged photos

There is no better way to map your current location to a selected image. The phone, the position of all the pictures that you take, be recorded without knowing it. For more information about why geotags can not be as cool as you thought they were and learn your pix nix check out our article on how to remove geotags photos.

August vacation plans

"Hey, I will be on vacation August 25 please come to steal," that's what you say criminals scour social networks to publish their vacation plans, vacation photos, and if the location of a variable, it is still on vacation. Wait until you before uploading your holiday pictures or talk about their holidays online are safe at home. It is "check-in" at this elegant restaurant is definitely worth your location information to potential offenders?

Check out our article on how Facebook Places tracking for advice on how to avoid accidentally somewhere, is disable tested.

9 embarrassing things that they should not be shared with your employer or family

Before you anything online, think about yourself, I want to see my boss or family, it? If not, not to publish. Even if you post something and remove it, does not mean that someone is not a screenshot of it before he had the opportunity to eliminate the catch. More tips on this topic, see our article: How to monitor and protect your online reputation.

10 information about your current job or work projects

Speaking of things work-related social networks is a bad idea. Even an innocent status update how crazy you miss a deadline on a project could provide useful information to their competitors could use against your business.

Is your training program to help in the company safety awareness, educate users about threats like these? If not, see Creating a training program for security awareness to learn how to develop.

5 reasons why you want to share your location, is a bad idea

Location, location, location. This was the mantra of every real estate agent for many years. Location can be important when it comes to selling your home, but it is also important for your personal safety factor also.

Many of us take for granted that our phones are constantly "current position" and shows that we come and go, without realizing it. A simple Tweet or post photos on Facebook can reveal our current position. Why is this a bad thing?

Let's look at 5 reasons why you might not be a good idea your situation:

Not found 1 Shows

Just select your holiday in the beautiful and sunny Acapulco? So I think, you know what? You are obviously from thousands of miles from home. Depending on your privacy settings, this little tidbit of information in the world can be disseminated, including thieves that roam the Internet looking for people who are on vacation.

A few quick Google search later, and one case of charged home on Google Street View and a windowless van with all your valuables.

Consider waiting until you return from vacation to limit images and updates to this post, and also to the visibility of your message to the list "Unlikely Friends Rob You".

2 One could endanger the safety of other people who are with you in danger

Who does not love a good selfie group? Groupie? Once we took this photo, we have our Facebook and tag friends who were there with us.

A problem when you score your friend, you are also setting up your location and possibly jeopardize their personal safety, betrayed his whereabouts. You might not want to be known for the same reasons as you can, the information belongs to you unknown (ie, the reasons for this list).

Ask someone before scoring, and say, you know, to consider the implementation of the Facebook option license plate. With this function, you can decide whether a message or a photo that you do not approve, on your schedule or shows.

3 can be used against Someday

Where were you on the night of January 17th? You can not remember, but if you are divided his position in a post on Facebook, then remembers Facebook. This could be good or bad depending on the situation. It is up to you to decide whether or not to share their movements with Facebook and other social media applications.

If you want to remove Facebook know where all the time, disabling access to Facebook has location services on your smartphone or other device geolocation.

4 You can add more information about yourself (where you work, the places you frequent, etc.) show

Registration to report the same coffee every day, that there is a custom for you and is likely to eat here on a daily basis. Is this something people need to know? He also says he is not bad, and is a behavior pattern that could be used to let people know as Stalker, where they can find you.

5 Could this be where your precious

They sell a one-of-a-kind Tiffany style lamps thousands of dollars? Do you have to send only one picture of him with a smartphone and a potential buyer? Guess what? If your camera supports recording GPS Smartphone and geotags, then to send only enough for a photo of, you can also give the exact location of the GPS, integrated EXIF metadata stored with the image. Now just wait until check-in at Starbucks or vacation photos, then they can start when you are away.

Conclusion: Some of the innocent with the wicked location could the green light to be visited. Think appear at the consequences of posting your location or not. Maintain the safety of others think also.

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Encryption increase

The RIAA (Recording Industry of America) and MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) fought with P2P (peer-to-peer) networks, file sharing like Napster, Kazaa and Morpheus for years in an attempt to prevent users from sharing and downloading pirated songs and movies.

I do not have the facts and figures of the sector's turnover in front of me, but I've seen some references to declining CD sales actually after a dispute caused mainly Public Enemy # 1 - Napster - STOP D. This would be the model, as used personally Napster comply with.

I'm not particularly interested in stealing music from the record company or the artist who created it. However, I am interested, my money's worth. Often, a beautiful song on the radio drives me to buy the CD of the artist, only to discover that it is their only good song. Same for $ 18 I can get a song worth listening to 10 or 12 songs that are undesirable.

By downloading more songs on a service such as Napster or Kazaa, which could make more informed purchasing decisions. Ultimately, I do not buy the CD from the artist or not. In both cases I am the song once my "investigation" was complete.

Of course, there are users who are not like that. I do not know whether the minority or the majority, but of course, some P2P users see it as a way of keeping all the music, movies and software you want without having to pay to acquire. Many streamline the route, as if they were modern Robin Hoods- "this large conglomerate companies make billions anyway and artists do not make much CD sales" is the traditional mantra. This line of thinking ignores the illegal practice, if the record companies are rich or not, and the theft of music artists are nothing-unless they get something in CD sales.

I do not know what they are teaching now, but when I was in high school, the RIAA was not in my class government as part of the legislative branch of government. However, in recent years, the RIAA and MPAA have what I perceive as undue influence on the legislative process, the laws that pursue low and to prosecute P2P over. I have no problem with the RIAA and MPAA get the money that they are entitled to and / or prosecution of individuals who steal from them, but lobbyists and interest groups contempt, and I think you have to give your money and track thieves following the same rules and legal procedures, like the rest of us.

So that's the end of my rant and now we're on the main theme of this article (see it as a very long introduction) move. The success of the RIAA and MPAA to influence the legislative process and unknowingly to improve his desire to pursue recently and prosecution of offenders contributing to Internet security. Since users to search for new and creative ways to avoid detection (and therefore claims) by the RIAA or MPAA, which led to the adoption, to find the encryption.

I do not recommend the use of encryption to support as a means of hiding illegal activity really only help-for those who feel the interests of "national security" (or steal gum pop song) request that the government be allowed, the keys have to all encryption. The more you can show that the encryption encryption system that can not break the government is mainly used by terrorists and illegal file sharing with used for this case.

But on the other side of the coin is that the encryption is generally a good thing. Assuming you do not use it to draw an attack or to hide the download of the last Lord of the Rings movie or Justin Timberlake song, it is usually wise ecnrypt communication to hide from prying (and potentially harmful) sees the eyes. Default e-mail is sent in plain text, if you could, to intercept read news. Be intercepted and read Internet communications. Decrypt and read everything you can do to mess up their communication, so that only the recipient, will help you more in global security.

You can read more about how the actions of the RIAA and their eagerness to spy, to learn and to pursue those with illegal MP3 drives the adoption of encryption by more and more users in this article by Clay Shirky ReliableAnswers.com: Industrial recording unknowingly Drive Encryption adoption.

I have PC Support Scam, now what?

You have just got a call from someone who they were from the Windows Support received. The caller ID looked real. They said that his team "expulsion error", "spamming" or "to report a virus."

The educated person on the other side of the line had a strong foreign accent and seemed very eager to prove their case and to help "solve" the problem. They sent you to open your Windows Event Viewer so that it can show the "error", and asked to download something called Ammyy TeamViewer or other tool, so that they connect directly to the computer and "fix" the problem. You also want your credit card number so they can charge a small fee for the service.

You have just a victim PC Support Scam. It is known by many different names, as well as:

  • Fake Microsoft Support fraud
  • SCAM Support
  • Ammyy Scam
  • Team Viewer scam

Whatever the name, there are a lot of people fooled by these criminals. This scam has been around for many years and the success rate seems to encourage more criminals to participate. Initially, only Windows PC users have been white, but now Mac users have also targeted.

Recognize for information on how this scam before becoming a victim, check out our article:. How a fraud PC technical support site If you have already fallen into the trap, and try to figure out what to do next, read on:

If you fell for the scam hook, line and sinker, you should do at least the following:

1 Call your bank and tell them what has happened

Chances are, if your bank with a larger bank known who already have experience with this type of fraud and tell you exactly what they can do a security alert on your account in fraudulent charges, etc with a view to commissioning

No waiting call your bank, tell them as soon as possible. If you wait too long, then you are not in a position could be to help with false accusations.

They tend to have a fraud alert placed on your account and issued a new card. If they offer to do so, insist on it.

2 isolate and quarantine to your computer

Disconnect the network cable from the computer and turn on the wireless connection affected. If you installed the Remote Administration tool and to do, they could look at your computer to access their personal files even after the call has ended. You could also install a keylogger malware to record your passwords as you go to your bank and other accounts.

Once you have the computer connected to the network, see our article: I was hacked, now what? For more information about how to back up your data, wipe the drive and load the team. If you are not comfortable in your own, consider your computer to a repair technician renowned local team.

3 Check all your accounts

You may consider using a service protection / identity theft credit monitoring so you will be notified if and when scammers try to get your personal or financial information reuse application.

4 of alert and educate your friends and family about this scam

Although this fraud affects millions of people, there are a surprising number of people who have not heard and are still victims. Spread the word and actions to his friends and family together. Educating people is the key to stopping this fraud.

5 Change your passwords

After making sure that your system is free of malware and keylogger software, change all your important passwords. Be sure to select passwords when creating new ones.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Protection lock iPhone device ...

The "Find My iPhone" feature in iOS can be a great help for those who lost their device, if it be left in a bar or just hide under a sofa cushion, you can use the Find My iPhone site for the phone play a sound or display a message.

In addition, you can also remotely lock your iPhone and delete the contents to prevent thieves from accessing any of the phone data. This is the function that has recently received much attention to the fact that hackers and scammers use this function as a way of trying to get money from users who have their accounts iCloud get commitment.

The scammer and / or hackers which may endanger a iCloud account, just a remote lock command by.'s Web site Find My iPhone with the username and password of the victim iCloud

After connecting to rogue hackers or iCloud Find My iPhone website to the victim "lost" mode-lock with 4-digit PIN of your choice to place the iPhone, and displays a message on the lock screen for phone information ransom. The victim is the (block by a message on the screen), if they pay the ransom, you will receive a code to unlock the phone.

How can you avoid becoming a victim of fraud iPhone Lock Ransom?

Create a strong password for the account iCloud

Hackers have a login and password iCloud erode fraud.

It seems that the current batch of iPhone devices block rescue fraud by hackers who perpetrated easy to walk iCloud account password of the victim.

It is crucial that your iCloud password is very strong. Be sure to use letters, numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters and special characters when you type your password. The longer and more random the password, the better. Check out our article on how to create a strong password for some additional information on the construction of a password.

Enable a passcode lock on the iPhone

Another way to thwart hackers lock you out of your own machine is that you to configure a password to lock your phone PIN to verify.

Find My iPhone app is apparently only the attacker to create a PIN to lock the device, if you have not yet established. If you already have a PIN lock enabled device, so that the one that they use to blackmail the camera will not replace it.

The use of Apple two-step verification option

Another step you can take to avoid to improve safety and help a victim of fraud Lock Ransom is to enable two-step verification from Apple. When activated, 4-digit code is required to enter when the connection attempt to make changes to your Apple ID to make a purchase via iTunes, etc. This code will help via SMS and / or Find My iPhone, a more layer of security to your account.

Learn two-step verification Apple FAQ page for more information on how the audit process works in two steps and to enable

What should I do if my iCloud account has been compromised

Whatever you do, do not pay the ransom. Control your own first and set a strong password, and follow the instructions from Apple to reset the device is locked and restore its contents from the last backup.

Facebook Safety Tips for Teens

While many people are aware of all the risks associated, now you start with Facebook and other social networks, many young people your first invoice and explore their new freedoms.

Unfortunately, there are bad guys out there who try to take advantage of these new members of Facebook. Follow these safety help, your Facebook experience safer:

No one sign in an account until you are 13

While you want to have an account if your 11 or 12 Facebook prohibits persons under 13 years of registration. If they know you're lying about your age, they can terminate your account and all its contents, including photos.

2 Do not use your real name or middle

Facebook policy forbids false names, but allows her first short name or middle name. Do not use your full name as it predators and thieves more information to help. Visit the Facebook Help, allowed for more information about which names are

3 Adjust the high privacy settings.

While you may want to be a social butterfly, you must configure your Facebook privacy settings so that not just anyone can see your profile and content. Better make the details of your profile to people who are already "recognized" as friends.

4 no contact information on your profile you do not publish

You have no recently viewed e-mail or personal cell phone number on your profile. If you publish this information, it is possible that a rogue Facebook application or a hacker could that information to use spam or harass. I even recommend no Facebook friends provide this information. Your true friends will be their cell phone number and an e-mail anyway. The less exposure the better.

5 No publish their location or are alone at home

Criminals and robbers could use the location information to find you. You might think that only your friends have access to this information, but if the account connected friends leave on a public computer or you account then chopped foreigners now have the location information. Never publish alone at home.

6 Report abusive or harassing ads

If someone by to feel ever heard of anyone on Facebook or harassing unwanted messages or Facebook something evil in his public wall post something threatening, the "Report Abuse" by clicking on the message. If anyone have a picture of you that do not, "disable" the right and the ability to be.

7 Create a password for your account and not share

If the password is too simple, someone could easily guess and enter your account. Enter your password to any third party ever. Always be sure to completely log into Facebook, when you use a public computer in a library or school computer room.

8 Be smart, what you write

There are some things that you never post on Facebook. If you write something, remember that this may have on others and could be used against you in the future, so be smart.

The fact that Facebook remove after you say something, does not mean that someone does not take a screenshot of it before you have a chance to remove it. If you have something embarrassing to write yourself or others, you may face in the future when applying for a job or trying to get into a university, get turn analyzed the Facebook profiles. If you do not feel comfortable enough to say something in front of someone, then it is better not to a post.

9 Keep an eye out for fraud and fake Facebook applications

Not all Facebook applications are characterized by good people. Normally a Facebook application access to certain parts of your profile as a condition for use. If you give access to the application and misapplication, then you can open only one target for spam or worse. When in doubt, ask Google search the name of the monitoring application "scam" to see if it reports any gimmicks.

10 If your account is hacked, report it immediately

Not too embarrassed to report that your account may have been hacked by someone. It is important to notify the court immediately. Attackers may try the identity hacked with your order to gather your friends so they can realize their scams. Check How to talk to a friend on Facebook Facebook hacker "for more information.

Change the default SSID

Once the management console on your wireless router, access the wireless settings, so that you can see and change the SSID.

The actual steps can vary by provider, so you should consult the documentation for your wireless router for detailed instructions. The example is based on a Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N based.

  • Click Wireless in the menu bar at the top
  • Click on the Basic Wireless Settings submenu

Here you can see the network name or SSID.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

How to detect online fraud

You are already a winner! Only certain personal information to make your price. We will need information from your bank account so that we can deposit their income, and we need your social security number for tax purposes, of course.

The previous paragraph was to simplify the basics of a typical online scams are the "real" versions of these scams much more sophisticated and credible. Scammers have perfected their art over the years and years of trial and error. They learned what kind of people and what does not work.

Most scams have several things in common. If you learn to recognize these common elements, then you should be able to spot an online scam one mile distance before his then again. Let's take a look at some signs of a scam on the Internet.

Tips to recognize a Scam:

The money goes

Whether it's a lottery prize, lottery, phishing, fraud or diversion is always involved in money. You can say you won the money, left him money, your money is at risk, etc., but the common element is money. This should be your biggest indicator that you will be forward to a scam.

Never give your credit card or personal information to any person on the basis of an e-mail that you received, or a link you found on a popup. Always contact your bank using the number on your last statement, never a number in an email or on a website that you was forwarded by e-mail.

If it sounds too good to be true ...

We all know the old adage "If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is." This is certainly the case when it comes to online fraud. Scammers play on the fact that many people like to get rich quick, to learn to make money with minimal effort, or learn a little money to a secret no one else knows to do.

Fraudsters offer the carrot of easy money, to distract personal and financial information from your goal.

Sometimes scammers ask for personal information, but need to install the software on your computer. This software is usually malware, disguised as something else. Scammers earn money through affiliate marketing, pay the malware to infect computers, so that this device can be effectively sold into virtual slavery in the context of large botnets. Control these botnets sold as a commodity on the virtual black market.

Urgent! ACT NOW! Do not wait!

Phishing scam is known that a false sense of urgency to create and try to panic, to cause to bypass the rational thought process of his victim. Like a magician's hand used incorrectly, scammers use fake emergencies from its true purpose to distract.

Always examine an email before acting on its contents. Take your time and check the Internet for use in the e-mail to see if it could be a known fraud keywords. If the e-mail claiming to be from your bank, call the customer service number on the last statement in the mail and it is not the only number you found in the e-mail.

The power of fear

Usually scammers use fear you. In something you normally do not manipulate They will tell you that something is scaring you with your account or your computer. Some scammers may even try to convince you that they committed the application of the law and a crime like downloading pirated software. They use fear to keep you in the payment of a "fine" to do good trick, but is nothing more than extortion under false pretenses.

If someone is securely connected to the physical threat to you once or personal safety of your family, then you should contact the local police organization as soon as possible.

We need some of your personal information

What every thief wants more of your money? You want your personal information so they can steal your identity and sell it to other scammers or use it. Around loans and credit cards in your name

Avoid your social security number for each online. You should also avoid personal information in response to unsolicited e-mails or pop-up message.

5 common mistakes that can help Hacked

Are you more likely hacked by something you are wrong or not doing? Is there anything that a hacker or cheater is a destination on the search? What makes someone an easy target?

Let us take a look at the 5 most common mistakes that make that could cause you to feel hacked:

Common Mistake # 1 - using the same password for multiple accounts

You should avoid using the same password for multiple accounts, if possible.

Of course, using the same password for multiple accounts seems like a good way to avoid that so many passwords to remember, but if a hacker hacked into one of your accounts or account and password in a breach of data involved, a hacker probably trying Your password is compromised to other accounts you have elsewhere.

If you use the same password for multiple accounts, such as your e-mail account and your bank account, they can compromise other accounts with little or no effort on their part required.

Use a password that is unique and strong password for each account, to prevent hackers exploit a password for multiple accounts.

Common Mistake # 2 - Little or no use of wireless encryption on your wireless network

If you have a wireless network in your house and you encrypt or use weak encryption when you leave each and basically everyone has access to the internet you pay your hard earned. It also helps by potential hackers find a way to listen to your network traffic or to do bad things is due to your connection.

You can have encryption enabled, but that could with WEP-based day and extremely hacked encryption. WEP is easily broken by most hackers and is pretty much useless as a form of protection.

Check the implementation based WPA2 with a strong name SSID and pre-shared key (password for the wireless network) encryption. You can learn more about WPA2 in our article on the application of wireless encryption.

Common Error # 3 - In response to the pop-ups and / or unsolicited e-mails

Click on links in unsolicited e-mails and pop-up messages is often a very quick way to get your malware infected computer course. Treat all unsolicited emails highly suspicious.

Beware any and all pop-ups. Even innocuous-looking pop-ups can be in disguise Clickjacking attempts. Turn pop-up blocker function of your browser and also check to protect the use of a browser plug-in such as NoScript malicious pop-ups.

Common Mistake # 4 - With the operating system and applications without patches

The timely application of security patches is very important these days. Hackers and cyber criminals on the fact that many of the potential victims have probably not corrected weaknesses in their systems are counted.

Hackers exploit these vulnerabilities to penetrate the victim computer. The sad thing is that such attacks are often preventable if the user holds patched with the latest security patches the system.

Turn off the "Auto-Update" its operating system for the computer to automatically install security patches as they become available from your operating system vendor.

A schedule for recurring tasks, for security updates for applications that are not operating to check system as well. Pay special attention to the maintenance of applications and plug-ins that have a lot of interaction with the Internet, such as Adobe Flash, Acrobat, Java, etc.

Mistake # 5 - Disabling security features

Sometimes all users disable their firewalls, because they associate problems with a particular application to the Internet. Rather than solve the problem, you can simply disable the firewall to get the full functionality of the application. You can forget enable the firewall again, once you are done with the application or decide that the sentence originally thought the firewall was not the protection that it offered good value.

Virus protection is sometimes anything but often goes out. Some people put in the hope of turning it off is the performance of your computer games or other resource-intensive applications increase.

These security features to protect your computer and your data from harm. They are important for safety in general, deleted or deactivated, such as the removal of because you do not like the sound that makes the creaky door in your house.

If the security functions or applications that are causing the problems, try to find the cause, rather than just disable protection. If your antivirus slows down your system to run scheduling system scans in the middle of the night when you are not on the computer.

What is a bot?

If you can attack the refractive've heard of "bots" or "zombies" headlines. If you had no other context, one would think about an invasion of Earth by an alien race or the last horror film in theaters to speak. In fact, "bots" and "zombies" are a threat to the security of your computer or network.

What's a Bot (or Zombie)?


A "bot" is a type of malware that can take control of the affected computer an attacker. Infected with a "bot" computers are called "zombies". There are literally tens of thousands of computers on the Internet are infected with some kind of "bot" and not even notice. Attackers are contributing to sites able to activate the access lists of the "zombie" PC and on the implementation of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks, phishing sites hosted attack or send thousands of spam messages. If someone is to pursue the attack on its source, they will find an unintentional and not the actual aggressor to the victim.

Identify Team A 'Zombie'


"Bots" are well hidden in the shadow of the computer, so they are not noticeable. If you could easily see that something running on the computer, remove or disable fast. Often, files and processes have similar names or identical names, and the file system of the normal processes, so that users do not think twice, even if they look.

If you notice something weird, as it seems to slow down or crash for no apparent reason, you might think that it caused some malware in the background the problem. Are similar to those of the same symptoms and causes. Scan your computer with current anti-spyware to known malware-versions of anti-virus. If the tests find nothing, you can refer to a book as a Windows Degunking to help clear the cobwebs from your PC.

Protect your computer against "bots"


One of the best defenses against such threats is to run anti-virus and anti-spyware on your computer. It is important, though frequently update the software. The authors of malicious software such as "bots" constantly updated and avoid checking their attacks on the detection and prevention measures, such as anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. You should also make sure that you corrected your operating system and applications from known vulnerabilities and to keep some personal use on your computer to prevent unauthorized access firewall program.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Cyber Security Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. What is the first thing you think of spring? Spring cleaning, of course.

This spring, things will mix a little, forgot to clean the garage. This year we will focus efforts on the security of your computer and network security. Check out this week's article: Tips for Spring Cleaning Cyber Security. We will show you some tips to clear the cobwebs of cyber crime and to protect your computer from malware and hackers.

Has an annual maintenance of the computer or the network? Tell us in the comments:

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Cyber Security Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. What is the first thing you think of spring? Spring cleaning, of course.

This spring, things will mix a little, forgot to clean the garage. This year we will focus efforts on the security of your computer and network security. Check out this week's article: Tips for Spring Cleaning Cyber Security. We will show you some tips to clear the cobwebs of cyber crime and to protect your computer from malware and hackers.

Has an annual maintenance of the computer or the network? Tell us in the comments:

Monday, August 11, 2014

Cyber Security Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. What is the first thing you think of spring? Spring cleaning, of course.

This spring, things will mix a little, forgot to clean the garage. This year we will focus efforts on the security of your computer and network security. Check out this week's article: Tips for Spring Cleaning Cyber Security. We will show you some tips to clear the cobwebs of cyber crime and to protect your computer from malware and hackers.

Has an annual maintenance of the computer or the network? Tell us in the comments:

You can recover a file that has been emptied ...

Have you ever accidentally a file and empty the "Trash" deleted below. Is it actually be recovered off or more.

The answer to this question depends on several factors, but there may be more hope than you think. Check out our article on how to advice on how to carry out the procedures for retrieving files from the computer forensics DIY a deleted file.

Have you ever had a successful backup file from the dead, met with a file recovery tool? What did you use? Tell us your story in the comment box below:

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Cyber Security Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. What is the first thing you think of spring? Spring cleaning, of course.

This spring, things will mix a little, forgot to clean the garage. This year we will focus efforts on the security of your computer and network security. Check out this week's article: Tips for Spring Cleaning Cyber Security. We will show you some tips to clear the cobwebs of cyber crime and to protect your computer from malware and hackers.

Has an annual maintenance of the computer or the network? Tell us in the comments:

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Tips to Prevent & quot; Catfished & quot; In line

Valentine's Day may be a few weeks before, but love is in the air and online. How to know if your online romance is real or not? Sounds too good to be true?

How to avoid Catfished online that give you some resources to determine if the person on the other end of the screen can about who they say they are lying: The article in this week.

Have you ever had a bad romance online? Tell us in the comments:

Cyber Security Spring Cleaning

Spring is in the air. What is the first thing you think of spring? Spring cleaning, of course.

This spring, things will mix a little, forgot to clean the garage. This year we will focus efforts on the security of your computer and network security. Check out this week's article: Tips for Spring Cleaning Cyber Security. We will show you some tips to clear the cobwebs of cyber crime and to protect your computer from malware and hackers.

Has an annual maintenance of the computer or the network? Tell us in the comments:

What if your Facebook account hacked

Your Facebook account has been hacked, do not know how or why, or by whom, but want something fast bleeding, because his friends to lose from minute to minute stop.

Fortunately, we are here for you. Visit our Help section! My Facebook account has been hacked! Instructions on what to do to regain control of the pirates again.

Main Facebook account has been hacked? Tell us your horror story in the comments below:

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Parental Control Google

Kids love Google knows everything. Your children can use Google to find them information for homework, funny cat videos and everything else.

Sometimes the children can have a "trick" in Google and find yourself in a dark part of the Internet, where they should not be. Some children may innocently found inappropriate content, while the other kids look intentionally. , Questions often, but parents what they can do to find their children and to find "bad sides" by Google to prevent.

Fortunately, Google has the child lock to take the parents contribute at least reduce the amount of waste that ends in the search results.

Let us take a look at some of Parental Control, Google may allow, help their curious children who end up on the wrong side of the tracks:

What Google SafeSearch?

Google SafeSearch is a great parental control options that Google provides the search results from the parents by the police to help. SafeSearch filter explicit content from search results. It is designed primarily to attack sexually explicit content (images and videos) and not the violent content.

How Google SafeSearch enabled:

Allow http://www.google.com/preferences visit to Google SafeSearch

1 In the page "Search Settings", put a check mark in the box with tags "filter explicit results."

2 the setting set so that your child can not change it, click the "Lock SafeSearch Link." If you have not logged into your Google account, you have to do to lock SafeSearch to "position".

Note: If you have more than one browser on your system, you must perform the foreclosure process above for each browser SafeSearch. Also, if you have more than one profile on the computer (for example, your child has a separate connection for a user account shared computer), then you need to disable the browser in the child's profile. Cookies must be enabled for this to work well.

If you activated successfully activated or deactivated SafeSearch, you will receive a confirmation message to obtain in your browser.

To check the status of SafeSearch, whether your child is disabled for some reason, looking at the top of each page of search results on Google, a message at the top of the screen that says SafeSearch is locked.

There is no guarantee that all bad blocks SafeSearch content, but at least it's better not to be. There is nothing to use your child a different search engine, prevent to find malicious content. Other search engines like Yahoo, have their own characteristics SafeSearch like, so that you can activate. Check their support pages for information on their offers of parental control.

SafeSearch enabled on mobile devices

In addition to your computer, you will probably also want SafeSearch on any mobile device that your child uses regularly as you allow your smartphone, tablet or iPod touch. For instructions on enabling SafeSearch in a variety of mobile devices, see page Google SafeSearch cart.

As we all know, kids will be kids and try to test their limits. We have set up a roadblock and turn around. This is a constant cat and mouse and it is always a gateway to the Internet, we forgot to block as parents, and to cross for children, but we do our best.

You want if to implement in other ways parental controls on the Internet, see related article look below:

Free Wireless Security Tools


NetStumbler displays wireless access points, SSID, channel, if WEP is enabled and the signal strength. NetStumbler to connect with GPS technology to identify the accuracy of the exact location of the access points.

MiniStumbler
Designed a smaller version of NetStumbler, circa 2002 platforms running on PocketPC 3.0 and PocketPC. Provides support for ARM, MIPS and SH3 CPU type.

WEPCrack
WEPCrack were the first cracks WEP utility. WEPCrack is an open source tool used for separating 802.11 WEP key. You can also WEPCrack for Linux.

Airsnort
Airsnort Tool is a local wireless network WEP keys (WLAN). AirSnort passively monitors wireless transmissions, and calculates the encryption key when enough packets are collected automatically.

Btscanner
Btscanner you can extract the maximum possible information from a Bluetooth device without coupling. Extracts HCI and SDP information, and maintains an open, to control the connection quality and RSSI connection.

FakeAP
In contrast to your network by disabling SSID PA Faux black broadcasts- hide Alchemy generates thousands of counterfeit 802.11b access points. As part of a honeypot or as an instrument of your site security plan, Fake AP confuses Ward River, NetStumblers, script kiddies and others scanners.

Kismet
Is Kismet, sniffer, and intrusion detection system for 802.11 wireless sensor. Kismet identifies networks passively gather packages and networks standard detection, detection (and time decloaking) denotes hidden networks, and from the presence of nonbeaconing networks via data traffic.

Redfang
Redfang V2.5 is an advanced implementation of Redfang destake original version found Bluetooth devices are not detectable by brute force the last six bytes of the device's Bluetooth address and make a read_remote_name ().

SSID Sniff
A tool to use when looking to discover access points and save captured traffic. Comes with a set script and supports Cisco Aironet and random Prism2 based cards.

WiFi Scanner
WifiScanner analyzes traffic and detects 802.11b access points and stations automatically. He listens alternately in 14 channels, write packet information in real time, access points and client stations associated search. The entire network traffic can be saved in libpcap format for job analysis.

WIDS
WIDS is an IDS. Recognized management framework disturbances and can be used as a wireless honeypot. Data frame can be decoded in the current and injected into another device.

Widz
Widz is a proof of concept of the IDS system for 802.11 wireless networks. Protects access points (AP) and the control of local frequencies for malicious activity. Detects analysis, flood of the association, and false / rogue AP. It can also be integrated with SNORT or RealSecure.

5 reasons why you want to share your location, is a bad idea

Location, location, location. This was the mantra of every real estate agent for many years. Location can be important when it comes to selling your home, but it is also important for your personal safety factor also.

Many of us take for granted that our phones are constantly "current position" and shows that we come and go, without realizing it. A simple Tweet or post photos on Facebook can reveal our current position. Why is this a bad thing?

Let's look at 5 reasons why you might not be a good idea your situation:

Not found 1 Shows

Just select your holiday in the beautiful and sunny Acapulco? So I think, you know what? You are obviously from thousands of miles from home. Depending on your privacy settings, this little tidbit of information in the world can be disseminated, including thieves that roam the Internet looking for people who are on vacation.

A few quick Google search later, and one case of charged home on Google Street View and a windowless van with all your valuables.

Consider waiting until you return from vacation to limit images and updates to this post, and also to the visibility of your message to the list "Unlikely Friends Rob You".

2 was the safety of persons could endanger you infected with

Who does not love a good selfie group? Groupie? Once we took this photo, we have our Facebook and tag friends who were there with us.

A problem when you score your friend, you are also setting up your location and possibly jeopardize their personal safety, betrayed his whereabouts. You might not want to be known for the same reasons as you can, the information belongs to you unknown (ie, the reasons for this list).

Ask someone before scoring, and say, you know, to consider the implementation of the Facebook option license plate. With this function, you can decide whether a message or a photo that you do not approve, on your schedule or shows.

3 can be used against Someday

Where were you on the night of January 17th? You can not remember, but if you are divided his position in a post on Facebook, then remembers Facebook. This could be good or bad depending on the situation. It is up to you to decide whether or not to share their movements with Facebook and other social media applications.

If you want to remove Facebook know where all the time, disabling access to Facebook has location services on your smartphone or other device geolocation.

4 You can add more information about yourself (where you work, the places you frequent, etc.) show

Registration to report the same coffee every day, that there is a custom for you and is likely to eat here on a daily basis. Is this something people need to know? He also says he is not bad, and is a behavior pattern that could be used to let people know as Stalker, where they can find you.

5 Could this be where your precious

They sell a one-of-a-kind Tiffany style lamps thousands of dollars? Do you have to send only one picture of him with a smartphone and a potential buyer? Guess what? If your camera supports recording GPS Smartphone and geotags, then to send only enough for a photo of, you can also give the exact location of the GPS, integrated EXIF metadata stored with the image. Now just wait until check-in at Starbucks or vacation photos, then they can start when you are away.

Conclusion: Some of the innocent with the wicked location could the green light to be visited. Think appear at the consequences of posting your location or not. Maintain the safety of others think also.

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Commentary: Wireless Technologies 2GIG Go Control ...

You've probably never heard of a company called 2gig Technologies, but is starting to make a name in the field of security system accessible via the home network. 2GIG has developed what I did. For the iPhone of home security systems The control panel! Go is one of the most intuitive feature-rich systems well designed house that I deal with security.

After a break last year we had, we were for a security system that could install it yourself looking for. I already had a system of "old school" and was not impressed by the device or service provider. This time I thought I would get on my DIY and install it myself.

I saw several systems on the market, but it seems not very DIY friendly, the installation require in many archaic codes to fix the main unit and sensors recording. I was frustrated in my search until I wirelessly control your security! 2GIG Go immediately caught my attention because it has a standard numeric keypad, but it was a bright spot on the LCD touchscreen.

2gig visited the site to learn more about the system and examined their properties. This thing was loaded: For selected control system:

  • The wireless sensor (non-operating cable)
  • Alarm by phone, and / or services, department landline (not sick your mobile phone connection cut)
  • Home control switches Z-Wave thermostats and door locks (if you choose this option and the fees associated with the alarm service provider)
  • Arm, disarm, and sensor notification by / / Site iPhone / Android BlackBerry Secure Web (with the plan rate interactive services)
  • Activation and deactivation of wireless remote control (similar to unlock a car with a remote control)
  • / Fire / smoke high water alarm relay capability (with optional sensors)
  • Speaker to the service (optional service) speak alerting services

Everything looked good, the only thing that worries me is how this is going to cost. To my surprise, I found $ 460 Home Security Store. This website is the do-it-yourselfers who want professional-quality alarm systems, but do not want to pay high prices or blocked for installation in multi-annual contracts crazy Service.

The basic kit comes with 3 wireless sensors, door / window sensor, motion sensor, remote control the activation and deactivation of the system, the main switchboard itself, a power adapter and battery and wireless card that installs in the Control Panel. You need to decide which mobile operator. In the purchase of the unit, which is installed the type of cellular radio determined rather I recommend choosing the provider that you know has the best signal reception in your home. The cost of maintenance of the alarm unit is integrated by provider and service package you choose in your monthly alarm service.

The 2gig of (and many other alarm systems) are oriented documentation professional installers, but was still capable of everything that is needed to get things going to understand. The only problem I had was that the system had not only a manual and installation guide, which was corrected by visiting their website and download the manual.

Another problem was that no power cord supplied with the system. Again, I think they understand that professional installers have a cable drum with them will be cut to the desired length. Would have been nice to include a 10 meter long cable, so they might have to travel to my local Radio Shack saved me.

The movement lasted a few hours, and it was pretty easy. Registering wireless sensors was very simple.

I waited a few days before the election of a service provider. I opted for the security service, which was announced on the website of the store home security, was an alarm relay service powered by Alarm.com. I for advanced interactive service enables remote / arming disarming through my iPhone and also provided some of the advanced features of reports by SMS / messages / push notification when alarm is triggered allow me, or if you choose to select some sensors are activated. For example, if the hotel door opened during my regular working hours, I received a text saying it was open. Do not set the alarm or call the police (although it could have done). It only tells me that someone playing with my door.

The alarm service is powered by Alarm.com also integrate with my system wireless security cameras DIY (paid) allows me the video of the events to do about the alarms (if I choose to pay the additional cost) to see.

The touch experience is much more intuitive than the old school keyboards from other providers of security systems available. In addition to the touchscreen, the system has also a large trigger buttons / emergency, if you are too afraid to go out and play with the touch screen. It also has a Home button that you. Returned to the similar like an iPhone's main menu Start button

The system voice responses in almost all cases, such as opening a door. You can create your own linking words in the text of integrated voice response banking. For example, I have a back door and a door to the backyard and I was able to name them correctly, and that all those words were in the integrated Voice Bank. Bank of voices is a bit limited, but I was not able to find the word "door" and have another word instead of replaced.

I had to activate absolutely no problems with this system so far and am looking forward to some advanced features such as Z-Wave lighting, thermostat, control and secure the door.

The system is very flexible. You can easily add other sensors, such as sensors, smoke / fire and broken glass at any time simply by purchasing sensors and after registration. I have added a second key and a pair of contacts for additional doors.

If you want to increase your safety zone for your home or business, you should really take a look at the wireless security system 2GIG Go! Home Control.

Knowing the dangers of oversharing on Facebook

How much is too much information when it comes to sharing on Facebook? If the exchange oversharing and if there is a risk to personal safety? Some people out there, as oversharing, and others do not. Let's look at both the amateur and the enemies of oversharing:

Stalkers as oversharing:

Face it, the Facebook Timeline as an album for stalkers. Timeline provides a simple interface where your friends and depending on the privacy settings, may have every toad in the world quick access to all the things you have posted on Facebook. Stalkers simply click on the year and month they are interested and Facebook Timeline takes the law.

With 60 new applications that Facebook executives as "frictionless sharing" make almost every aspect of your life is to follow may be exposed to stalkers.

Plays music in the "Check-in" in the real world, this little information can help your harasser know their habits, so they know where to find you.

It is best to limit your site on Facebook as much as possible or no participation at all. Use Facebook friends lists to organize your friends. Create a list of your friends and biggest privacy settings set to allow better access to trusted friends and a very limited knowledge that could end up being bullies access.

Thieves like oversharing:

Want to make an easy target for thieves? The best way is to share your location on Facebook.

If you only know "check-in" at the local gym and that on Facebook, then any thief, Facebook is running, know that you are not at home. That would be the perfect time to steal.

You can use the Facebook privacy settings just friends limited, but what about when a friend connected to a computer available to the public, such as in a library, and forgets to log off or stolen your phone? You can not expect your friends are the only ones who can see their status just because the location and the privacy settings are set only friends.

Some Facebook applications that share their location can be relaxed privacy settings that you are comfortable and can give your site without blabbing that you can know.

Check your privacy settings and also check the user Facebook application to share with your friends and the rest of the world. Limit as much as possible to protect your privacy and personal security. Never book alone at home.

Lawyers as oversharing:

Anything you can do on Facebook and not be used against you in a court of law. Lawyers love Facebook because it contributes significantly to the character of a person, and where and when something happened establish. Facebook makes a lot of steps that a detective normally, such as learning that combines a person (ie, they are your friends).

You are in the middle of a custody battle? Post photos of yourself on Facebook broke at a party can make your ex-husband of his case to help against you. Facebook ads often reflect our mood. Small ranting State could aggressive or offensive term by a lawyer trying to get build a case against you.

Avoid ads while angry or drunk. If in an image, which can be considered unreasonable that you selected, you can "untag" yourself so that the image is not linked to your profile.

Remember, though, that even if you have deleted an announcement after its release, the situation has been caught in a screenshot or send a notification by e-mail. There is no guarantee on Facebook, so always think before posting.

Employers hate oversharing

It is likely that your employer is not a big fan of oversharing. Whether you are working or not, their actions can impact your company's image, especially since most people who get work on his Facebook profile.

If your employer investigated and seen Facebook activity, a lot of it, as it is supposed to work that could be used against them at any given time. If you say you are sick and then tells your Facebook page to your check-in at the local cinema, you could press your employer that you are gone.

Potential employers can also try your Facebook profile to know more about you. You can check review to see your script if there is something I can not hire you.

Worried friends before posting something stupid on the wall or an unflattering portrait of tagging that could affect a possible job? Turn Review and revision label account, so that you can decide what to show you before a post goes live.

There are certain things that you never post on Facebook. Use your judgment and take responsibility for what you post about yourself and others.

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Sunday, August 3, 2014

At a human polygraph FACE ...

Social engineering attacks rely on an attacker someone to get information or privileged access to a network, system or part of a building successfully to deceive. The famous hacker Kevin Mitnik was a social engineering attacks and often teachers to access I needed.

People can learn to recognize the deception going on? Is training to recognize the signs of lying or stupid? A course like this would be a valuable tool for company staff training as a secretary or security guards who are supposed to be in the line of social engineering attacks against probably be.

In my research to answer the previous question, I found the site of the formation of the face of Dr. Paul Ekman. On his website, which provides more than $ 69, which means the expression Training Tool METT called Micro.

If you have ever seen the TV series Lie to Me Fox Network, then you are probably familiar with the term micro-expression. A micro-expression is an expression that (a fraction of a second) occurs at high speed, which can reveal possibly someone really feel when they get angry, sad, happy, etc. Although it can someone not his thoughts Read This Micro-expressions can show information about how a person really feels. The micro-expressions can also help you to recognize when someone is not telling the truth, especially when their micro-expressions contradict what they say.

Dr. Ekman has studied the micro-expressions for several decades and it was really a scientific advisor for Lie-TV. The Education Dr. Ekman is oriented law enforcement, security, media professionals, and anyone else interested in learning to read micro expressions, so they can see how people really feel and possibly recognize is deception.

The website of Dr. Ekman has a few different formations. I decided that METT advanced courses to study with more content, and it was the range of courses available.

The METT Advanced course focuses on teaching you how to recognize micro-expressions correspond to seven basic human emotions: anger, disgust, sadness, fear, surprise, happiness and anger.

The course is completely web browser conducted online via a Flash-enabled. After enrollment, pay the registration fee and is provided with access to training, you get to receive a brief introduction. After the introduction, you will be prompted to set the sensitivity for the visualization of micro-expressions that will be presented to you during the training and testing parts of the course. Recommend that you use the fastest speed, but allow switching to the slower speed if you run into problems. It is important to note that a certificate of satisfactory progress by you are given the fastest speed (and guests 80% or more in the course of using post-test) degree.

Once the speed is set, you will be directed to a pre-test of short videos that contain different people with different micro-expressions. The purpose of the pre-test is to see how you, the above seven emotions can be seen in the situation of course. I scored 57% in the pre-test, so I guess I am not by nature with the ability to micro-expressions Read gifted.

After the pre-test, you will be with videos, which will be presented at the micro-expressions for different emotions that the course focuses. These videos show the micro-expressions in slow motion, so you can study them in detail. Some videos have a side by side comparison of the two emotions that are often confused with each other, so you can see the subtle differences to see distinguish them. Anger and disgust are closely related, such as fear and surprise are.

Once you've seen the videos and feel like you are ready, you can try the practice exam to help you prepare for the real test is at the end of the course .. In the practical test, you will be presented with short video sequences micro-expressions of 42 people from different cultures. The included micro-expressions, the core subjects are universal and not to be dependent on a person's sex, race or national origin.

You will be prompted to enter the appropriate emotion you think, seen to select micro-expression that shows the video button. He will tell you if you guessed correctly and have the option of directing the expression of micro-and more if necessary to see. Some examples even offer a feedback button that provides more details about the expression on the video that was presented available.

Once done with the practice test, you can use the "post-test" that take place are marked. If you have a 80% or more (just fast mode), you will receive a certificate of satisfaction to receive. A value of 95% or more, you will receive a certificate. I managed a 82% on the first attempt, the strong, because my 57% has been improved in the pre-test condition.

Otherwise 80% or more in the post-test, or if you just want to get more exercise, it is a "practical additional section" 84 videos that provide additional area to to try your luck with.

The website indicates that you repeat the course in your case, since not end when you have paid for it.

Overall, I liked the course. Dr. Ekman is a renowned research leader in micro expressions and material seems to be very well documented. Although the title of the course is Advanced METT, the price feels more like a history of the building blocks of the Foundation Level. I feel that I now know the basics and would like to see a follow-up course is on what I've learned. According to the person that I received from Dr. Ekman, a website for training high spoke in the works and should be released soon.

Do I feel that I read anyone's mind now? No, but I feel like I pay more attention to the facial expressions of people and now I can better understand what they are showing their micro-expressions, maybe I can get a better idea of how they really feel, even if their mouths to say something get the opposite. For $ 69 this is a very good course and is worth the price of admission. I look forward to the next offer Dr. Ekman.

Dr. Ekman METT Advanced is an online course available Face Training website of Dr. Ekman.

How to disable Facebook facial recognition ...

Facebook has recently decided to delete the Face Recognition Data of European users, because of privacy issues.

The goal of the current face recognition technology helps Facebook users tagging friends in photos. Unfortunately, carried out by some commentators tests found that the technology is less accurate.

Facebook facial recognition to improve over time, and this will probably be more applications for this technology. As the technology evolves and matures, some people who face detection, the data harmless information, but others are likely to privacy issues with how it is used and protects the data have.

If you think that the face recognition is the best thing since sliced bread or just think it's creepy, you can disable the privacy settings until you., You select how you made about them

How to disable Facebook facial recognition?

1 Once you have logged into your Facebook account, click the white triangle next to the Start button in the upper right corner of the screen.

February. Click on "Privacy Settings" from the drop down menu.

Three. On the page that opens, scroll down to the "Mounting and labeling" section and click "Edit Settings'.

April. When the dialog box "Timeline and labeling", scroll to the "Who sees tag suggestions when photos that look like you downloaded" open.

May Select "No One" on the right "who sees Proposal tags when images are downloaded as you." The other option is to see your friends-to-day suggestions. No option to "everyone".

6 Click the "Done" button.

What data use Facebook to say that the picture looks like you and suggest that you mark your photos of your friends?

According to the Facebook page, there are two types of information to an image you just downloaded looks like someone who was previously marked in Facebook propose automatically:

Facebook page:

"About the photos you marked - If you have selected a photo, associate labels to your account, to compare what these photos have tagged and store a summary of this comparison, if you have never been marking a photo together. Facebook or not in all the photos of you has on facebook, this summary information was not created or stored for you.

By comparing the new photos on the information in the pictures that you tagged stored - If you or your friends upload images, it can automatically have the summary information about what we have selected photos stored together, to compare. The results of this comparison can also opt for group photos or photos that they want to suggest, are used. You and your friends always have the option to ignore these recommendations. We do not associate the image with these proposals, if your friend registers. When friends do not check, I informed automatically, and you can turn off if you do not like the photo, or do not want marked. "

Currently seems photo-tagging, the only thing that Facebook uses facial recognition to be, but you can probably change in the future because other applications this data. I'm sure we can all different scenarios of "Big Brother" who took part in many Hollywood movies like Eagle Eye and others, but for now, the technology has a long way to go before achieving something as imagine, ambitious and frightening.

The best advice for every Facebook privacy problem you may have is to see your privacy settings at least once a month if there is not something to check what you want, and select is.

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