LinkedIn Steps To Protect Members Password

After the rumor about password of LinkedIn User that has been stolen and posted in online hacker community in Russia, then LinkedIn ask for apologize and doing action to protect the user. Vicente Silveira, Director at LinkedIn in his blog said that 6,5 million password has been posted in hacker website.

According to Silveira, most of the password is still in encryption condition (hashed). He admitted few of this hashed password has been decrypted and published. Fortunately email login related to the password was not go on public. He said that there is no report about access to user account related to this issue.

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Check PC Security With Kaspersky Scan

Harris Interactive survey that conducted for consumers globally in March 2012 showed that 15 percent of Windows PC owners do not use any software for their digital assets. 

At the same time, 60 percent of users concerned about the confidentiality of their financial data and 80 percent had experienced security threats at least once. 

To overcome this problem, Kaspersky introduces a new device for detecting the status of computer security. Kaspersky Security Scan, that is the name, it is specifically intended for users who do not use antivirus solution or are still unsure with the common security software.

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Valentine Malware Shoot Facebook Users

Valentine is still a week away, but the nuance is starting to feel in cyberspace. Unfortunately, that was not a positive feel.

Recently, Trend Micro, a leading security company, identified the presence of valentine malware which targets facebook users in worldwide. Trend Micro reminds facebok users to be more observant and careful when accessing this largest social network, using either a mobile or via PC.

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Anonymous Threatens To Attack On January 28 Facebook

Not content with attacking government websites as and the American entertainment industry, anonymous spread of new threats that they would turn off the social networking site Facebook as a form of protest against the restriction of Internet freedom.

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Security Gap on PDF Files

Lately, there's a news said that a new security gap of PDF file has been found. Actually this hole has been patched in January 2007, but it opened again in summer this year when there's a news about applied of new method to removes spam. That spam filter detected email spam it has PDF form. Many spam filter software vendor then have as a conclusion that admission filling of form on that PDF file can be a security gap.

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Powerful Way to Secure Facebook Account

Recently we heard about Facebook account that has been hijacked around us, How could it be? Whereas most user trusted and used this social networking feature as a daily communication tool. And next question is, at least how to protect our account from this tread.

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W32/Koobface Will Be a Christmas Present from Santa

Approaching Christmas we have to pay attention in a new spreading technique of internet virus, after latest Captcha techniques used by W32/koobface worm, worm recently spreading around the internet world, it seems that malware author have to think about new way to spread their virus, now the author have turned their way to the new way called “santa for help”, it delivers it's nasty surprise which awaits Facebook users.

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Be Careful, Facebook Virus

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Securing PC From Phising Attack on Facebook

Here again, kaspersky lab one of many famous developer on computer security answering phising attack recently attacking facebook by free tutorial for internet user to keep their computer secure from any phising activity while online. This security vendor informs to internet that this codes it spreads from social network sites is 10 times more effective infect our computer than malware distributed by email.

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More Than 127 Million User Has Been Attacked by KoobFace

According data of Internet Security Department there are more than 127 million user has been attacked by this virus named koobface using message sending feature of those social network sites to infect our PC. After infecting our PC, this virus also try to get any sensitive information such your credit card etc. Koobface it new method to attack social network sites user.

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Internet Port which need to be awared

Service on internet is accessed from certain port. At any IP address there is port from 0 – 65535 which can be activated. This port has a logic function (not physic function as physic port or parallel port on our computer), but just like physic port it use to access some certain services on internet.

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Three Dimensions to Protect your Computer

First - Strengthen the defense of your computer

Install Firewalls

"Firewall" is an isolation technology to separate the internal network and the Internet. The firewall carries out some filtering when two networks communicate. It lets the data/person that you "agree" to enter your network, and also block the data/person you "do not agree" from your network. It can prevent they changes, copy, or destroys your material. To ensure the firewall get into work, you must keep it update.

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Knowing Internet Port Number for PC Security

Service on internet is accessed from sure port. At any IP address there is port from 0 – 65535 which can be activated. This port has a logic function (not physic function as physic port or parallel port on our computer), but just as physic port it use to access some services on internet.

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Hacker Attack (Part III)

In previous post we see that there is a number of method used by hacker to fulfill their ambition. In this post I want to explain how the hacker get the password. From the previous step at previous post, at least there are 3 steps which including activity to get the password, at enumeration, gaining access, and escalating privilege. We can get the password with several way.

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Hacker Attack (Part II)

At previous post we know that hacker has a number of method to gain a systems target. And know this post will explain the method.

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Hacker Attack

Figure of hacker who a limp computer crazy man is doesn't match anymore. By existences of internet anybody with little desire and to shiver can becomes hacker. Now hacking already being activity to spend our free time, especially for amateur hacker being as script kiddies.

To protect our computer while surfing internet we need to knowing hacker method to gain the system, simply we can take a look for the diagram below:

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