Showing posts with label privacy. Show all posts
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WARNING : Facebook Password Reset Confirmation Mail - Malware

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Friday, March 19, 2010 0 comments

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Recently Facebook users got caught inside the scoop of the  Hackers. The hackers sent a mail to the users of Facebook telling them that your Facebook password has been changed due to some security reasons and the new password has been attached with the mail. When the user opens that attachment, They get pranked by the hackers and then a software gets installed on your computer which will not only hack your Facebook password, all the passwords & username combinations will get transferred to the hacker. This email claims that it has been sent from Facebook.

 

 

 

 

This email looks like this :

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which has the subject as “Facebook Password Reset Confirmation. Customer Support.”

Though the body of the message looks somewhat straight, But if you open the attachment you will get all your password hacked from your computer. The hackers looks pretty smart.

Facebook said that They don’t send any mail which has any attachment. If they find any security changes to be done in any account, they just send a link & the user has to enter new password there. McAfee has already given this warning, due to the many users being affected.

Facebook updated their status recently as :

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You can also read the full status & user’s comments here.

Please note that facebook will never send password reset information as an attachment, they only send a link. So if you receive any mail just delete it. And even alert your friend’s about this virus. To know more about Facebook security got to Facebook.com/security.

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Hide your Scraps from your Friends (Orkut Tricks)

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Tuesday, January 26, 2010 0 comments

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There are many security given by orkut to secure your Orkut account. Orkut even gives you the opportunity to select with whom you want to share your scrapbook with.

 

You can select Everyone or Friends of friends or only with friends. But you cannot hide your scrapbook from your friends. They can read what you speak. Here i m going to tell you How to hide your scraps from your friends !

 

METHOD

Just select the scraps & click on REPORT SPAM to hide them . No to read them just click on SPAM from the more menu.

 

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To Read the Scraps :

Just click on SPAM from the MORE menu & then you can read those scraps!

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Wow! Only you can read those scraps without deleting them! So what is your opinion . Do you liked it. Drop in your comments !

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How To Get Back Your Hacked Gmail/Orkut/Google Account!

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010 0 comments

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With the recent cyber attacks on Google in china, Even if you think you are secured, But you may not be! Even if you think you must wait & first read this post.

As google is a multi functional website offering us many services like Gmail, orkut, Blogger, Picassa, chackout, ADSENSE . It would become a worst nightmare if our Google accounts gets hacked!

Like many other online services Google tries to protect your account with secret question as well as optional

secondary email address. But there is one more official option which only Google Provides!

1. Trying “Forget Password Option” :

I know this will not work in most cases, as options like forget password rely on secondary email address and security question, both of which can be easily changed once a account gets hacked. Still you should try at least once as most password gets hacked by script kiddies and not by real hackers.

So go to Forget Password form first!

2. What if the above option Fails ?

You can try the “CONTACT FORM “ option by google. Please go through the following information before submitting the form. (That’s why i am not providing you the link above ) :

  • Your goal should be to give Google maximum & accurate data! So take your time and submit form with maximum amount of information possible. You can consult your trusted friends if you are not sure. As an example it could be Sam or Bob who invited you on orkut. If you are not sure call them up and ask it!
  • Submit only one form! Yes this should be common sense. Do not submit multiple forms. A person who uses around 10-15 Google products asked me if he can submit multiple forms mentioning different Google products.
  • Submit form from the place which you use most often to access your account like PC at home! Although they haven’t mentioned this explicitly, line above submit button says, “Please note that we need your IP address in order to resolve this issue. Your IP address will be captured automatically when you submit this form.”

Few things as example which google can ask :

  • Last successful login date
  • Account creation date
  • Google products you used with this account and the date you started using each one
  • Details about Orkut account (if you use Orkut)
  • Details about Blogger account (if you use Blogger)

Google quoted:

If you've already tried to reset your password and you're still unable to access your Google Account, fill out the form below. Please answer each question as thoroughly and accurately as possible; the strength of your answers will determine if we can return your account. If you're not certain about some of the dates, provide your closest estimate.

Contact Form Link .

What if everything fails ?

If both the option fails you can make another account as there is no other option left :( .

Even if your account is not hacked you must go through the contact form & note the required information at some private place as no one knows what can happen …

If you have any more method you can leave in the comments section below.

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How to protect your Orkut Album Pics from being saved [Orkut Trick]

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Friday, January 8, 2010 0 comments

There are a lot of security tips available by Orkut to protect our orkut albums. But you cannot let your pictures being saved. Today we are unveiling a trick by which we can disable the "right clicks" on your album pics !
How ?
  • Go to the older version of Orkut(you can find link near logout in Orkut).
  • Then you need to go to the Album pic page.
  • Tag the image completely to any profile (preferably your own profile), without even leaving a single dot as it would destroy this trick.
It will disallow the right clicking to any image of your orkut album pic! Try saving the pic in the link given here but don’t use the print screen button as that always works.

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