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Keep SSH Session Alive After Disconnecting

July 1, 2012

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When I use SSH to remotely manage my Ubuntu servers specifically when installing applications and editing config files sometimes I get disconnected due to internet connectivity issues. Most of the time I use Hamachi VPN to connect to the servers. If it get disconnected in middle of setting up something, there is no way to [...]

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Forgot to sign out of my Gmail account

May 19, 2012

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Discuss more about posts, topics & issues at our GeekLK Help It happened to me once. I walked out from one of my clients site and then I just realized that I forgot to sign out from my Google drive. All Google services works with single sign in . So I could sign out all currently logged in [...]

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Use the Internet wisely & Stay safe from DNS Changer malware

May 11, 2012

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Hello Folks, Once again, I’m back with another piece of information which is useful for the users. Almost all the internet audience will be targeted on this since it’s a privacy & protecting your self over the internet. Okay!! Today’s topic is about the famous malware which is spreading over the net anonymously these days & injecting users computer [...]

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Session Hijacking made easy – Android

December 31, 2011

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Session Hijacking also known as a Sidejacking, is an attack stealing someones web session to gain unauthorized access. What is a web (HTTP) session Each & every time a user log into Facebook, Twitter or your banking account… etc, the web server will give the user a session ID or a token while the web browser stores [...]

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Secure your Gmail access with 2-step verification

December 9, 2011

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Google now has a security feature called 2-step verification which provides a secure way of login to your Gmail account. This would probably help when you you’re using a public PC or your friend’s PC. Who knows he/she has a key logger inside the PC . In this tutorial I’ll explain how to configure it [...]

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OpenSecret: Encrypt and Decrypt a Message

December 7, 2011

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It’s In fact concerns over the privacy in the Internet has been questioned frequently in the world arena. The emergence of Anonymous and Lulzsec as a world celebrated hacking groups, the phone hacking scandal staged by the media guru Rupert Murdoch and Recently Facebook had been under some attacks,  With the increasing concern over the these privacy allegations,  There [...]

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Port Scanning

November 26, 2011

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Port Scanning is one of the most popular techniques used by hackers to discover services that can be compromised. A Potential target Computer runs many ‘Services’ that listen at ‘well-known’ ‘Ports’. By scanning which ports are available on the victim, the hacker finds potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited.

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Creating Strong Passwords

November 16, 2011

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Passwords are an important aspect of computer security, because they are the front line protection for user accounts. A poorly chosen password of an individual may cause our entire network to be compromised. Thus, employees at RSSP are expected to follow these guidelines when selecting their passwords to keeping them secure.

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Security Proffessionals or Cyber Criminals?

November 1, 2011

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Most people keep in mind that people called hackers are criminals who destroy or gain unauthorized access to Network systems, Stealing government’s confidential  information  and so on. Yes it is, but those people are one kind of hackers. So in this article let’s see who really are the hackers. In hacking world people called hackers [...]

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What is Dialers – Explained

October 21, 2011

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Dialers are small computer programs designed to establish a connection to the Internet or other network over a telephone line. Virtually every operating system has such a program as a part of the Internet connection tools.

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