At the end of August this year right before I was to move, I got a very rude awakening. I was searching for an mp3 for a personal project and I accidently clicked on an attack site containing nasty malware. At the time, I was using ZoneAlarm and an alert popped up to allow svchost.exe [...]

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Have you ever tried to log into a Windows computer for a few minutes and you finally realize that you forgot the password? There’s a way to crack the password and it doesn’t involve reformatting and reinstalling Windows. The solution is called @stake LC4 (formerly L0phtCrack), however since Symantec stopped development of L0phtcrack, I’m going [...]

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With all the buzz about web 2.0 and the growing open source community the importance of security is sometimes forgotten. When you want something cool and snazzy for your site and you find a open source solution, it’s easy to install the app on your site and forget about it. When the app, tool, forum, [...]

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Popups are a major pain and internet security risk. They jump out and get in your way when you are browsing. Due to the use of popup blockers, many sites have stopped using them. However, there are sites with popups. These sites often tend to be on the bad side. Anyway, let’s look at popup [...]

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