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5 Old-School Apps Running on Windows 7 - Part II

PINsAnother app that stood the test of time and continues to do its job regardless of the Windows operating system it runs on is PINs. Mirek Wojtowicz is again responsible for it. The application is designed to offer you secure storage of sensitive data such as passwords, accounts, addresses, PIN numbers, etc.PINs is...

20 March 2009
13:21 GMT

1Password 2.9.12 Beta 1 Released

Agile Web Solutions has announced the first beta of 1Password, the powerful password manager and form filler for Mac OS X. The new release adds two improvements and two bug fixes. Existing users can update to the fresh version of the application for free.According to the changelog for 1Password 2.9.12 Beta 1, Agile W...

17 March 2009
11:21 GMT

Download 1Password 2.9.9 Beta 5

Agile Web Solutions has updated its password manager and form filler for Mac OS X, 1Password. 1Password is designed to remember all the online passwords that you insert on any web page or form, anytime, by using one single (master) password.According to the changelog, Agile Web Solutions has added a 1Password menu it...

12 February 2009
05:50 GMT

Download 1Password 2.9.8 Final

After almost a dozen beta releases, Agile Web Solutions decided it was time to offer the final version of 1Password 2.9.8 to its customers. The password manager and form filler is specifically designed for Mac OS X.1Password is designed to remember all the online passwords that you insert on any web page or form, any...

29 January 2009
06:53 GMT

Download 1Password 2.9.8 Beta 9

Agile Web Solutions has released the ninth beta for the latest version of 1Password, its password manager and form filler for Mac OS X. The new release is immediately available for download right here on our web site.1Password is designed to remember all the online passwords that you insert on any web page or form, a...

26 January 2009
06:14 GMT

Password Reminder

We live in a time where passwords are an active component of our lives. They protect the access to everything we do not want to share with others. Email accounts, computer access, online bank accounts, forum logins, program logins, they all are defended by passwords. To keep them all out of reach of prying eyes it is...

6 January 2009
12:23 GMT

1Password 2.9.8 Beta 1 Adds Hidden Pref, Improves Search

Agile Web Solutions' form filler and password manager for Mac OS X, 1Password, has reached version 2.9.8 Beta 1, adding a slew of changes, tweaks, and fixes. Noteworthy additions include the ability to save unchecked boxes to allow editing checkbox fields, a new option in the preferences pane, back Autosave and ...

29 December 2008
10:22 GMT

1Password 2.9.3 Improves Wi-Fi Sync, More

Agile Web Solutions has released the second update this month for its powerful password manager and form filler for Mac OS X users, 1Password. The new release adds close to a dozen changes and improvements. The update is free for registered users. Read on for the details.1Password does a great job as a password manag...

27 October 2008
05:59 GMT

1Password 2.9 Adds New Ways to Sync

Agile Web Solutions' popular password manager and form filler for Mac OS X, 1Password, has just reached version 2.9, adding Agile Keychain data format to allow syncing without requiring MobileMe. The company has set up a special guide for keeping your passwords in sync with the latest version of 1Password.Additi...

9 October 2008
14:51 GMT

Crypt4Free - All Your Secrets Belong to Us

Just about every computer user has some sort of data that he or she would like to keep secure and out of sight. While hiding your data is nigh impossible, there are many ways to make it unreadable to others, ranging from packing it with a software utility that adds a password on top of the resulting archive and going...

14 August 2008
11:32 GMT

Del.icio.us Users Advised to Write Down Their Account Information

It seems like the Del.icio.us team doesn't want to lose its subscribers, as it might happen after the launch of the new version of the website. While this assertion may seem a bit contradictory, as people are usually attracted towards anything that includes a new launch or improvement, do read on for more detail...

28 July 2008
07:23 GMT

How to Come Up with a Super Strong Password

As online threats grow in number more and more each day, it is important to stay as safe and secure as possible: networks must be monitored, security solutions put in place and enforced, data encrypted and protected. But selecting a password for your software programs or encrypted data is not as simple as using your ...

19 July 2008
07:51 GMT

SplashMoney and SplashID Mac Versions Out

Formerly available only in the form of productivity software for smartphones, SplashMoney and SplashID have been confirmed as Mac OS X applications too by developer SplashData. Users are able to sync the applications with the apps on their handsets. Free trial versions are available for both SplashMoney 4 and SplashI...

23 April 2008
06:30 GMT

Gmail, Yahoo Messenger, Bank Account - All Sharing the Same Password

Is there anything more dangerous than using the same password for multiple services, let's say Gmail, Yahoo Messenger, bank account and email, and get hacked? Well, I don't think so because it only takes a second until you lose your email and you money. And what's worse is that most people do have the ...

17 April 2008
04:32 GMT

Women Would Disclose Their Passwords for a Chocolate Bar

God, this sounds funny... Women would be ready to disclose their passwords with the promise that they'll get a chocolate bar! Fortunately, it was only a research conducted by Infosecurity Europe over 576 office workers in UK. The ones who conducted the survey have set up a whole scenario: the employees who talke...

16 April 2008
17:41 GMT

A Client Name Is All You Need to Hack a Sprint Account

Hacking an account must be a difficult job, especially when the provider of the targeted account has implemented powerful security features, complex passwords or other measures meant to defend the system. However, the folks at Sprint, which is actually a pretty famous company, proved that all you need to hack an acco...

9 April 2008
04:16 GMT

Mac Users Beware of Password-Exposing Glitch!

Sure, Macs are pretty much virus-free (plus they come as a whole, seldom crash and they look just great), but a glitch is something no computer or electronic device can escape from. Apple itself has recently confirmed "a security glitch that, in many situations, will let someone with physical access to a Macintosh co...

29 February 2008
03:08 GMT

Agile Web Updates 1Password for iPhone

Agile Web Solutions, the guys responsible for the multiple-award-winning password manager, called 1Password, have recently introduced the nifty app to iPhones as well. The 1Password 2.5.1. password assistant for iPhone is free to registered users and it improves 1Password for iPhone, also adding support for AutoFill ...

11 February 2008
10:51 GMT

Thou Shall Not Mistake the Security Seal!

A while back, Yahoo! decided that it had been receiving too many complaints about people duplicating the login page to their mail service in order to steal their accounts. The one simple solution that the team saw fit to put in place was to allow its users to create something like a seal that would authenticate the o...

1 February 2008
07:11 GMT

Gmail and AdSense Login Error!

Google reported that the problem which some of the AdSense users had been encountering, that of not being able to login to their accounts, was found a reason and a workaround until further action is to be taken, but more about this a bit further down the page.The error, "Welcome! You're signed in to Google Accou...

1 February 2008
06:21 GMT

Pedophile Mind Still Unexplored

Back in December 2006, Sebastien Boucher was arrested by the Canadian border patrols after he had attempted to get into Vermont with a laptop containing child porn. Sure, the authorities didn't know, but when they first investigated the laptop, they found several files with names closely related to child pornogr...

18 December 2007
14:06 GMT

UK's Number 1 Web Host Hacked!

Fasthosts, the UK's number 1 web host as it proclaimed itself, suffered an attack on November 29, which targeted clients' Control Panel and FTP passwords. Because the risk of losing the accounts was pretty serious, Fasthosts took the decision to automatically change all the passwords and to inform customers...

6 December 2007
08:26 GMT

Hotmail Accounts Hacked?

Although it wasn't confirmed yet, it seems like a sort of attack was launched over several Hotmail accounts as numerous users were asked to reset their passwords. The folks at FaceTime Security Labs wrote that there's no sign of a phishing attack although the affected users were redirected to the Password R...

29 November 2007
06:29 GMT

Did You Try Hacking Your Ex-Company?

Many companies are afraid of ex-employees who got access to the internal security technologies, passwords or computers, a survey conducted by Citrix revealed. No less than 49 percent of the respondents considered that IT engineers or employees who worked in the security departments are a real threat for the Irish com...

27 November 2007
08:55 GMT

Would You Disclose Your Credit Card Info For A Chocolate Bar?

Since the credit cards contain so much information about your money, an important part of today's attacks are obviously targeting them as the hackers aim to steal users' credentials and get access to their accounts. Gunter Ollmann of Frequency X wrote that along with credit cards and identity info, the pass...

23 November 2007
03:02 GMT

Arkansas Officials Fail To Remember Eight-Character Passwords

Approximately 35 Arkansas counties are very weak when it comes to computer security, KATV Channel 7 reported today. "State auditors say about half of Arkansas' 75 counties have inadequate security for their computer systems," the mentioned source wrote in an article published today. But what's more shocking...

15 November 2007
10:34 GMT

MSNBC Turkey Visitors Infected by Password Stealing Virus

The Turkish side of MSNBC was recently affected by a malicious code which could infect all the visitors' computers with password stealing utilities without any user action. Security company Websense reports that attackers could do this using an external JavaScript file which included dangerous content apparently...

8 November 2007
08:15 GMT

Inexpensive GPUs Pose Security Problems

GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) have a new utility lately, and it's not video games. A brand new technique for cracking computer passwords has been developed by the software company Elcomsoft, based in Moscow, Russia, which has filed a patent for it in the US. This has been possible once Nvidia released in Febr...

26 October 2007
06:50 GMT

NVidia Graphic Cards Used in Vista Password Cracking

Although it might sound tricky, you can now recover a lost or forgotten Windows Vista logon password using a simple GeForce graphics card. The technology was designed by the Russian company Elcomsoft which also filed a patent currently in pending. You might think this is illegal but Elcomsoft is one of the Microsoft ...

26 October 2007
03:21 GMT

Encrypt Your Emails with Strong Passwords

Sometimes when you send a private email to a friend, you're afraid that the message might be viewed by anybody else, no matter if we talk about hackers or people who like to read others' mails. Because of that, a team of developers designed Lockbin, a technology which allows you to send encrypted messages, ...

22 October 2007
15:06 GMT

Say "Goodbye" to Passwords!

Have you ever been annoyed by having a lot of accounts on the web and never remembering the password right? I know I sure have a lot of trouble keeping up with all my passwords and I sometimes mistake one account for another. However, having complicated passwords equals secure accounts, but the problem is that they&#...

1 October 2007
10:36 GMT

How to Reset Root Password on MySQL

One of the most disturbing and embarrassing situations is when you forget a password. And if that password is from your MySQL server, you are in big trouble. But every time there is a solution for every problem. You can set-up a new password using the following method.In Windows environment, make sure you are logged ...

28 September 2007
11:07 GMT

How to Assign a Password to the Root Account on MySQL

In yesterday's article I told you how to secure the anonymous accounts on MySQL. If you want to setup a password for root account, you have three possibilities.The first method is identical with the one used to assign passwords for anonymous accounts. For that we will use the SET PASSWORD method. The steps are: ...

28 September 2007
10:11 GMT

How to Secure Your Password for MySQL

The first way to keep your password secure is to secure the user grant table and never give access to it to users that aren't in the administrative group. Another way to secure your password is to prevent running programs that connect to your SQL server and users can see the password through that program. To pre...

24 September 2007
10:11 GMT

Yahoo Messenger Not Working? Your ID Might Be Blocked!

I believe I'm not the only one who received a weird message when trying to login into the Yahoo account. But when it says that my account was blocked for security reasons, it might be something serious. You should know that if your account is suspended for this reason, you're not able to use any Yahoo produ...

6 September 2007
08:40 GMT

Google Wants Longer Passwords

It's a well known fact that in order to remain secure and keep your information private and hidden from others' eyes, you have to use a long and a complex password. Because Google is a provider of web-based technologies, the need of secure passwords is even more important. According to Haochi from Googlifie...

27 August 2007
05:23 GMT

Digimon World: Dusk Passwords (DS)

Digimon World: Dawn and Digimon World: Dusk are two separate Digimon video games for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. They were released in Japan on March 29, 2007. The games' English names were officially confirmed on May 16, 2007. Many gaming sites have given the release date of September 28, 2007, but ...

19 July 2007
05:28 GMT

Military Secrets Published Online

The Associated Press reporters found a very dangerous issue concerning the sensitive military secrets stored on several FTP servers that might affect the security of the entire world. According to the reports, the AP employees managed to enter some FTP servers owned by the Department of Defense because they were not ...

13 July 2007
08:08 GMT

G-Police Passwords and Cheat Codes (PC)

G-Police is a vehicle-based shooter developed by Psygnosis and Wheelhaus and published by Psygnosis in 1997 for the PlayStation and the PC. Set in the year 2097, the player takes the role of a "Havoc" Gunship pilot named Slater who joins the titular G-Police after the death of his sister. Believing her murder was co...

19 June 2007
04:47 GMT

Google Confirms The Hack Attempts!

Yesterday, numerous users reported their accounts were hacked and several anonymous advertising campaigns were started without their approval. More than that, the credit card information was changed, but the password remained unmodified. The affected members sustained the advertising campaigns started by the hackers ...

27 April 2007
03:36 GMT

Revelation Review

If you're one of those people that use a computer several hours a day, you surely have gathered some sensitive and personal information. For instance, everyone has an email address which requires that an username and a password are used when reading and sending new electronic letters. Clearly, the more you use a...

23 April 2007
07:15 GMT

Go Around The Windows Vista Logon Password

Recovering lost passwords is not a problem new to Windows Vista. Sure, in a manner similar to Windows XP, Vista will enable users to create an adjacent password hint that the user can turn to in case of need. But what about a severe case of amnesia. No password hint will point you in the right direction. Fortunately,...

12 April 2007
10:09 GMT

Double Sided Protection

To some people, having a PC is like having a pet. You play with it because it brings you joy, you have to feed it with the latest drivers in order to stay fit, you train it with security softwares to keep you safe from the bad guys, you clean it so it won't get messy and you turn it off for it too needs some...

2 April 2007
10:57 GMT


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