Restoring an Xbox 360 console to factory settings doesn’t solve personal information problems because that isn’t enough to remove your personal information. The researcher Ashley Podhradsky of Drexel University said his team had successfully collected data from credit cards of Xbox modding which was restored using simple tools.

Podhradsky says Microsoft “does a great job in protecting their confidential information, but does so with the protection of user data” In particular, it highlights what it considers a long history of misleading information .

The software allowed access to files and folders console, allowing them to extract the information that had not been cleaned, even by the authorized dealer of Microsoft. The process was published in August 2011 Proceedings of the U.S. Conference of Information Systems.

“When you go and reformat your computer, like a Windows system, it tells you all of your data that will be erased. In actuality that’s not accurate – the data is still available. “ Fortunately, you can disinfect an Xbox hard drive by connecting to your computer and run a program like Darik’s Boot & Nuke . Podhradsky not seem to have published research on other consoles.

Source: Kotaku

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It is achieved that users are drawn towards these infected websites, and it is through emails containing direct links. The security provider in Austin, Texas, informs Mac users that this piece of malware downloads a Java applet when visiting a malicious web page and malware is intended to copy user data such as usernames, passwords or credit card, and then sent to a remote server.

Intego reports:

“A new malware, Tibet.A, have been discovered, Taking Advantage of a Java vulnerability that has been Used Also recently by the malware Flashback”

“Exploits a vulnerability Tibet.A that is corrected in up-to-date Macs, but that may be accessible if users do not apply system updates.”

“If the Mac in question does not have Java up to date, the malware installs a backdoor Tibet, in a Manner that you become increasingly common,” says Intego.

“The web pages serving malware checks to see this if the computer is loading the page to Mac or Windows PC, and Serves the Appropriate form of the malware,”

AlienVault laboratories have a long report about these attacks . The provider of security software software promotes its VirusBarrier X6 to detect this malware.

SOURCE: Intego Blog

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CodeGuard- A Time Machine for Your Websites

CodeGuard automatically backup your files form FTP and takes snapshot of your FTP so that if you can restore website to earlier version. It’s like the Time Machine built into the Windows and Apple OS X software whereas that’s for data found on your desktop or a laptop but this one found on an online server.

How long will CodeGuard take your site to back up?

Typically site backup process takes less than 24 hours; however sometime it may takes up to 48 hours and you do not need to remain signed into your CodeGuard account during activation. You will get the notification after the process completed.

Why CodeGuard?

1. Easy Set-Up

Get started using our simple 3-step wizard. All you need are your FTP credentials.

2. Visibility into Detailed Changes

Gain visibility into your website’s changes over time.

3. Easy Access to Your Backups

View file-level changes between backups and download the contents for closer review.

4.  Use the Time Machine

Scroll back or forward in time to find your backups.

The genesis of CodeGuard occurred when Jonathan Hochman and Jonah Stein met at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View in 2008. A few months later, Jonah organized a panel at O’Reilly Media’s Web 2.0 Summit to talk about the rising danger of virtual blight on the web: malware, hacking, and advertising scams.

After the panel concluded, Jonathan and Jonah discussed how valuable a cloud-based file integrity monitoring tool would be to fight virtual blight. Jonathan imagined using the tool personally in his consulting business, and Jonah envisioned his clients using the tool to protect their websites.

CodeGuard was formed shortly thereafter, and now offers advanced tools for developers and consultants, and basic tools that can be used by anyone with a website.

“There was malicious code added to the home page of the WordPress sites that I managed. When people would visit the websites there was malicious code trying to inject itself into the sites. I had to pay a programmer to fix it…on all 16 client sites..UGH!! Not a fun time, but now I’m excited to have Code Guard, relieves that issue.” - Sasha R.

“[Getting hacked] was a nightmare because the web developer we had used was no longer around… I sure wish I would have had CodeGuard then to help us!” - Aaron H.

“I want to make sure that all of our hard work on our website is protected… It’s kind of common sense” - Liz S.

“It backs up and sends me email when things change, so I know that it’s working” - Joseph

“The registration process was cut and dry. Just create a user account, add your ftp information, and voilá!” - Joseph via Codeguard

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WebsiteDefender WordPress Security

The WebsiteDefender WordPress Security plugin is a free and comprehensive security tool that helps you secure your WordPress installation and suggests corrective measures for: strengthening passwords, securing file permissions, security of the database, version hiding, WordPress admin protection and lots more.

Key security features:

• Easy backup of WordPress database for disaster recovery
• Removal of error-information on login-page
• Addition of index.php to the wp-content, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/themes and wp-content/uploads directories to prevent directory listings
• Removal of wp-version, except in admin-area
• Removal of Really Simple Discovery meta tag
• Removal of Windows Live Writer meta tag
• Removal of core update information for non-admins
• Removal of plugin-update information for non-admins
• Removal of theme-update information for non-admins (only WP 2.8 and higher)
• Hiding of wp-version in backend-dashboard for non-admins
• Removal of version in URLs from scripts and stylesheets only on frontend
• Reporting of security overview after WordPress blog is scanned
• Reporting of file permissions following security checks
• Strong password generator tool to protect from brute force attacks
• Integrated tool to change the database prefix
• Disabling of database error reporting (if enabled)
• Disabling of PHP error reporting

WebsiteDefender is designed to:

• Detect Malware present on your website
• Audit your web site for security issues
• Keep your site safe from Google blacklisting
• Keep your web site content & data intact
• Alert you on suspicious hacker activity
• Help fix issues through your online dashboard

How often will WebsiteDefender scan my site?

WebsiteDefender is still in beta, so the scan schedule has been set at one weekly scan per site. This routine allows their developers to carefully design and improve the service as the user-base grows without causing any downtime to the monitoring system.

How does WebsiteDefender monitor my site?

The WebsiteDefender service consists of two main components: the Agent which resides in your site to monitor activity, and the Scanning Servers which collect information from the agent to detect and report security threats.

Some Advantage of WebsiteDefender

1. No installation
2. No learning curve
3. No maintenance
4. Zero impact on site performance

 Which is the best alternative of WebsiteDefender which you use or did i missed anything?

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We could not guess how many exploit and security flow exits in the WWW but for now lets find some PayPal exploits . this Java script work with Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Safari as far as I know, I have not tested this on other browser.

To find these affected  site’s Copy “this order button requires a javascript enabled browser”

and Google it.don’t change anything copy and paste as it is.

After that go to that site and copy the below code to address bar of  browser and hit enter. this will redirect you to the download page by bypassing PayPal payment.

Code:

javascript:top.location=document.getElementsByName(‘return’)[0].value; javascript:void(0);

If it works, you can now download the premium books,scripts etc

If not, try another site or buy it

Hope this trick will really help’s you to save a bit off Money.

Note:This post is for educational propose only!

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WPScan is a vulnerability scanner which checks the security of WordPress installations using a black box approach which means  we can scan without any prior knowledge of what has been installed or something like that.

Features of  Wpscan:

• Username enumeration (from author query-string and location header)
• Weak password cracking (multicolored)
• Version enumeration (from generator meta tag)
• Vulnerability enumeration (based on version)
• Plugin enumeration (2220 most popular by default)
• Plugin vulnerability enumeration (based on version)
• Plugin enumeration list generation
• Other misc WordPress checks (theme name, dir listing, …)

Requirements for installation:

WPScan requires two non native Ruby gems, typhus and XML-simple and  work on both Ruby 1.8.x and 1.9.x.

• sudo apt-get install libcurl4-gnutls-dev
  sudo gem install –user-install typhoeus
sudo gem install –user-install xml-simple

  
  

  
  

Download Wpscan

svn checkout http://wpscan.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ wpscan-read-only

Full README is available here.

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They said:

“We’re still investigating what happened, but as a prophylactic measure we’ve decided to force-reset all passwords on WordPress.org. To use the forums, trac, or commit to a plug-in or theme, you’ll need to reset your password to a new one. (Same for bbPress.org and BuddyPress.org)”

Mullenweg says WordPress.org itself is not hacked; Matt Mullenweg is a very young entrepreneur who is the mastermind behind WordPress.

What you have to do is just updates the plug-in, Change your one password to new one and shut down access to the plug-in repository while they looked for anything else unsavory. If you use AddThis, WPtouch, or W3 Total Cache , make sure to visit your updates page and upgrade each to the latest version.

Note:  Never use the same password for two different services.

References: WordPress

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Howdy guys, I was planning to write about Best Free CDN Service to Speed up your Blog Before but I was unable to complete that post so here we go. In this post I will include 5 Best Free CDN Service to Speed up your Blog so that you can make your blog fast and reachable to your loyal visitors.

Coral CDN Service

Coral is a free peer-to-peer content distribution network, comprised of a world-wide network of web proxies and name servers. It allows users to run a web site that offers high performance and meets huge demand. If your networks have a low-bandwidth connections then give a try to Coral.

Speedy Mirror

Speedy Mirror is a distributed cluster for your content delivery. It is a system of computers containing copies of your data, placed at various geographical locations so as to maximize download speed and availability of the data.

Cloudflare

CloudFlare supercharge your website by protecting and accelerating. its web traffic is routed through their intelligent global network which  automatically optimize the delivery of your web pages so your visitors get the fastest page load times and best performance.

Dropbox CDN

Dropbox allows you to upload your themes CSS, JavaScript, and Images into your Dropbox ‘Public’ folder and serve when visitor visits your blog which reduces the bandwidth of your server and allowing users to load your site faster.

FreeCast

FreeCast is a Java application which allows peer-to-peer streaming. It makes possible a stream broadcast to a large number of listeners from a simple DSL connection.

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If so it’s difficult to disable or remove the Deep-Freeze From  your computer without a password so sometime we reinstall the Windows to remove it, this always happen with me because there are many things to keep in mind. Now days there are many services, all these need password for security reason so here I am providing a easy method to disable the deepfreeze after disabling or putting in to thawed mood you can completely remove the deepfreeze from system.

I hope this tutorial useful for you.

Note: To remove the Deepfreeze you need its original setup file.

Download Deep Unfreezer 1.6 UNICODE (100 KB) (Windows 2K/XP) for older Version of Deepfreeze like 5.0.

If you use new version of deepfreeze, download Anti-Deepfreeze (Deepfreeze unfreezer for version 6.xx)

Here the small tricks to disable or uninstall Deep Freeze version 6.xx without password but it takes to much times so try Anti-Deepfreeze before you try with these process.

1.            Boot your computer from Windows XP Installer CD

2.            When “Enter to Setup” option appears Press Enter then press F8 function key.

3.            To repair Windows Select R

4.            Continue repairing windows until it finish setup.

5.            Now open the setup file of Deepfreeze, Its will show “Uninstall Deep-  freeze” options.

After uninstall of deepfreeze Complete,   reboot your computer. now the Deep-freeze has removed from your computer.

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