Twitter is undoubtedly growing as a micro blogging platform and is used widely across the world.But off late there has been lot of phishing scams, passwords being hacked and many more threats. There has also been many people fired from companies because of tweets. So it always better to follow simple safety tips while tweeting and to protect your account. So here are some basic twitter safety tips.
1. Do not share your personal information like telephone, email ID, address, location etc, they can be dangerous at times.
2. Do not share your passwords and be careful while clicking shortened links in Tweets.
3. Keep your profile information short and try to follow only people you know.
4. Beware of phishing attacks through DMs, they might ask your username and password. In case of such links report it as spam to Twitter.
5. Do not give your username and passwords to applications which are not reliable. In case you have already given access to your account, make sure you revoke the access as soon as possible.
6. If you want to communicate only with your friends, make your tweets as private. But again, do not share confidential information in private tweets as well.
7. Change your password regularly and also create a strong password.
8. Do not share your location. Although there is a geo tagging feature in Twitter, it is always good that you dont share too much information about your location.
9. Avoid yourself from being impersonated. Although you might not be using Twitter, somebody else might have signed up with your name and sending out unwanted tweets. In such cases you can request Twitter by using this form.
10. Respect Twitter policies and limits. Do not spam twitter by sending out unwanted updates.
When the users access Orkut, and click some unknown links, a new page opens and in they they get the following commands " Your orkut session expired, please log in again" ( or some thing related to asking log in again) and once the user sign in again with the id and password they are able to access Orkut again. Actually the page which asks you to log in again, is a fake page and it is done by the hackers and it pens when we click some unknown links. When we sign in with our ID and PASSWORD, they get our password and they use to hack our account and misuse it, by posting some bad or violated images. So here we will see some of the necessary action to be taken, to secure your orkut account
Here are some of the steps which makes your Orkut account safe,
1) Never give remember option, when you use other's computer of internet cafe
2) When you are signed in your orkut account, please paste any URL and go to other website, using the Orkut page.
3) Never give your Orkut ID and Password to other sites.
4) Google also asks to follow this step
"Never get excited to see a site claiming to have 1000 cool orkut tricks for which you have to just log in to your orkut account. Don't trust that site. That's a hacking site."
5) Never click any unknown links or unknown scraps
6) Never add any unknown contacts.
7) It is safe to log out of Orkut ( any account) once you finished using it.
These are some of the safety steps, which will help you to secure your Orkut account from hacking.
For more information:
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Are there the hackers or crackers can hack www.facebook.com or mail.yahoo.com or mail.google.com..? I'm not a hacker but in my opinion that,almost impossible to hack the facebook provider, or till today facebook dot com can not be hacked yet ,by lamers from anywhere.We've been hacked are caused only from negligence and careless behavior by using email Account Anyway, to overcome the Facebook hacking problems, the Facebook team gave section especially the handling the facebook account that was hacked . there the users could send the message to Face book admin about the problem, including scam,hacking,phising,facebook hacking prevention tips and other. Facebook hacking software like facebook-freezer, in the fact that have been circulating in the internet now ,and very easy to get or use this tool ,Although facebook-freezer just a stupid cracker's tool, but annoying enough. Fake login ,It's most likely a cracker doing what is known as phishing. You most likely were told, at one point or another to re-enter your password for some reason, right? If so this was a page the cracker made to look like the previous page, but that was actually a page that sent him/her the information that you typed in. Never type in a password after already having logged in and get a phishing filter from somewhere like Norton, becauase they can, and most likely will, try to do it again. In another fact ,about the internet and identity,The internet is a shapeless world where identities are not only dynamic but can’t ever be verified with certainty. As a result, its easily possible to be one person one moment, then another person the next moment. This is particularly true when using internet based social networking sites like Facebook (and the rest). Humans have a natural tendency to trust each other. If one human being can provide another human with "something sufficient' then trust is earned. That "something sufficient" can be a face to face meeting but it doesn’t always need to be. So,the people that have been targeted by hackers could easily exploited during their (hackers)social attacks trusted ,coz they (people) thought hakers worked for the same company as them (people). Follow the useful links below to learn more about facebook hacking security tips and tutorials:
There might be many instances when you have just forgot your administrator password on your Windows PC. This could put you in big trouble especially if you do not have any other OS configured for dual boot and this will prevent you from accessing your files as well. But there are free password recovery tools which can be used even if you do not have access to Windows. So here is a list of top 3 password recovery tools. Although there were quite a few others as well, we have covered only tools which are also compatible with Windows 7.
1. Ophcrack- This is one of the best and top rated password recovery tools for Windows. Ophcrack is fast and easy to use even for a user with basic Windows skills. It works well with Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP and does not require any installation. The only downside of this tool is that you need to download the Live CD ISO (496MB for 7/Vista and 415MB XP). 2. Offline NT Password & Registry Editor: This is one of the fastest password recovery tools for Windows. You need to burn the ISO image to a CD before passwords can be reset. The only disadvantage with Offline NT is that the interface is similar to command prompt and might not find it easy to use. 3. PC Login Now: PCLoginNow is a tool to reset local accounts’ passwords on Windows system. PCLoginNow can also help you to upgrade an general account to administrator, lock or unlock accounts. If you know of any other free password recovery tools which supports Windows 7 as well for password recovery, do share it in comments. We’ll include it in this article.
First of all, lets talk about what is VPN i.e. Virtual Private Network. Basically it’s a private network which lets users to connect to other users or remote sites using a public network usually internet.A VPN uses 'virtual” connections routed through the Internet from the company’s private network to the remote site or employee instead of physical connections. In short , VPN is private network constructed within a public network infrastructure, such as the global Internet.
WHY YOU NEED VPN
To protect privacy, either on a LAN or a public hotspot.
Anonymous Internet Surfing
Full anonymity by hiding your real IP address.
Bypass geographical blocks from certain websites
Unlike a proxy, you get secured connection for all programs you are using
Quality Network ensures your VPN service will be fast wherever you are in the world
Protection against your ISP
Bypass ISP Blocking for VOIP Applications like Skype  1. LOGMEIN HAMACHIIt’s a great free VPN service from the well known guys who are behind the Logmein Service of remote apps management. It’s free for non-commercial and personal use.
Some of its features are :
- No hardware required – A quick, simple and easy-to-use VPN that just works
- Secure communications – Encrypted tunneling across public and private networks
- Flexible networking – Combines the ease of an SSL VPN with the connectivity of an IP-sec VPN
- Web-based management – Deploy to anyone, manage from anywhere, access anytime
- Free for non-commercial usage – Absolutely free for non-commercial use
 2. ULTRAVPNIt is a client/server SSL VPN solution based on OpenVPN. It encrypts and anonymizes your network connection making your connection safe and secure.You need to download nad install the client and create a (username, password) to use this service.
 3. PACKETIX.NETIts a japanese VPN solution with technology developed by SoftEther Corporation.
You can use PacketiX.NET online test service for free.Here’s what you can do with this service.
You can create your private Virtual VPN Hub. You can configure and use the hub for free.You can use all functions the PacketiX VPN software has to offer, such as creating a remote connection to your home network or uniting local networks at different sites. With our system, you won’t need to set up a VPN server with a global IP address yourself. The VPN server administration is done over an easy web interface.
 4. ITS HIDDENItshidden is part of Port 80 Limited(Seychelles) company providing both free and paid services of VPN . It creates a secure connection encrypting all the data protecting your privacy and securing you. You dont need to install any software. ItsHidden.com works on all Platforms including Windows, Mac, Linux, IPhone etc.
5. CYBERGHOSTThis a German VPN service offering both free and paid services. The free service got some limitation of 10 GB per month but are good enough for a average user.
7. LOKI NETWORK PROJECT FREE VPN SERVICELoki Network Project is free VPN service and SSL based free VPN server. It is an opportunity to protect your private data (IP address, e-mail/FTP/HTTP passwords, web-sites visited, uploaded/downloaded files and etc…) and bypass certain Internet access limitations you may have at your location.
You need to download and install its free VPN Client software to create your own security schema.
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