Have you upgrade your Firefox to Firefox 1.5.0.7 yet? The new update has been released yesterday. Yesterday, while I surfed the Internet, suddenly there was a pop-up from my Firefox browser asking me to install the latest version. So I chose ok and it install the latest updates in a minute.
Some of my friends (Internet Explorer users) asked me why I use Firefox. With calm and confidence I answered the question. :d I said that, with Firefox you can surf the net with tabbed browsing. Which means you no need to open new window if you want to visit other sites. Beside than that, there are many themes and extensions that you can use to enhance the usebility of your Firefox. And all of them are free to download.
I’m using 6 extensions for my Firefox and use Mostly Crystal as my Firefox theme. I really like Mostly Crystal. The theme uses colourful icons and there are really nice. You can see the screenshot below.
Ok back to the topic. He3. This latest update have fixed known critical flaws. You can see the details here. And I wonder when will Firefox 100% free from vulnerabilities. Hmm… 
[tags]mozilla firefox, firefox, internet browser[/tags]
MyOrionet is conducting a competition which is, webmaster who can listed his website on the first rank in Google will win. Today, WTJ commented on one of my post about MyOrionet had been hacked. The hacker named himself as Hacker_Amca and s/he (I don’t know the gender :p ) put link to other website. I don’t know what language used there. I think the website is from Tukey. Here is the print screen of the hacked website:
Lessons learned
Lessons that we can learn from this situation are:
- Update your website scripts when there are new updates available
This is a must because the latest updates have bugs fixed and some upgrades that can improve the security of your website.
- Always backup your site and databases
Make a backup of your website everyday if you update your site contents everyday. If not, make backup at least once a week.
I’m no security expert but I have little knowledge how to prevent sites from being hacked. Hope we can learn something from what had happen to MyOrionet. [tags]hacker, hack, website[/tags]
How strong your password is? Is it easy to guess? Using simple combinational characters? Or you don’t use any passwords at all in your life? Nah… I’m sure every each of you have their own password. Those who know how to surf the Internet should know how to use and how to create their password. But is your password really strong?
Can you remember these passwords?
Here are some examples of strong passwords:
m8+bbNY46u?z7$u?46
^X7HrJs867$s66P$s6867
n7_!nr8hr8h98b
Can you imagine how hard it is to remember these passwords? I admit that I also can’t remember these passwords. With all the special characters with multiple combinational used in the passwords, it is really hard to remember them. But with this tool (read below), you can create your own unguessable passwords without worrying to remember it.
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Beware for all Yahoo mail users. Don’t open email that came from av3@yahoo.com address with subject “New Graphic Site“. A new worm targetting Yahoo Web based email has been spotted in the wild. The worm targets address with the yahoo.com and yahoogroups.com.
This worm arrives as a message containing Javascript. When the user open the email, the worm will spread to other users in Yahoo address book.
Cypher says: Thats why I use Gmail as my primary email. 
Yahoo Mail Worm Harvesting Addresses [TechWeb] [tags]worm, internet worm, yahoo[/tags]
Go to Tools > Options and click on Password tab. Then click on View Saved Passwords. Now click Show Passwords to reveal all saved passwords in Firefox. 
Wow� It really reveal all the saved passwords in plaintext. I never knew about this before. But fortunately only me use this computer. I hope there is no one read my passwords.
How to secure it?
To secure all the saved passwords, you must setup your Master Password. And if there is someone who want to reveal the saved passwords, s/he need to enter Master Password first before they can view the saved passwords.
Secure your saved passwords in Firefox [gHacks] [tags]firefox, internet, softwares, privacy[/tags]
IP Spoofing is a trick which an attacker use to spoof clients to think that the packets come from trusted machine. There are many types of IP Spoofing and these are common types of the attack:
- Blind spoofing
- Non-blind spoofing
- Denial-of-service attack
To prevent from IP Spoofing, Jonathan Hassell has wrote an article about The Top 5 Ways to Prevent IP Spoofing. He explain some common attacks in his article and how to prevent from these attacks.
After read his article, I agree with his point to use encryption when transfer private data to others. It is more secure by that way.
The Top 5 Ways to Prevent IP Spoofing [Computer World]
I was shocked today when I want to login to my site, ZoneAlarm Pro gave me warning, Firefox want to send password to Bloglah.com. Huh? When did I want to send password to Bloglah.com. I want to send password to CypherHackz.Net so I can login to my site. I talking to myself.
I denied the request and Firefox sent me back to Wordpress login prompt. I type in my user and password and try to login again. ZoneAlarm warned me with the same question. Hey! Not Bloglah.com but I want to login to CypherHackz.Net…
There is something wrong with my Firefox I thought. I close Firefox and try to login from Opera. Still get the same warning from ZoneAlarm. So the problem is not from Firefox. But my computer.
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After the release new patches for Firefox, 12 flaws discovered have been patched. Five of the patches issued in Firefox 1.5.0.4 were labeled “critical”. Mozilla has released four security updates to the 1.5 edition since it was made available last November.
Why you need to update your Firefox?
You need to update your Firefox because multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Firefox. HTTP response smuggling attacks, could allow malicious code writer to steal login cookies or other sensitive data if the user has an account at the spoofed website.
Beside than that, hackers can run buffer overflaw to unpatch Firefox that would allow them plant malicious code on victim’s computer. Other flaws could let attacker run malicious JavaScript without the user’s permission.
I have updated my Firefox to the latest version. How about you?
More Info: Mozilla Fixes 12 Flaws in Firefox Browser
Kaspersky AntiVirus 6 won the Computer Shopper Best Buy Award for this June edition of Computer Shopper. Ease of use, good perform in detection, easy to update and reasonable price are the things that make Kaspersky 6 worth to get the award.
Kaspersky 6 which released this 15th May 2006, was tested against other leading antivirus programs for the first time in UK.
Once install, you can leave Kaspersky 6 do it works. A reviewer commented: “An updated, friendly interface gives access to lots of options; many suitable for advanced users. However, if you don’t want to get your hands dirty playing with advanced settings or exporting virus scan reports in CSV format, you don’t have to. Simply install the software, let it update itself, and it scans your system regularly. A single slider selects one of three security levels.”
The reviewer add: “Perfectly, as it turned out. It was one of only three products tested to detect every sample. Interestingly, the other two (F-Secure and Steganos AntiVirus) also use Kaspersky Anti-Virus technology.”
More Info: Kaspersky® Anti-Virus 6.0 wins first Best Buy Award from Computer Shopper
Cypher says: I currently using KAV 5. Will upgrade it when KAV 6 support local folder update.
Based on Kaspersky researchers report, they found a new virus that attack StarOffice. They named it “Stardust”. Stardust is the first virus that created to infect StarOffice and/or OpenOffice. Written in Star Basic, the macro virus download an image (adult content) from the Internet and open it as a new document.
Kaspersky said, they will add up more information about Stardust in their Virus Encyclopedia very soon.
More Info: Virus.StarOffice.Stardust.a
