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Beware with the ATM slot

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It is not cool when your Auto-Teller Machine (ATM) card got confiscated by the machine. More worst when you found out your account balance is $9.54 because someone had stolen your money by using your confiscated card.

But how do they do it? You will know the answer when you watch this image slide (view at Scribd).

So, if your ATM card got stuck, make sure you check whether it is really got swollen by the machine or someone else want to do this trick on you. Better watch out. :-s

How thieves hack into an ATM [via HongKiat] [tags]atm, auto teller machine, thief[/tags]

Dive and Swim into Intrusion Detection

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Ready with your oxygen tank? Because we are going to Intrusion Detection pool, to dive, to swim, to know what is Intrusion Detection really is.

Based from Wikipedia, Intrusion Detection system is a system that will detects threats to computer system mainly come through the Internet. In early when the Internet is not well-known by peoples, this Intrusion Detection is not take serious by security expert. But when the Internet became popular, the implementation of this system is really important.

To know more about Intrusion Detection, there are many sources available on the Net but many of them are old and not cover nowadays threats. But one of IT Security staff had email me that they had published an article, Dive Into Intrusion Detection that cover every things about Intrusin Detection. Their article is easy to understand. [tags]intrusion detection, id, system[/tags]

Get Free legal 3 months Kaspersky License Key

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LogosFor those who are using “illegal” Kaspersky license, now you can get free 3 months legal Kaspersky license key. 🙂

Go here (don’t bother with the langguage – german) and enter your email in the box and click the button below it. After awhile, check your inbox and you will get 3 months legal Kaspersky license key for free.

Btw do you even heard about Nod32 ? I moved from Kaspersky and currently using it right now. I think it is greater and lighter than Kaspersky. Check the comparison charts. Nod32 only use 4% of resources. Other than that, based on someone’s experience, Nod32 detection for zero-day attack is far better than other antivirus products. ;)[tags]antivirus, kaspersky, license, key, software, nod32[/tags]

Crack Windows password with Ophcrack Live CD

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Here is the situation. You just changed your Windows admin password. The next morning when you boot your PC, you can’t remember the password to login to your Windows. You got nervous and don’t know what to do. Every passwords you entered were wrong. But, be calm… Every problems have their solutions. :p

All you need is Ophcrack, a Windows password recovery tool. Borrow someone PC, download the tool and burn it in CD. Then boot your PC with the Live CD and Ophcrack will start do its work. But make sure to set your BIOS to 1st boot from CD or you will end up with boot in Windows. Launch the program and wait the password to be retrieved.

ophcrack-screen

Or in 4 easy steps:

  1. Download
  2. Burn
  3. Launch
  4. and Wait :d

Cypher: Create a strong password but still can be remembered. For an example, you want to make a password with “cypherhackz”. You can change it into “cyph3rh4c|<z”. Or you can use this Password Chart to create your own strong password chart.

Ophcrack [via LifeHacker][tags]password, crack, recovery, windows, ophcrack[/tags]

Firefox extensions you should avoid

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Attention to all Firefox users. There are some Firefox entensions that you should avoid. This is because the extensions will collect data and uniquely identifying users without notifying them. To be safe, you should disable and remove the extensions from your Firefox usage.

List of extensions that you should avoid can be found at Mozillazine Forum. And I suggest you forward this post on your site too.