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How to × Online Security × Security × Social Networking × Twitter
Twitter much like Facebook is popular social networking site and these sites users are targeted with phishing scams luring them to reveal their username and passwords.Here are some security tips for twitter users for safe tweeting.
Tips to secure twitter account..
1.Use strong and Unique password : Use the password for your twitter account as a combination of characters, symbols and numbers. Never use same password for different websites and email accounts, use unique password for every website.
2. Be aware of fake twitter websites, try to type twitter.com in your browser and enter your account credentials.
3. Always use extensions for browsers like Chrome and Firefox which shows preview for shortened links on twitter. Because you may be lured to click on a malicious link to steal your twitter username and password.
4.Keep your computer up to date with antivirus and anti-spyware. Looking for free anti-virus AVG offers antivirus and anti-spyware, and also protects from malicious links in social networks with it’s LinkScanner.
5.Twitter never asks you for password: Twitter will never asks you to download something and asks to sign into other twitter liked websites with your username and password.Twitter will never reply to you or email you asking for your password.
6.Want to update your account with third party applications make sure they connect to your account using Oauth protocol where you don’t need to share your password. Be careful of third party applications that lure you to give more followers by sharing your username and password.
7.Never use same password for any of your accounts including for twitter.
8. Twitter banned 370 weak passwords make sure you are not using any one of them for your account.
9.Hackers may lure users with malicious links to sign into twitter similar website to give your username and password. Once they take control of your account they post spam messages and other abusive stuff from your account.
10.Don’t re-tweet blindly without knowing whom tweets you are tweeting , also be aware of clicking DMs containing links from unknown users. A phishing scam may targeted at you through DMs.
11.Use encrypted twitter: Use https://twitter.com instead of http://twitter.com and your twitter session with your tweets, retweets,DMs will be encrypted.
Tips to secure twitter account..
1.Use strong and Unique password : Use the password for your twitter account as a combination of characters, symbols and numbers. Never use same password for different websites and email accounts, use unique password for every website.
2. Be aware of fake twitter websites, try to type twitter.com in your browser and enter your account credentials.
3. Always use extensions for browsers like Chrome and Firefox which shows preview for shortened links on twitter. Because you may be lured to click on a malicious link to steal your twitter username and password.
4.Keep your computer up to date with antivirus and anti-spyware. Looking for free anti-virus AVG offers antivirus and anti-spyware, and also protects from malicious links in social networks with it’s LinkScanner.
5.Twitter never asks you for password: Twitter will never asks you to download something and asks to sign into other twitter liked websites with your username and password.Twitter will never reply to you or email you asking for your password.
6.Want to update your account with third party applications make sure they connect to your account using Oauth protocol where you don’t need to share your password. Be careful of third party applications that lure you to give more followers by sharing your username and password.
8. Twitter banned 370 weak passwords make sure you are not using any one of them for your account.
9.Hackers may lure users with malicious links to sign into twitter similar website to give your username and password. Once they take control of your account they post spam messages and other abusive stuff from your account.
10.Don’t re-tweet blindly without knowing whom tweets you are tweeting , also be aware of clicking DMs containing links from unknown users. A phishing scam may targeted at you through DMs.
Google × Hacking × How to × Online Security × Orkut × Safe × Security × Social Networking
If you have forgotten your orkut password or somebody hacked your orkut account, in such a case you can follow below instructions to recover your orkut password:
1. Reset Your Google Account Password:
Type the email address associated with your Google Account or Gmail user name at google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd – you will receive an email at your secondary email address with a link to reset your Google Account Password. This will not work if the other person has changed your secondary email address or if you no longer have access to that address.
2. For Google Accounts Associated with Gmail:
If you have problems while logging into your Gmail account, you can consider contacting Google by filling this form. It however requires you to remember the exact date when you created that Gmail account.
3. For Hijacked Google Accounts Not Linked to Gmail:
If your Google Account doesn’t use a Gmail address, contact Google by filling this formhttp://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?hl=en&ctx=accounts_hc&contact_type=hijack This approach may help bring back your Google Account if you religiously preserve all your old emails. You will be required to know the exact creation date of your Google Account plus a copy of that original “Google Email Verification” message.It may be slightly tough to get your Google Account back but definitely not impossible if you have the relevant information in your secondary email mailbox.
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crime × Online Security × password × Security × Teen
Tennessee governor Bill Haslam has signed legislation that for the first time makes the theft of subscription entertainment services like Netflix a crime on par with stealing satellite television or walking out of a restaurant without paying your bill. And “theft” now includes sharing your account password too broadly.
It’s probably not a coincidence that the legislation was enacted in Tennessee, home to the Nashville music scene. The legislation was strongly supported by the Recording Industry Association of America, which says that it’s the first legislation of its kind in the country.
The scope of the new rule is unclear. Tennessee law already has a definition of “service” that includes a laundry list of items, including “telephone, mail, gas, electricity, steam, water, cable television,” and “any other activity or product considered in the ordinary course of business to be a service.” The bill Gov. Haslam signed adds “entertainment subscription service” to this list.
It also specifies that anyone who is “directly or indirectly harmed” by theft of service has standing to report the violation to the police. And it tweaks the penalties for violating the law. Stealing more than $500 in services can lead to serious jail time. Read Full at arstechnica.com
It’s probably not a coincidence that the legislation was enacted in Tennessee, home to the Nashville music scene. The legislation was strongly supported by the Recording Industry Association of America, which says that it’s the first legislation of its kind in the country.
The scope of the new rule is unclear. Tennessee law already has a definition of “service” that includes a laundry list of items, including “telephone, mail, gas, electricity, steam, water, cable television,” and “any other activity or product considered in the ordinary course of business to be a service.” The bill Gov. Haslam signed adds “entertainment subscription service” to this list.
It also specifies that anyone who is “directly or indirectly harmed” by theft of service has standing to report the violation to the police. And it tweaks the penalties for violating the law. Stealing more than $500 in services can lead to serious jail time. Read Full at arstechnica.com
Google × Hacking × How to × Online Security × Orkut × Safe × Security × Social Networking
If you have forgotten your orkut password or somebody hacked your orkut account, in such a case you can follow below instructions to recover your orkut password:
1. Reset Your Google Account Password:
Type the email address associated with your Google Account or Gmail user name at google.com/accounts/ForgotPasswd – you will receive an email at your secondary email address with a link to reset your Google Account Password. This will not work if the other person has changed your secondary email address or if you no longer have access to that address.
2. For Google Accounts Associated with Gmail:
If you have problems while logging into your Gmail account, you can consider contacting Google by filling this form. It however requires you to remember the exact date when you created that Gmail account.
3. For Hijacked Google Accounts Not Linked to Gmail:
If your Google Account doesn’t use a Gmail address, contact Google by filling this formhttp://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/request.py?hl=en&ctx=accounts_hc&contact_type=hijack This approach may help bring back your Google Account if you religiously preserve all your old emails. You will be required to know the exact creation date of your Google Account plus a copy of that original “Google Email Verification” message.It may be slightly tough to get your Google Account back but definitely not impossible if you have the relevant information in your secondary email mailbox.
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