The screenshot below summarizes the change to apply on Yahoo email settings. The full explanations are available after the jump: Protect your Yahoo! Mail account with SSL – via kwout

The full infographic is available after the jump:  INFOGRAPHIC: All Major Security Breaches In 2011 And 2012  

Puntalo is a security service for mobile phone. It was already available for some Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Samsung, and others phones but not iPhone (and other ios devices). What does puntalo offer? Puntalo for Apple iOS devices allows you to locate and protect your devices anywhere in the world, see the tracks on a map, receive [...]

In the pass weeks, 2 people I know get their Web Mail acount hacked. It looks like there hacking tools based on dictionary words are widely use these days. The post reference below gives some good guideline to choose a good password. The table below is a sample of the recommendations provided: The Usability of [...]

I came accross this review of Windows Se7en File Replacer on Tech Republic: Review: Windows Se7en File Replacer 1.5.4 | TechRepublic via kwout This tool make something very difficult (Replace system files) very simple (Using a drag and drop). System files replacement is difficult because Windows has a built in mecanism that protect them and [...]

Digital inspiration published a useful tip to check if your computer is connecting to the INTERNET without your knowledge.  Of course in most case a firewall properly configured should notify any unexpected connection to the INTERNET. But in some special case, the method proposed by Digital inspiration is useful to track what’s going on in [...]

Daniel Miessler posted an interesting article regarding the encryption of Gmail and other Google services communication. First the article shows using TCPdump capture why it is dangerous to not use encryption when connecting to Gmail. Then the well known workaround is described: use https instead of http when connecting to Gmail. But when using link [...]