Monthly Archives: October 2011

Thoughts on Tiered Security

By David Gitonga | Published: October 31, 2011

Computer security is not rocket science and all it needs is just a little time to understand. Unfortunately, many people or computer users rarely have the time or the interest to learn what it takes to run a really secure system. The truth of the matter, however, is that a single program is not a [...]

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Your SSL Servers Can Be Hacked Using an Average Laptop with DSL Connection

By salman | Published: October 30, 2011

If news is to be believed, then a newly released Denial of Service (DOS) tool can be used to bring down any SSL server just by the usage of a average laptop computer which has connection to DSL. The tool (and the vulnerability in SSL) has been available since long but didn’t come to notice [...]

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Proxy Deanonymization – What Does It Mean

By David Gitonga | Published: October 29, 2011

If you have ever used a web proxy and thought that you are completely safe, then think again. Some common web proxies that claim to provide anonymity are far from offering anonymous surfing. A website called “IP check” can be used to check how secure you are even when connected via a web proxy server. [...]

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New Free Proxy From CyberGhost

By heryzo | Published: October 28, 2011
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From time to time, proxy and VPN providers are pitching us so as to get featured on our blog. Instead of jumping into their offer without even trying it, we take the time to do a simple review of the service, report it on our blog, leave our comments then leave it to our readers [...]

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iPhone, iPad, Galaxy Tab, Smartphones: NOT allowed

By heryzo | Published: October 27, 2011

Users are now using a lot of different devices to connect to the internet. Gone are the days where they only go to the internet from a computer. They can now do it from a lot and diverse smartphones (blackberry, android, iphone, symbian, …). Moreover, tablets are gaining popularity within trendy users: iPad, Samsung Galaxy [...]

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Microsoft’s YouTube Channel Hacked!

By salman | Published: October 26, 2011

Make us a Background to Get Subbox!!! Well, that is what Microsoft’s YouTube Channel has as an update which was done some 2 days before. Either MS is short of designers who can design a neat background for their YouTube channel or otherwise (the worst) they have been hacked. To be precise, Microsoft’s YouTube Channel [...]

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Google Is Rolling Out SSL To Its Search Results

By heryzo | Published: October 25, 2011

This week, Google just recently announced that they are going to set as default the SSL feature for searches on their Google platform .Initially, I didn’t really understand why would searches need to be encrypted. Then I started browsing for more informations on the internet and found out that this usually have to do with [...]

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It Is Good to Fail Security Audits

By salman | Published: October 24, 2011

Are you the security specialist for any organization or are you owner of an I.T. organization that faces continuous security audits? I guess such security audits must be nightmare for you considering the fact that they can bring your work to halt if they find serious security issues in your network. If, somehow, you aren’t [...]

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Securing an Internet Name Server

By David Gitonga | Published: October 23, 2011

Whenever you type in the Internet address of a website or an online resource, network servers called name servers translate these Web addresses into network addresses that are suitable for computers. Like everything else on the Web however, these servers are not immune to attacks. In fact they can sometimes be a target for special [...]

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Which VPN Service Do You Want Us To Review?

By heryzo | Published: October 22, 2011
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How-to-hide-ip.info has been referring to a lot of VPN services providers along the years where this blog has been running. Thanks to the community of readers, we could help each other for choosing the right provider according to our specific needs. From time to time, we do a roundup of the current VPN service providers, [...]

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