Though various types of cloud are available to serve various types of customers, they all serve the same purpose-offer IT resources and services to customers accessible via web browser.  The hardware and software powering the clouds always stay behind the customer’s eye-thus when we hear the term “cloud†it papers to some of us as an black box. The aim of this post to help you decide how to choose a cloud service provider, irrespective of the size of your business. The following are the list of questions that you might ask to your cloud vendor: [Read more…] about Cloud Privacy Issues and Questions for Users
Internet Security and Safety
Types of Backup-Difference between full, incremental and differential backup
Data backup gives us a sense of assurance that our data can come back to online no matter what happens to our system. Whether you are a backup administrator or a IT auditor, having a clear understating of the backup types will help you develop a strong backup strategy for your critical data and system files. This post aims to distinguish the difference between the major types of backups. At the end of reading this post you will be able to decide what types of backup suits you the best. [Read more…] about Types of Backup-Difference between full, incremental and differential backup
How to Check BlackListed IP of WebServer and Website
The purpose of this post is to show a layman how to check if a IP is in the blacklist of white list.
You may need to buy a webhosting plan for your website, and after configuring your site you discovered that your site fails to deliver emails. If that is the case, you need to check if the IP address assigned to your site by your hosting provider is in white list or black list. A number of reasons make an IP blacklisted such as spamming, malicious activates etc. whatever is the reason, you need to make sure that if you have a IP with clean records. [Read more…] about How to Check BlackListed IP of WebServer and Website
How to Control Directory Access with Htaccess and Htpasswd in Apache
Htaccess file is used to control access to directories in the web server. Normally, website administrators write htaccess file to put appropriate access control to files and pages stored in a specific directory. This method of directory access control is useful when you have a small number of users whom you want to give permission to view your contents. [Read more…] about How to Control Directory Access with Htaccess and Htpasswd in Apache
Yahoo Mail Security Settings:How to Protect Your Account
To secure your Yahoo mail account you need to block the doors that are easy for anyone to get access to your account. This post will help you to modify your account settings to make your mailbox safer than ever. If you are a Yahoo mail user, then you are advised to use the following settings:
- Create a sign-in seal
- How to change password
- Monitor your account activity
- Recognize suspicious mail
- Dealing with SPAM mails
- Using SSL
- Reporting to Yahoo
- Change your habit of clicking links from unknown sources
Note: Never underestimate the power of choosing strong password and change it frequently [Read more…] about Yahoo Mail Security Settings:How to Protect Your Account
How Do I Know If My Computer Has Been Hacked?
If you know some simple and easy-to-use methods to check that if your computer has been hacked you can confidently work online or visit any site without much worrying about your data privacy. The good news is that there are some simple ways to check that if your system has been hacked, which works well in most of the cases.At first you need to know the ways that can be used to access your PC, from a perpetrator’s perspective. A person can enter your computer directly in your absence or he can use the Internet or network connection to connect to your system.Before reading the following tips, make sure if any of the access route to your system was vulnerable.If your answer is yes, then there is a possibility that your computer might be compromised.Take a look at the following tips to check if anyone is secretively controlling your computer. [Read more…] about How Do I Know If My Computer Has Been Hacked?
Firefox Security Settings and Features
There are certain security issues that would help you keep your browsing experience smooth and safe with Firefox.As you know that web browser work as a middle man between you and the webpages. When you request for a webpage from your computer by typing a web address (URL), all the underline works such as grabbing the pages and displaying it to you in human readable format is done by the web browser. The following are the most crucial security settings of Firefox. [Read more…] about Firefox Security Settings and Features
Laptop Security Devices and Tips
Providing physical security to your laptop is your primary concern if you are a frequent travel or on the move. There are a number of devices and precautions that you can take to secure your laptop and even can get back your laptop if it gets stolen. The following are a list of devices and suggestions the you may consider as a solution to your laptop security. [Read more…] about Laptop Security Devices and Tips
Buffer Overflow Protection Tutorial
When you write a simple program, for example, to print user name with greetings. For this program to run you assign character string 38 in the following way
Char name (38)
Here “name†is the variable name. The above code specifies that you name or users’ input would not be more than 38 characters long because you have already assigned only 38 bit of data into the buffer. So, buffer overflow is such type of attack where the buffer memory is bombarded with more data than it can actually handle. [Read more…] about Buffer Overflow Protection Tutorial
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to Detect your Website’s Security Loopholes
Acunetix web vulnerability scanner help to find vulnerability in a website so as you can make your site or blog as secure as possible. Acunetix has a free version that you can use to find some of the common vulnerabilities of a website.In this article I will show you how you can use the free version of acunetix to figure out how much secure you blog is.Although Acunetix has a robust web vulnerability scanner that is capable of give you a detail report of your website’s security loopholes, you can use their free version to learn about this software if you are a new to the blogging world. [Read more…] about Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner to Detect your Website’s Security Loopholes
