Geolocation privacy – are you worried?

Posted on July 23, 2010 in Security

The new trend in social media is represented by geolocation. Geolocation is “the identification of the real-world geographic location of an object, such as a cell phone or an Internet-connected computer terminal. Geolocation may refer to the practice of assessing the location, or to the actual assessed location.” Wikipedia
Many social networks or microblogging platforms as [...]

5 security & privacy features in IE 8

Posted on June 25, 2010 in Security

Internet Explorer is still used by many for the simple fact that it comes by default with their computers. Internet Explorer 6, even it was literally the worst browser available, was used by over 70% of PC users. This happened until Firefox has started its anti IE campaign and users realized that there are other [...]

7 tips to boost your Wireless Router Signal

Posted on May 28, 2010 in How to, Security

Buildings where never designed with network cable in mind and consequently we all had issues with your wireless signal. The first thing we should consider before talking about how we can improve our wireless network is the network’s security. It was not once when some of my neighbors left their wireless network open, with the [...]

How to send a secured message via e-mail

Posted on May 13, 2010 in Security

I’m sure many of us are not aware of the wide variety of services available online. There are services that you don’t know they exist and more than that, you don’t know you could use it.
A good example is TMWSD (thismessagewillselfdestruct.com), which is a secure, auto-deleted messaging service. The purpose of this service is to:

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Browsers’ extensions for showing IP address

Posted on April 28, 2010 in How to, Misc, Security

Usually if you want to check your IP address you have to visit websites like whatismyipaddress.com or to get the information from command prompt. But this can be an annoying thing especially if you are an anonymous browsing enthusiast and you change your IP address frequently.
So I searched for some specific browsers extensions that can [...]

Can IP address reveal my physical address?

Posted on April 20, 2010 in Misc, Security

Many people are asking if their IP address can reveal their physical address. There was even a person that wanted to find out the city, street and home number of another person using the IP address.
Fortunately, this thing is not possible! So even if you are a suspicious internet user from the security point of [...]

Understanding and solving IP address conflicts

Posted on February 16, 2010 in How to, Misc, Security, Uncategorized

In most cases, IP address conflicts appear when two computers connected on a LAN or Internet, have assigned the same IP address.
But, how can these computers get the same IP address? Well there are some situations when the IP address conflicts appear:

The administrator assigned for two computer on a LAN the same IP
The administrator [...]

How to change LAN IP address from command prompt

Posted on February 11, 2010 in How to, Misc, Security

To configure your IP address from command prompt is not such a difficult job but still if you are not an expert in this domain you need some help and suggestions.
The first step into configuration is that you need the NETSH command.
Netsh.exe is a command-line scripting utility that it allows local or remote configuration of [...]

Can your IP address reveal websites you have visited?

Posted on December 11, 2009 in Misc, Security

The majority asks this frequent question: if someone gets my IP, address is it possible for that person to find out the websites I visited? Well there is not too much philosophy because having only your IP address there is no way to get your websites visited. On the other hand, having your IP address [...]

Social engineering – among main attack trends for 2010

Posted on December 4, 2009 in Misc, Security

2009 was a tough year considering not only the technology course but also the political and economical environment. Regarding the online security we can all agree that was a very productive year from the point of malware and online attacks. For example Conficker worm has reached the top in 2009 being installed remotely on computers [...]