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The Firefox Asterisk Revealer reveals the contents of any password whose text is obscured by asterisks in an alert box using a simple JavaScript.
How often do we forget are saved passwords? very often. It takes just a few months of blogging to accumulate so many passwords, I should personally have over 15 different accounts.
So how do I recover the password I’ve saved but can’t remember any more;
Here is your account; More»
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John is a cross platform password cracker that can be used to regain your lost Linux password. It is a good administrative tool for a multi-user system. The Linux version of John, that also has versions for Dos and Windows, comes as a downloadable source code, together with its signature. On Debian based platforms like Ubuntu, it could be installed directly from the repository with
sudo apt-get install John
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The Mozilla Foundation takes a break to repair the several vulnerabilities the 2.0.0.8. version had. So the latest release Firefox 2.0.0.9. corrects the several problems that were found in the previous release.
But the Linux Magazine says that; the vulnerabilities that version 2.0.0.8 failed to fix still seem to exist in 2.0.0.9. As previously, it is possible to hide part of the source code, preventing users from viewing the code in “View Page Source”. This means that attackers still have the ability to hide malicious code in their websites.
It is strongly recommend to upgrade to this latest release. If you are using Firefox 2.x, then you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting “Check for Updates” from the Help menu starting now.
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Formally known as Ethereal, Wireshark is a popular Network analyser that displays all data packets that get in and out of your computers network interface (LAN, Wi-Fi etc).
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In the computing world it is often said that “the only fully-secured computer is one that is turned off”. This phrase is emblematic simply because the most talked-about aspect in the computer world is security.
The GNU/Linux systems are appreciated a lot for their resistance to external attacks but some have even gone further to create higher security levels. Two well acclaimed security tools are the SELinux by RedHat and AppArmor by SUSE Linux. More»
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