A few days back we looked at how to password protect your GRUB boot entries so that a password is required before anyone can boot the operating system or edit the boot entry. Let’s look at some ways you can use to reset your Linux system’s password. You might know that the root user can ...

A computer breach at the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) has led to the theft of personal information on more than 45,000 employees and retirees, the agency confirmed this week. All told, the FAA said the hackers hijacked 48 files, two containing sensitive personal information that could expose the...

I decided I would start a series entitled “Products I love and actually use.” While I do reports on tons of different technology, I only use on a regular basis a small fraction of those technologies. So I thought I’d launch a series where I spotlight products that I actually use al...

GRUB or the GRand Unified Bootloader is the bootloader commonly installed by Linux distributions on your hard disk. GRUB is responsible for showing you the menu that allows you to choose the operating system you want to boot into and also lets you tweak and control the booting options. Awesome power...

I was helping setup a new MacBook for a friend of mine today. During the setup process OS X asked her to create an account and to assign a password to it. Everything went well and we were able to setup the Mac in no time at all. However, when we were updating the OS and the computer asked for a pass...

Per proteggere i propri files più importanti e segreti dagli sguardi altrui, SafeHouse Explorer può creare zone nascoste, crittografate e protette da passwrod su hard disk , pen drive o memorie flash. Si possono nascondere tutti i tipi di files, crittografandoli a 128 bit, in modo molto semplice: ...

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As a quick update from the information in Downadup Worm Infection: Cyber Attacks on the Rise in 2009 and Security and Hacking: Protect Thyself and Thy WordPress Blog concerning the still spreading Downadup worm, ComputerWorld and others are reporting that the Downadup worm now infects 1 in every 16 ...

‘Remember LastPass? We reviewed the password manager and form filler back in September and came to the conclusion that it was one of the best password management software programs out there. To be more precise, LastPass is an excellent unobtrusive password manager for Firefox and Internet Expl...

It’s hard not to find a website these days that doesn’t require some type of registration or login. With every login of course, there is almost always a password. With the password comes with whatever requirements the website has to improve security. So after you’ve registered at y...