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Secure your Wireless Router Using WEP

The world is so advanced and fast the people can't afford to have any kind of time lag in communication. In this run wireless networks(Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,infrared etc.) play an essential role. In this article we the 'tech-da-hack' team is sharing way to secure your wi-fi using WEP.

A wireless network helps a home network to be more volatile. In a wireless network one dosent have to have to look for the ethernet cables ,instead he/she can access the internet or the systems in homenetwork using a wireless adaptor. We have to secure our network from the mallicious or unauthorized users.

In order to make our network secured we have to setup our router's WEP(Wireless Equivalence Privacy) settings.

In order to setup the router first we need a connection with it.

Once you are connected to the router:

* Open your browser and in address bar type the address of your routers access page.Some of the commen routers and their address are:

-> BSNL - 192.168.1.1

-> NETGEAR - 192.168.0.1

-> Airtel - 192.168.1.1

*enter the username and password.Some of the common username and passwords are:

Netgear

username-admin

password-password / 1234

Airtel

username -user

password-password

BSNL

username-admin

password-admin

*Now, look for a tab named "security" on the main router page. In the security select "WEP" as your security type ans choose a password for your network.

* Click on "apply changes" and sing out.

caution: Dont select the "restore factory default settings"

* You may need to reboot your computer in order to apply the settings.

* Now, whener anyone tries to connect to your router the router will ask for the password.

ENJOY THE SECURED WORLD OF BROWSING !!!

Adobe Acrobat/Reader Phishing Scam

Today the Adobe Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) released a bulletin stating the email phishing scam that has been reported by customers for some Adobe products.

This is what their bulletin said:

"With the availability of Adobe Acrobat X solutions this week, a reminder to be cautious when receiving email messages purporting to offer a download of a new version of Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader sent by entities claiming to be Adobe.

Many of these emails require recipients to register and/or provide personal information. Please be aware that these emails have not been sent by Adobe or on Adobe’s behalf.

The Adobe Reader, in particular, is free software available for download directly from the Adobe Reader download page on the Adobe website at http://get.adobe.com/reader/; it is not available in any other manner via download, including via email.

Customers receiving one of these potentially malicious emails should delete the email immediately without clicking on any of the links."

We at tech-DA-hack always recommend our readers to stay alert towards any email that may seem suspicious. We also strive to keep you updated with the latest news,vulnerabilities,reports,etc.

Vulnerability:- Adobe Shockwave Player

A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Shockwave Player 11.5.8.612 and earlier versions on the Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

This vulnerability (CVE-2010-3653) could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. While details about the vulnerability have been disclosed publicly, Adobe is not aware of any attacks exploiting this vulnerability against Adobe Shockwave Player to date.

Adobe actively shares information about this and other vulnerabilities with partners in the security community to enable them to quickly develop detection and quarantine methods to protect users until a patch is available.

As always, Tech-da-Hack recommends that users follow best security practices by keeping their anti-malware software and definitions up to date.

Public computers are now secure for Facebook

Users who access their Facebook account from public computers can now have some peace of mind when logging in. A new feature from Facebook will send you a password on your registered mobile,and then you can use that password to log in. For getting the password, you'll have to text "otp" to 32665 from the mobile registered on Facebook. The benefit of this password is that it will expire after 20 minutes.
So, if you wish to re-login then you'll have to send the text message again.


Another feature that has been enabled is similar to a feature provided by Gmail. It displays details about all the "Active Sessions" that you may have from other computers. This happens if you had selected the "Stay Signed In" box while logging-in.

Facebook is rolling the feature out gradually, and it should be available to everyone in the coming weeks.

Strong password

A Good Password must have 3 properties ::

1.IT SHOULD BE A COMBINATION OF ALPHABETS CHARACTERS(LOWER & UPPER CASES)AND NON ALPHABETIC CHARACTERS(*&^$).
2.SHOULD NOT BE YOUR NAME RELATIVES (GF/BF).
3.IT SHOULD NOT BE TOLD TO ANYONE.