Hackers hit New York tour firm, access 1,10,00 bank cards!!!

      Hackers have broken into the website of the New York tour company CitySights NY and stolen about 110,000 bank card numbers.       They broke in using a SQL Injection attack on the company's Web server, CitySights NY said in a Dec. 9 breach notification letter published by New Hampshire's attorney general. The company learned of the problem in late October, when, "a web programmer discovered [an] unauthorized script that appears to have been uploaded to the company's web server, which is believed to have compromised the security of...

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Hide user accounts from user in XP

It is a very simple process:-  1) Go to Start >> Run, and type: GPEDIT.MSC   2)Open the path User Configuration >> Admin Templates >> Control Panel    3) Doubleclick "Hide specified Control Panel applets". 4) Select 'Enabled', then click 'Show". 5) Click Add button, and type "nusrmgt.cpl" into the add box...

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How to Lock icons on desktop?

     You must have arranged your desktop to look nicely with your wallpaper. Presently comes someone and mess up the nice arrangement. To lock your desktop icons into place, first arrange it carefully the way you want it to be and then:- 1) Oopen up the registry editor. 2) Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer. 3) Right-click in the right-side pane and select New >> DWORD Value  and name it as NoSaveSettings and press the Enter key.  4) Right-click on the new NoSaveSettings item and...

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Google Sharing: Hide yourself from google!!!

"If you have something that you don’t want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn’t be doing it in the first place."       Suppose, I wouldn't want Google to know that I am searching for young singles on the internet, you would think that logging out of your Google account might keep Google from mapping the search queries to a specific user. But you are wrong, Google can still track your usage using some smart algorithms which Google is very good at.     ...

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Hackers steal McDonald's customer data

     McDonald's is working with law enforcement authorities after malicious hackers broke into another company's databases and stole information about an undetermined number of the fast food chain's customers.      McDonald's has also alerted potentially affected customers via e-mail and through a message on its Web site.      "We have been informed by one of our long-time business partners, Arc Worldwide, that limited customer information collected in connection with certain McDonald’s websites and promotions was obtained by an unauthorized...

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Website Developers are also equally responsible for the hacking!!!

    Every time a website is hacked, the hackers are to be blamed. Is it only a hacker to be blamed?Web Developers are the real Criminals: Website Developers are equally responsible for the hacking.      The recent incidence of CBI website is biggest embracement. The CBI registered a case against unknown hackers for defacement. But the web developer who is been paid huge amount to develop and maintain such high profile sites gets escaped from the legal clutches.     ...

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How To Setup Your Own DNS (Domain Name Server)

For Advanced Users and Professionals This is only a quick tutorial, there are literally hundreds of little tricks you can do with a DNS, but this will get your basics up and running. We are assuming you want to setup a windows DNS server, but the principals will work for most servers. You will need.. A domain name over which you have full control. DNS server software(Windows server always comes with one of these). At least one fixed IP address, allthough two is highly desirable. An idea of what services you want on your server.  The first thing you need to do is create your...

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CBI Website hacked by Pakistan Cyber Army

     Barely a week after the Indian Cyber Army hacked 35 Pakistani Government sites, the Pakistani Cyber Army has hit back by hacking the CBI site of Indian Government at http://www.cbi.gov.in/index.php.      The CBI is the Central Bureau of Investigations for India and is one of the biggest crime investigation organization in the country. This hack is definitely a slap in the face for Indians. The Pakistan Cyber Army has left a message saying that this attack was a response to the "Indian Cyber Army". It is a known fact that the Indian and Pakistani...

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Snaptu : All apps in a single app at one place

Snaptu is a fast stylish all-in-one app that includes your mobile essentials in one place: Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, News, AccuWeather, Sports (Cricket, Soccer...) Movies, Sudoku and much more... Instead of cramming your phone with lots of individual apps that eat battery, waste space and slow things down, guess what? You can have Snaptu -- a single efficient and incredibly powerful app that keeps your phone running full speed ahead. Prepare to be amazed - download Snaptu now, for...

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How to create a huge file?

You can create a file of any size of upto 1 GB without the use of any softwares without any contents in the file. 1) Start by converting the desired file size into hexadecimal notation. You can use the Windows Calculator in Scientific mode do to this. Suppose you want a file of 1 million bytes.  2) Enter 1000000 in the calculator and click on the Hex option to convert it (1 million in hex is F4240.)  Pad the result with zeroes at the left until the file size reaches eight digits—000F4240. 3) Now open a command prompt window.  4) Enter the command DEBUG BIGFILE.DAT and ignore...

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Police: "College employee stole from students to fight HIV"

           A 19-year-old employee of a Rochester, New York, community college stole thousands of dollars from students' online accounts because he needed the money "to find a cure for HIV," according to investigators. Terry Zimmerman was charged late last week with one count of computer fraud after allegedly confessing to a Brighton, New York, police investigator.      Zimmerman said he stole the money "to help find a cure...

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Boot Your Windows Xp Faster

     Well, this is not a hack but just a pure system trick. This simple trick would make u feel more handy on your System, as this one would make your win XP load much faster.. So here we go...  1. Open notepad.exe, type "del c:\windows\prefetch\ntosboot-*.* /q" (without the quotes) & save as "ntosboot.bat" in C:\ 2. From the Start menu, select "Run" & type "gpedit.msc". 3. Go to "Computer Configuration" >> "Windows Settings" and double click again on "Shutdown"...

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