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Having a top rank in Google is the holy grail for anyone who has a website. Organic Google traffic is free advertising and how most bloggers (especially those just starting out) achieve visitors and traffic to their site. It all comes down to a simple numbers game. Essentially, more traffic = more money-making opportunities from your blog. The question is, how do you get ranked higher for my blog posts using Blogger?

We’re going to have to make a quick edit to your Blogger template which might intimidate some of you but it’s very small and painless. All I ask you to do first is to backup your template just in case you make a boo boo. That makes it easy to revert back without much headache.
Step #1

In your Blogger dashboard, go to “Layout” => “Edit HTML”.
Step #2

In the template code, do a search for this:
<title><data:blog.pageTitle/></title>.

It’s usually in the first 5-10 lines of code in your template near the top.
Step #3

Replace that bit of code with the following code:

<b:if cond=’data:blog.pageType == “index”‘>

<title><data:blog.title/></title>

<b:else/>

<title><data:blog.pageName/> | <data:blog.title/></title>

</b:if>


Step #4

Save your template and go back to your blog. Click into any individual post and look at the page title.

All your blogger posts are now much better optimized to rank higher in Google. I’m not going to promise you a night and day difference but you’ve taken a step in the right direction. Now just go post unique high quality content so people searching Google will find your blog first!

Working and Tested..

1. Place your Windows XP CD in your cd-rom and start your computer (it’s assumed here that your XP CD is bootable as it should be - and that you have your bios set to boot from CD)

2. Keep your eye on the screen messages for booting to your cd Typically, it will
be “Press any key to boot from cd”

3. Once you get in, the first screen will indicate that Setup is inspecting your system and loading files.

4. When you get to the Welcome to Setup screen, press ENTER to Setup Windows now

5. The Licensing Agreement comes next - Press F8 to accept it.

6. The next screen is the Setup screen which gives you the option to do a Repair. It should read something like “If one of the following Windows XP installations is damaged, Setup can try to repair it”
Use the up and down arrow keys to select your XP installation (if you only have one, it should already be selected) and press R to begin the Repair process.

7. Let the Repair run. Setup will now check your disks and then start copying files which can take several minutes. 8. Shortly after the Copying Files stage, you will be required to reboot. (this will happen automatically) you will see a progress bar stating “Your computer will reboot in 15 seconds”

9. During the reboot, do not make the mistake of “pressing any key” to boot from
the CD again! Setup will resume automatically with the standard billboard screens and you will notice Installing Windows is highlighted.

10. Keep your eye on the lower left hand side of the screen and when you see the Installing Devices progress bar, press SHIFT + F10. This is the security hole! A command console will now open up giving you the potential for wide access to your system.

11. At the prompt, type NUSRMGR.CPL and press Enter. Voila! You have just gained graphical access to your User Accounts in the Control Panel.

12. Now simply pick the account you need to change and remove or change your password as you prefer. If you want to log on without having to enter your new password, you can type control userpasswords2 at the prompt and choose to log on without being asked for password. After you’ve made your changes close the windows, exit the command box and continue on with the Repair (have your Product key handy).

13. Once the Repair is done, you will be able to log on with your new password (or without a password if you chose not to use one or if you chose not to be asked for a password). Your programs and personalized settings should remain intact.

Now this should be interesting, perhaps they should turn it into a hacking based reality TV show? From the description though it looks more centered around defense than offense and perhaps should be called ‘System Administrator Idol’.

Not quite so catchy though is it.

Well at least they doing something to try and nurture talent in the security arena, even if it is a little misguided.

The UK government has launched plans to find the best young hackers through a talent competition.

Would-be cyberdefenders will be rated on their abilities to thwart attacks and hack into websites. Winners will be offered courses by the respected SANS Institute and assigned mentors.

University course and work placements also form part of the putative programme, due to take its first intake late next year, The Times reports.

Hack Idol may be a catchy concept, and it’s easy to see how eccentric security minister Lord West – who famously reckons reformed naughty-boy hackers might play an important role in Britain’s cyber-defence – might get sold on the idea.

The prizes are pretty good for anyone into infosec, courses from SANS, uni courses and possible work placement.

It would be a great start to a security career for the average hacker nerd currently doing his A-Levels at college.

I guess as well as building the security industry, they are also trying to entice the more blackhat students to defect to the white side – or at least be a little more grey than black.

In addition, there’s a precedent from across the Atlantic. The UK scheme resembles the much larger US Cyber Challenge programme which is “looking for 10,000 young Americans with the skills to fill the ranks of cyber security practitioners, researchers, and warriors”.

The winner of the first US Cyber Challenge was Michael Coppola, 17, of Connecticut, who gained plaudits for breaking into the scoring system and awarding himself extra points – a move straight out of cult haxploitation flick WarGames.

Sounds like good fun, but the idea of taking the now-ubiquitous TV talent show/glorified karaoke concept and applying it to computer security to find the next Neo sounds more than a little wrong-headed.

It definitely does have some similarities to the US program, which as new as it is hasn’t really proved anything yet either.

It’s something to watch out for, we’ll have to see where it goes.

source Register

This little, but very useful program, try to sends ICMP packet out the LAN, and detect all the host that allow it. Whit this you can find bugs in your (company?) network ( or others), for example hosts that allow p2p connections.

Explanation

When we use a Gateway, we send the packets with IP destination of the target, but the destination MAC on the ethernet is the MAC at the Gateway. If we send a packet to the different MACs in the LAN, we can know who is the gateway when we receive an response from this MAC.

Some times we can discover more than one box configured to be an gateway, generally, this is an wrong configuration, and the box will response with an ICMP-Redirect. This is the same, because the script only verify if the mac response.

NatProbe is develop in Python with the Scapy library.

You can download Nat Probe here:

natprobe.1.0.tar.gz

Kon-Boot is an prototype piece of software which allows to change contents of a Linux kernel (and now Windows kernel also!!!) on the fly (while booting).

In the current compilation state it allows to log into a Linux system as ’root’ user without typing the correct password or to elevate privileges from current user to root. For Windows systems it allows to enter any password protected profile without any knowledge of the password.

It was mainly created for Ubuntu, later the author has made a few add-ons to cover some other Linux distributions.

Entire Kon-Boot was written in pure x86 assembly, using old grandpa-geezer TASM 4.0.

Latest Updates – Kon-Boot for Windows

Kon-Boot was moved to Windows platforms. So now it provides support for Microsoft Windows systems and also the Linux systems listed below. Kon-Boot for Windows enables logging in to any password protected machine profile without without any knowledge of the password. This tool changes the contents of Windows kernel while booting, everything is done virtually – without any interferences with physical system changes. So far following systems were tested to work correctly with Kon-Boot:

* Windows Server 2008 Standard SP2 (v.275)
* Windows Vista Business SP0
* Windows Vista Ultimate SP1
* Windows Vista Ultimate SP0
* Windows Server 2003 Enterprise
* Windows XP
* Windows XP SP1
* Windows XP SP2
* Windows XP SP3
* Windows 7

No special usage instructions are required for Windows users, just boot from Kon-Boot CD/Floppy, select your profile and put any password you want. You lost your password? Now it doesnt matter at all.

It has been tested with the following Linux distributions:

* Gentoo 2.6.24-gentoo-r5 GRUB 0.97
* Ubuntu 2.6.24.3-debug GRUB 0.97
* Debian 2.6.18-6-6861 GRUB 0.97
* Fedora 2.6.25.9-76.fc9.i6862 GRUB 0.97

You can download Kon-Boot here:

Floppy Image – FD0-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip
CD ISO Image – CD-konboot-v1.1-2in1.zip

Windows 7 Transformation Pack aka “Seven Transformation Pack” will transform your entire user interface, including a 7-themed Boot Screen, Welcome Screen, and Visual Style, as well as new icons, wallpapers, and more.
The latest version is 3.0 released on September 9th, 2009.

Seven Transformation Pack will replace many of the resources in Windows XP/Vista/Windows Server 2003. It can change such things as:

* Boot screen

* Welcome Screen / Logon Screen

* New msstyles files (visual styles)

* New desktop and file icons

* New toolbar icons

* Progress Dialogs

* Sounds scheme

* System Tray icons

* New Wallpapers

* Some Windows 7’s popular features

* And much more

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Search engines use keywords to identify which sites match a particular search phrase. SEOs need to identify which keywords are searched for so that they can use those keywords and get found by the search engines and eventually by their target audience.

For example, if you want to optimize a website about “computer tips” you should see how many searches for the keyword are being submitted to Google monthly so you can have an idea if readers are looking for you or not. You can do that by going to external Google Keyword Tool:

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Enter the keyword or phrase that you want to analyze then click Get keyword ideas:

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You will see a tabular report of all related terms along with the search volume generated for the previous month and the average search volume.

In this report you will see if you are using the right keywords based on the Google search database. If you think you should target “computer tip” instead of “computer tips” then think again because the difference on the performance of each phrase is about ten times for “computer tips” (22,200 VS 2,400).

Also take note of the advertiser competition information, the longer the bar the more fierce the competition:

If you are a starting up a new web site and the competition is strong, it is a good idea to start with keywords with less competition then work on those higher volume keywords later.

Another cool feature of this tool is that it can show you the average cost each time a user clicks your ad on the associated keyword. To add the estimate cost per click (CPC) column on the report, go to the dropdown selection labeled “Choose columns to display” then click “Show estimated Avg. CPC”.

You should see the CPC column on the report:

Isn’t it a very convenient way to analyze your web site’s earning potential? This way you can earn more money by targeting keywords with higher CPC. Well, that is of course if you can make them come to your website. We will show you how to do just that in the future articles as we go into more in-depth SEO tips.

Adware
Adware is software that presents banner ads or in pop-up windows through a bar that appears on a computer screen. Those advertising spots usually can’t be removed and are consequently always visible. The connection data allow many conclusions on the usage behavior and are problematic in terms of data security.

Backdoors
A backdoor can gain access to a computer by going around the computer access security mechanisms.

A program that is being executed in the background generally enables the attacker almost unlimited rights. User’s personal data can be spied with the backdoor’s help, but are mainly used to install further computer viruses or worms on the relevant system.

Boot viruses
The boot or master boot sector of hard drives is mainly infected by boot sector viruses. They overwrite important information necessary for the system execution. One of the awkward consequences: the computer system cannot be loaded any more…

Bot-Net
A Bot-Net is collection of softwarre bots, which run autonomously. A Bot-Net can comprise a collection of cracked machines running programs (usually referred to as worms, Trojans) under a common command and control infrastructure. Boot-Nets server various purposes, including Denial-of-service attacks, etc.., partly without the affected PC user’s knowledge. The main potential of Bot-Nets is that the networks can achieve dimensions on thousands of computers and its bandwidth sum bursts most conventional Internet accesses.

Dialer
A dialer is a computer programm that establishes a connection to the Internet or to another computer network through the telephone line or the digital ISDN network. Fraudsters use dialers to charge users high rates when dialing up to the Internet without their knowledge.

EICAR test file
The EICAR test file is a test pattern that was developed at the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research for the purpose to test the functions of anti-virus programs. It is a text file which is 68 characters long and its file extension is “.COM” all virus scanners should recognize as virus.

Exploit
An exploit (vulnerability) is a computer program or script that takes advantage of a bug, glitch or vulnerability leading to privilege escalation or denial of service on a computer system. A form of an exploit for example are attacks from the Internet with the help of manipulated data packages. Programs can be infiltrated in order to obtain higher access.

Grayware
Grayware operates in a way similar to malware, but it is not spread to harm the users directly. It does not affect the system functionality as such. Mostly, information on the patterns of use is collected in order to either sell these data or to place advertisements systematically.

Hoaxes
The users have obtained virus alerts from the Internet for a few years and alerts against viruses in other networks that are supposed to spread via email. These alerts are spread per email with the request that they should be sent to the highest possible number of colleagues and to other users, in order to warn everyone against the “danger”.

Honeypot
A honeypot is a service (program or server), which is installed in a network.

It has the function to monitor a network and to protocol attacks. This service is unknown to the legitime user - because of this reason he is never addressed. If an attacker examines a network for the weak points and uses the services which are offered by a Honeypot, it is protocolled and an alert sets off.

Keystroke logging
Keystroke logging is a diagnostic tool used in software development that captures the user’s keystrokes. It can be useful to determine sources of error in computer systems and is sometimes used to measure employee productivity on certain clerical tasks. Like this, confidential and personal data, such as passwords or PINs, can be spied and sent to other computers via the Internet.

Macro viruses
Macro viruses are small programs that are written in the macro language of an application (e.g. WordBasic under WinWord 6.0) and that can normally only spread within documents of this application. Because of this, they are also called document viruses. In order to be active, they need that the corresponding applications are activated and that one of the infected macros has been executed. Unlike “normal” viruses, macro viruses do consequently not attack executable files but they do attack the documents of the corresponding host-application.

Polymorph viruses
Polymorph viruses are the real masters of disguise. They change their own programming codes - and are therefore very hard to detect.

Program viruses
A computer virus is a program that is capable to attach itself to other programs after being executed and cause an infection. Viruses multiply themselves unlike logic bombs and Trojans. In contrast to a worm, a virus always requires a program as host, where the virus deposits his virulent code. The program execution of the host itself is not changed as a rule.

Scareware
The term scareware refers to software which has been designed with the intent to cause anxiety or panic. The victim could be tricked and feels threatened and usually accepts an offer to pay and have the inexistent threat removed. In some cases the victim is seduced to cause the attack himself by making him think this intervention will successfully remove the threat.

Script viruses and worms
Such viruses are extremely easy to program and they can spread - if the required technology is on hand - within a few hours via email round the globe.

Script viruses and worms use a script language such as Javascript, VBScript etc. to infiltrate in other new scripts or to spread by activation of operating system functions. This frequently happens via email or through the exchange of files (documents).

A worm is a program that multiplies itself but that does not infect the host. Worms can consequently not form part of other program sequences. Worms are often the only possibility to infiltrate any kind of damaging programs on systems with restrictive security measures.

Security Privacy Risk (SPR)
The term “SPR/” (”Security or Privacy Risk”) refers to a program which can damage the security of your system, trigger program activities you do not want or harm your private environment.

Spyware
Spyware are so called spy programs that intercept or take partial control of a computer’s operation without the user’s informed consent. Spyware is designed to expolit infected computers for commerical gain. Typical tactics furthering this goal include delivery of unsolicited pop-up advertisements. AntiVir is able to detect this kind of software with the category “ADSPY” or “adware-spyware” .

Trojan horses (short Trojans)
Trojans are pretty common nowadays. We are talking about programs that pretend to have a particular function, but that show their real image after execution and carry out a different function that, in most cases, is destructive. Trojan horses cannot multiply themselves, which differenciates them from viruses and worms. Most of them have an interesting name (SEX.EXE or STARTME.EXE) with the intention to induce the user to start the Trojan. Immediately after execution they become active and can, for example, format the hard drive. A dropper is a special form of Trojan that ‘drops’ viruses, i.e. embeds viruses on the computer system.

Zombie
A Zombie-PC is a computer that is infected with malware programs and that enables hackers to abuse computers via remote control for criminal purposes. The affected PC, for example, can start Denial-of-Service- (DoS) attacks at command or send spam and phishing emails.

Looking for free Windows software alternatives? Microsoft Windows bundles a number of software applications in order to provide a basic experience, such as Internet Explorer, Wordpad, and others. In this article, we wil be listing replacements for basic Windows software and utilities. If you have a suggestion, feel free to list it in the comments.

Internet Explorer

•Mozilla Firefox – a fast, open source, secure, and extendable browser from Mozilla. Offers a number of features over Internet Explorer, including Smart Location Bar, Places Manager, and a rich database of extensions.
•Opera – Feature-rich browser. Includes email client, BitTorrent downloads, Speed Dial (page with quick access to favorite websites), and mouse gestures.
•Safari – Ported from Mac OSX, Apple brings Safari to Windows. Features private browsing and other enhancements.

Wordpad

•OpenOffice – a Java based office suite with features that rival the commercial Microsoft Office, and is compatible with Microsoft�s own formats.
•AbiWord – Word processing program similar to Microsoft Word. While it does not include all the applications of OpenOffice, it can serve as a replacement for Wordpad.

Notepad

•Notepad++ – a feature-rich text editor. Features syntax highlighting, function completion, tabs, and a plethora of other capabilities.
•Notepad2 – While not as feature-rich as Notepad++, it offers a simple replacement for Notepad with syntax highlighting.

Calculator

•Power Calculator (XP only) – Microsoft offers a free more powerful alternative to the built in Calculator.

Command Prompt

•CygWin – CygWin emulates the Linux shell for Windows, allowing you to work with a more powerful command line.

Built In Unzipping Utility

•7-Zip – Supports a number of formats, including RAR, ZIP, TAR, and 7z; can also generate a self extracting archive.
•TUGZip – Supports a wide range of formats and can create a self extracting archive.

Windows Media Player

•foobar2000 – While only audio, supports a wide range of formats without plugins, and has low memory usage and is extremely customizable.
•iTunes – Media player from Apple. Provides access to the iTunes Music Store (although not recommended as it bundles DRM with songs).
•Songbird – In alpha stage, integrates well with music websites. Supports syncing to other devices.
•VLC Media Player – Does not have a library feature, but plays almost any media format.
•Miro – Video only, features RSS downloading, BitTorrent, and support for video websites such as YouTube.

Windows Media Center

•XBMC for Windows – Supports a large number of formats and is skinnable.
•Elisa – Provides support for a large number of media formats, external devices, auto detection of media on the network, and basic Internet integration.

Paint

•GIMP – Advanced image editor with functionality similar to Adobe Photoshop.
•Paint.NET – While not as advanced as GIMP, Paint.NET provides a large feature set, including support for layers and unlimited undo.

Windows Search

•Google Desktop Search – Allows you to search the computer and Internet history in an interface similar to Google Web Search. Also provides a sidebar and quick launch utility.
•Copernic Desktop Search – Provides an intuitive UI for searching and claims to be light on resources.

Add/Remove Programs

•Revo Uninstaller – Powerful uninstaller that attempts to remove all traces of a program when uninstalling.

Disk Cleanup

•CCleaner – Searches system for unneeded files and cleans them. Also has a registry cleaner, start up manager, and minimalistic Add/Remove Programs interface.

Remote Desktop

•TightVNC – TightVNC sets up a server on the computer you want to control, and client software on the controlling computer. Offers a number of features over Remote Desktop.
•UltraVNC – Like TightVNC, with support for a Java viewer, text chat, and encryption.
•TeamViewer – Quick setup, with support for both Windows and Mac. Has file transfer; no firewall setting changes needed.

Windows Photo Gallery / Windows Picture and Fax Viewer

•Windows Live Photo Gallery – Microsoft provides an enhanced version of Windows Photo Gallery free, as part of the Windows Live suite. Provides photo library tools.
•IrfanView – Light image viewer with a wide range of features, including image manipulation and conversion.
•XnView – Another light image viewer with a wide range of features. Image manipulation, conversion, and meta data editing are a few features.

Windows Movie Maker

•Jahshaka – Offers much more functionality than Windows Movie Maker. Open source.
•LiVES – Not available for Windows natively, but can boot from a Live CD. Has a greater feature set than Windows Movie Maker.

Windows Messenger

•Windows Live Messenger – Offers more functionality (and bloat) than Windows Messenger. Supports only the MSN protocol, with some integration with Yahoo.
•Pidgin – Supports a wide range of protocols, including Yahoo!, MSN, IRC, AIM, Google Talk, Jabber, and others. Extendable with plugins.
•Digsby – Supports a wide range of protocols as Pidgin does, and also features integration with social media such as Facebook.
•Miranda IM – Light messenger with support for a wide range of protocols. Highly extendable.
•Yahoo! Messenger – Offers some integration with the MSN protocol. Mainly supports the Yahoo! protocol.

Windows Explorer

•xplorer2 – Offers a wide range of features over Windows Explorer, including dual pane and tabbed browsing.

•Free Commander – Offers tabbed browsing, dual pane, file wiping, and MD5 checksum abilities.

Windows Update

•AutoPatcher – Allows you to download necessary update files and apply them when offline.
•Project Dakota – Lets you download a CD ISO file with all the updates
•MakeUseOf provides a couple other ways to get your Windows updates.

Windows Shell

•Blackbox for Windows – An alternative light shell replacement for Windows, based off of the Blackbox Window Manager. Highly customizable.

Disk Defragmenter

•JkDefragGUI – Is able to defrag when your screensaver comes on. Has other powerful features.

Outlook Express / Windows Mail

•Mozilla Thunderbird – Email client from Mozilla. Extendable with plugins and themes.
•Windows Live Mail – An improved version of Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail is part of the Windows Live suite.
•Evolution – Originally for Linux, Evolution is now available for Windows, offering an Outlook-like GUI.
•Mail functionality is also provided by SeaMonkey (formerly Mozilla) and Opera

Windows Firewall

•Comodo Firewall Pro – Protects outbound connections as well as inbound connections, unlike Windows Firewall. Has database of �safe� software to prevent unnecessary warnings.
•ZoneAlarm Free Firewall – Protects outbound/inbound connections, �stealths� your computer.

Sound Recorder

•Audacity – Record, mix, and apply effects to sounds in this fully featured audio editor.

CD/DVD Burning Functionality

•ImgBurn – Works with all types of media, able to create, build, and burn CD images.

Windows Sidebar

•Google Desktop Sidebar – Google Desktop features a sidebar feature as part of the Google Desktop package.
•Yahoo! Widgets – While not a sidebar, Yahoo! Widgets allows you to place widgets onto your desktop. Also features a widget dock where you can view your widgets at a quick glance.
•Klipfolio – Place �Klips� around your desktop, with information from the web. Takes up less space than traditional widgets/gadgets.

Start Menu

•Vista Start Menu – Larger start menu which allows you to find your applications more easily and quickly perform tasks.
•http://launchy.net/ – While technically not a menu, Launchy allows you to launch programs by typing a portion of the application name.
•ViStart – For XP users, this replaces the current Start Menu with Vista�s start menu, even containing search functionality.

Run

•Launchy – Launch programs by typing a portion of the application name – as opposed to typing the full application name or executable name.

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