[2 Jul 2009 | One Comment | 50 views]
7 Free Encryption Tools worth Trying

Failing to secure your data can result in some potentially costly and time consuming processes to recover and re-secure what was lost. It’s worth the time up front to do what you can to ensure your personal data and information stays relatively secure and at least poses some challenge to those who’d like to access it. As an added incentive, many times this can be done for virtually no up front investment on your part. Here are a few free encryption tools that you can use to secure your important info.

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Encryption, Headline »

[2 Jul 2009 | One Comment | 50 views]
7 Free Encryption Tools worth Trying

Failing to secure your data can result in some potentially costly and time consuming processes to recover and re-secure what was lost. It’s worth the time up front to do what you can to ensure your personal data and information stays relatively secure and at least poses some challenge to those who’d like to access it. As an added incentive, many times this can be done for virtually no up front investment on your part. Here are a few free encryption tools that you can use to secure your important info.

Email Hacking, Hacker Psychology, Headline »

[24 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 96 views]
Spammers, What’s in it for them?

Every time you open your email, the first thing that may greet you are mails from unknown people. The subject line could have highly diverse topics, ranging from a simple “hi” to something as blatant as “erectile dysfunction.” Well, of course, getting an email from a company selling Viagra could be funny the first time you have it. It gets a little annoying when these mails keep coming and increasing in volume. It totally becomes frustrating when your Inbox is filled with these pesky emails that you do not know anymore which ones are valid. For those who do not know yet, these are called SPAM mails. The term originates in the late 1990s Monty Python’s Flying Circus comedy series. In one of the episodes, the term spam has been repeatedly used by a group of Vikings, drowning out all conversations. As you can see, spam mails also do the same — drown the mailbox.

Cell Phones, Headline »

[17 Jun 2009 | No Comment | 261 views]
Remote Access through Handheld Devices

Technological innovations over the past few years have reached new heights. Although no technological breakthroughs have come to make the market go ga-ga over them, there are some developments that could qualify as highly innovative. In the past, cellphones have been used to provide people on the go with a communication device that could keep them connected to their associates even while traveling…

Headline, Reverse Engineering »

[3 Jun 2009 | One Comment | 520 views]
iPhone Piracy 101: Steps to Prevent it

Now that you know how iPhone piracy works, you probably want to know how you can prevent it. This article will tell you that, but please note this. This is getting published for all to see, including the people that want to crack your application. If I provide you with code or a method to do a certain check in here, do not just copy it verbatim, tweak it a little so that the crackers don’t know exactly what to look for.

Headline, Piracy, Reverse Engineering »

[29 May 2009 | 3 Comments | 408 views]
iPhone Piracy 101: How it works

Developing iPhone applications is all the rage now. From the mutli-million dollar software company, to the teenager in his bedroom, it has become a new phenomenon. There are now over one billion application downloads from the Apple App Store, and even more in the unofficial homebrew Cydia Store, which is an application that allows developers to make available, for free or for pay, applications that utilize private calls and libraries. For both though, there is a rising problem for developers. Read more…