Cybercrime Now Goes Social

 

In the current generation everyone should know about the word “Cybercrime” as it includes spyware, computer viruses, fake links that could capture our personal information, online bullying, bank accounts fraud and many more. It is the scam which is used to gather personal information without the owner’s knowledge. Before people used to target desktops for tracking personal data but due to advancement in mobile phone hackers are preferring mobile phones and social networking sites. 

The usage of social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo etc., has increased drastically with which cybercriminals are also looking forward to these sites. We upload videos, pictures and share our personal details. We also add friends and family members to our accounts. We see many advertisements and applications on social media, which usually scam users. These are also called Phishing links; if you click onto this link you will get a new page asking email id and password. As soon as you enter a user name and password, your account gets hacked then it can be misused by applying to Gmail, PayPal and other accounts. A survey says that nearly 5 out of 10 people are falling victims to this fraud. There are many reasons behind this such as:

• Nearly 33% of people don’t log out their accounts from a session.
• There are 36% of people who accept friend requests from strangers.
• Many people don’t check and click on unknown web links which leads to “Phishing”.
• Not having knowledge about privacy settings to secure their accounts.

To overcome such problems and to protect your accounts, you should take some useful measures like to avoid unknown friend requests, good privacy, ignoring Phishing links etc. Always make sure to change your passwords often and use lengthy passwords. People can even opt for threat management appliances in order to overcome cyber-attacks. This is a recently developed solution for industries based on network securities which has multiple features like anti-spam, filtering content, prevention of data leakage and so on. 

For example, Cyberoam Unified threat management (UTM) appliances are offering solutions for large, medium and small enterprises with comprehensive features. All the specifications are integrated on a single platform. Cyberoam UTM offers security from layer 1 to layer 8. It ensures effective network security, connectivity, availability and controlled network access to customer, partners, telecommuters etc. The highlights of this tool are it shifts from firewall to unified threat management security, layers from 1 to 8, VPN, IPS and advanced network security.

Similarly there are many UTM’s available on the market such as Endian, Extensible, Hewlet Packard 200 UTM for effective and high network security. These devices can be installed in your enterprises to overcome the problem of cyber-attacks. The prices of UTM’s vary from one brand to another and are not much expensive. If you are short of cash to purchase these tools then you can opt for same day cash loans for getting instant money. Hence it is necessary to ensure security processes and stay away from Cyber-crimes.

Is Linux Confusing? Here Are The Key Terms You Need To Know

An operating system that doesn’t cost a dime, runs well on both old and new hardware, has a gorgeous user interface with modern effects, and offers a staggering variety of modern software – what’s not to like? And yet, making your first steps into the world of Linux can often feel like a daunting experience.
These days, Ubuntu and other modern Linux distributions usually install without a hitch (and without requiring any knowledge), but as you move forward using them, you will inevitably come across all sorts of terminology that isn’t always clearly explained. That’s why I’ve prepared a quick list of the most important Linux terms and definitions that you should know, each explained in the simplest possible way. They’re arranged in order of priority, rather than alphabetically: I’ve tried to put the most common or important terms first.
Note that these are terms, rather than commands you can run in Linux. If you’re after a round-up of the most useful commands, check out Joel’s post, titled An A-Z of Linux – 40 Essential Commands You Should Know. Also, many of the terms are all-lowercase, because that’s how you will see them in the wild.

These Definitions Are Not Accurate

Writing this post was tricky, for the same reason a new user would have trouble getting into the field: The full, technical, accurate definition for each of these terms is complex. It’s not like providing a definition explaining what’s a “desk.” In fact, if you’re a Linux expert, I am sure you’ll have lots to say about how these definitions are fuzzy or inaccurate. Well, you’re completely right! The definitions below are not totally accurate, because to define each term fully and accurately, you would need a long Wikipedia page full of terminology that would boggle most beginners. So, these are accurate enough to give a confused newcomer a sense as to what’s what – and not more.

Essential Linux Terms and Definitions

Distro: Windows has multiple flavors (Home, Pro, and so forth). Well, a Linux distribution (or distro, for short) is a bit like taking this idea to its logical extreme. The very core of each distro is the same (meaning, there’s a powerful Linux engine underneath) – but the rest is very different. You could have one distro that’s only 100MB large and is designed to run off a thumb drive, while another distro could run 3GB large, include a ton of different software, and look completely different. Still, they’re both Linux. You can think of a “distro” as a specific version of Linux customized with its own software, options, and (often) visual look and feel. Above you can see a screenshot of our own Best Linux Distros page, giving you a sense of how much variety is out there.
X, X11 or X-windows: When you see someone using Linux, they’re not usually staring at a black DOS-like screen full of text. Rather, they’re using something that looks an awful lot like Windows, or maybe Mac OS X. There’s a wallpaper, and icons, and windows that can be dragged around, and even fancy visual effects such as transparency and animations. The system that provides the basis to all of this is called X, or the X Window System. It doesn’t do everything, but it’s handles the low-level heavy lifting for the graphical interface.

GNOME: If X-Windows is in charge of the low-level stuff, GNOME is what you see and interact with directly – and it’s beautiful. In Linux-speak, Gnome is called a “desktop environment.” It includes a large number of sub-projects, but when you’re using Gnome on the desktop, you don’t really think about it: It just works, all the different parts dovetailing together.
Unity: One of the most popular Linux distros is called Ubuntu, and if you’ve spent any time searching for Linux information online, you’ve almost certainly come across the name. Well, Unity is Ubuntu’s desktop environment. Even when you’re using Unity, you’re still using GNOME a little bit, because Unity is actually a “shell” for GNOME. If this sounds confusing, then just remember this: Unity is the name for Ubuntu’s graphical interface.
KDE: Last but certainly not least, KDE is yet another graphical environment used by the openSUSE Linux distributions and others.
root: If you’ve ever used Windows Vista, 7, or 8, you’ve no doubt noticed those annoying prompts that pop up whenever you try to do something “dangerous” like installing an application or modifying system files in any way. These prompts are shown because ordinarily, you do not have permission to do anything and everything to your own computer (such as delete the operating system or program files). To do these operations, you must be an Administrator – or, in Linux parlance, root. In other words, root in Linux and Administrator in Windows are roughly the same thing.

Bash: Windows has PowerShell and the regular command line interface, and Linux has Bash. Basically, it’s a “command processor.” So when you type in Linux commands like “ls” (for listing files) or “rm” (for deleting them), Bash is the program that accepts these commands and has to do something with them. There’s an important distinction to make here that doesn’t really exist in Windows: Bash is the processor, not the window into which you’re typing the commands. You could type Bash commands into a full-screen text terminal, like DOS; you could type them into a swanky semi-transparent window; you could even be typing them remotely into another computer. They’re still Bash commands.
terminal, console or shell: These are all different ways of referring to the visual interface you see when you work with Bash (or with another command processor). This is the window, or the screen full of text.
compile or build: Linux is the land of open source. In other words, many Linux application can be obtained in their “raw” form, just as their programmers wrote them – in other words, source code. The process of turning source code into executable files and other resources is called “compilation” or “building,” and is really something you shouldn’t be attempting if you’re just starting out with Linux. Thankfully, these days, you could be using Linux for years without having to compile or build anything yourself.
binary or binaries: In the strictest sense of the word, a binary file is a machine-readable file. In other words, the computer can understand it. But the day-to-day use of the term usually refers to files you can just run. In other words, when you see a page that offers either a “binary” or a “source code package”, the “binary” part means they’re offering compiled executable files. When you download software for Windows, you’re always downloading binaries.

apt-get and rpm: These are two different systems we’ll be bundling under one definition, because they do roughly the same thing: They let you quickly install software. In the world of Windows (at least up until the Windows 8 Store), you had to go online, find the page for the software you need, click the download button, wait, double-click the installer, and so forth. In Linux, things are much simpler, thanks to packaging systems like apt-get and rpm. These make it possible to just tell the computer what application you want, and the computer does the rest: Goes online, fetches the application (and any other software it needs to run properly), unzips it, sets it up, and so forth.  Above you can see a screenshot of the Ubuntu Software Center, the part of Ubuntu that lets you install new software without opening a single Web page, and uses apt-get to do the actual installation work.
kernel: Last but not least, the “kernel” of a computer system is the very core of its operating system. This isn’t something you’re going to hear a lot about in the world of desktop Linux, but if you’re into Android (which is a type of Linux, really), you’ll hear lots of speak about kernels. So, it’s just the very core of the operating system – the deepest guts of it, really (and is certainly not user-serviceable).

We Have a Manual For You, Too

If this post gave you a taste for Linux but you feel like you need a bit more help getting started, you should get and read our free manual, Newbie’s Getting Started Guide to Linux. It starts off with a short glossary as well, but is packed with other information you’re going to need as you make your first steps into the exciting world of Linux.

Other Major Concepts?

Linux is such a broad subject, it can be easy to miss an important concept or two in a glossary like this. Is there a key term I forgot? Was there a term that stumped you? Let me know in the comments!

IObit Launches Advanced SystemCare Ultimate With BitDefender Antivirus

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IObit has recently announced the latest version of Advanced SystemCare. Known as Ultimate, this version is built to be a one-stop solution for all of a user’s system management and security needs. It accomplishes this by incorporating anti-virus technology provided by well-known security company BitDefender.
These features are provided through a pair of intuitive interfaces similar to those found in ASC 6. The simplified interface allows for one-click system maintenance while the expert interface provides more experienced users with options for managing their system.

Advanced SystemCare Ultimate serves as a replacement for Advanced SystemCare with Antivirus 2013, which is no longer available. Current owners of ASC with Antivirus 2013 will be automatically upgraded to ASC Ultimate. It’s stand-alone software, so while it includes BitDefender antivirus, ownership of a separate product is not required.
Users can try the software free for 30 days. After that period the software can be purchased for $29.99. This license allows the software to be install on up to 3 PCs simultaneously.
IObit is also a MakeUseOf rewards partner. Advanced SystemCare Pro, Malware Fighter Pro and Protected Folder Pro can be obtained free of charge by redeeming points on our rewards page. Please note that the version of Advanced SystemCare offered via rewards is Pro, not Ultimate.

Uniblue Powersuite 2013 is released with more benefits for users.

Powersuite 2013 is Uniblue’s complete PC performance solution that allows you to unleash your PC’s optimum performance by increasing processing speed and improving stability, whilst providing ongoing maintenance in an easy-to-use interface. This established product ensures that you benefit from a smooth-running operating system, an optimized hard disk alongside improved hardware functionality with the latest drivers.
Powersuite 2013 comes with a fresh new look that tells you, at a glance, the state of your PC’s overall health, as well as a range of customer-centric features and benefits such as three types of scans and a direct link to support.



Uniblue Powersuite 2013 will:

• Find out what is slowing down your PC. With one click, start a full system scan to discover how to optimize your system and identify refinements that can be made, such as removing invalid registry entries, unused processes, junk files and outdated drivers;
  
• Make your PC faster. Custom speed tools sharpen your PC speed by managing CPU resources, boosting software and thumbnail image launches and decreasing start menu launch times;
  
• Clean up, gain space. Uniblue Powersuite 2013 cleans unnecessary items, such as junk files and old backups which take up space and can slow down a PC. You can also choose to compress large files to gain hard drive space;
  
• Improve PC health and stability. Uniblue Powersuite 2013 deactivates unused processes and removes invalid registry entries for a cleaner, healthier PC whilst preventing slowdowns, crashes and freezes;
  
• Ensure your disk runs smoothly. A disk analysis will help you find out which files can be defragmented and how much disk space isavailable. The software will organize your disk files to enhance file access speed;
  
• Enhance your hardware efficiency. Every PC needs a fully-functional set of audio, video and other drivers to communicate with and control various hardware devices. Your drivers can be checked against a daily updated, tested and maintained driver information database supporting more than 88,600 drivers.

Auslogics BoostSpeed 5

Auslogics BoostSpeed is an outstanding PC system utilities application that’s sure to keep your computer optimized and maintained with its numerous speedy, effective features. Every feature in this application that seemed difficult to use had an additional section that simplified its tools for less experienced users. The only disappointing thing about this PC system utilities application is the sparse customer service that backs it up. This application is easy to use, but it would be helpful to have a solid support system to lean on in case anything goes wrong.

Management/Diagnostics: 

Auslogics Disk Explorer finds the areas on your hard drive that are taking up the most space. With this feature within the PC system utilities, you can free the maximum amount of hard drive space when you start to run out.

Auslogics Startup Manager lists the processes that are currently set to open when your operating system starts up. This feature allows you disable dangerous startup entries, but it falls short because it doesn’t indicate whether your system needs any of the startup entries to function properly. Unfortunately, you won't know whether one of the startup entries was important until disabling it causes your system to slow down or crash.

Auslogics Uninstall Manager displays the applications you have installed and indicates whether they’re well-used or trustworthy. With this list, you can choose to uninstall any of the applications using the uninstaller that comes with that respective application. We would’ve liked it if this feature went back and removed any traces the uninstalled application left on your hard drive or in the registry though.

Auslogics System Information provides in-depth data on every piece of hardware that’s associated with your computer. With this feature, you can maintain your computer better because you will be able to look up support information for each peripheral device based on the manufacturer and model number.

Auslogics Task Manager is one of the PC system utilities that let you terminate applications, processes, services and locked files that are currently running on your system. Other task managers only let you deal with applications, so it’s nice to see one that expands its coverage into other items running on your system.

The System Scan PC system utilities feature looks for junk and fragmented files in addition to disk and registry errors. Since this feature doesn’t incorporate any optimization features, we question its effectiveness. It does make a difference, but without optimization features, that difference isn’t going to be significant. The System Advisor picks up where the System Scan left off, presenting a list of additional tweaks that could improve the performance of your system.

The Resource Usage section displays graphs that analyze how a variety of system resources are being used. This PC system utilities feature is strictly informational and does not offer any options for increasing your system’s performance in any of the areas it analyzes.

Repair/Recovery: 

Auslogics Disk Cleaner empties your browser cache and the history of what you’ve downloaded from the internet. It also removes unnecessary system files and temporary files. We were impressed with this PC system utilities feature because it dealt with 22 file types that usually clutter hard drivers. Auslogics Disk Doctor analyzes and repairs your hard drive much faster than similar features. Usually, you would have to restart your computer and wait a long time to complete this process, but this feature does it all without interrupting your current tasks.

Auslogics Duplicate File Finder browses your hard drive looking for files that are the same size and share similar names and content.

Auslogics File Recovery effectively restores files you’ve deleted from your hard drive or from various forms of removable media. You can also use this PC system utilities feature to determine if a file you wanted to delete really was deleted after all. If any changes you make with Auslogics BoostSpeed result in your system performing worse than it did before, you can undo them in the Auslogics Rescue Center.

Auslogics Registry Cleaner scans 16 types of registry keys looking for invalid or erroneous entries. We were impressed with how fast this PC system utilities application processed the registry. It scanned thousands of registry keys in a matter of moments and returned our scan results quicker than we had seen with other registry cleaners.

Auslogics Track Eraser is one of the PC system utilities that remove traces of your activity from Windows, your internet browsers and other applications in an effort to maintain your privacy. If this information remains on your system, it can be used to track your activity and possibly steal your personal information. Auslogics File Shredder permanently deletes selected files or folders, but it doesn’t let you choose the method it’s going to use to delete them. Auslogics Disk Wiper permanently erases files you’ve already deleted, ensuring that files you’ve deleted remain deleted.

Optimization: 

Auslogics Disk Defrag does a fantastic job of quickly scanning your hard drive for fragmented files. The disk defragmenter that comes with Windows slows down your computer while it's working. This PC system utilities feature completes the defragmentation process so fast that it doesn’t even have time to slow your computer down.

Auslogics Tweak Manager presents a wide assortment of tweaks you can perform to optimize the performance of your system. We liked this feature because of the optimize button that’s in each section; however, the fact you have to optimize each section individually can get a little tedious. Auslogics BoostSpeed’s Optimize Services feature doesn’t do enough to truly optimize every Windows service. It only deals with a handful of services while there are plenty of them that could easily be disabled.

Auslogics Registry Defrag is another PC system utilities feature that benefits from the lightning fast scan speeds present in Auslogics BoostSpeed. We were disappointed that we had to reboot our computer to complete the defragmentation process, though.

Auslogics Internet Optimizer is broken into sections for manual and automatic optimization. We recommend the automatic optimization section. The manual optimization section is far more complicated, and the odds that you'll accidentally disable an important setting are high. The automatic optimization process might take a little longer, but you’re not going to open yourself up to the risk of disaster if you use it.

Ease of Use: 

We found Auslogics BoostSpeed to be very easy to use. All of its features, except for the manual optimization option for your internet connection and the system tweaks section, were self-explanatory. Every feature that scans your hard drive or the registry does so in a remarkably quick fashion. This PC system utilities application has pretty much every tool you would need to keep your computer running smooth and presents them in a fashion that makes them universally usable.

Help & Support: 

Auslogics provides a frequently asked questions section for this PC system utilities application, but it covers more common sense terms and problems with installing and registering the application than anything else. They have a contact form on their website in case you have any pressing questions. We would like to see them have more contact methods and add information to their help documentation. The current resources can answer numerous questions, but they don't present the user with enough options to get their questions answered in a way that works best for them.

Summary:

Auslogics BoostSpeed has the tools necessary for getting the job done. If Auslogics were to improve their customer service for this application, it would increase its standing in this category. We were impressed with how fast this application’s features were. You’re going to be able to optimize your computer quickly if you perform an all-in-one scan or use each of this application’s features individually.

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Linux – 40 Essential Commands You Should Know

• Linux is the oft-ignored third wheel to Windows and Mac. Yes, over the past decade, the open source operating system has gained a lot of traction, but it’s still a far cry from being considered popular. Yet though that may be true, Linux still earns new converts every day. Will you join them?

The learning curve of Linux is what deters most users from even trying it in the first place. It can be a traumatic experience having to go from a GUI-based operating system like Windows or Mac to one that requires command line fiddling. But if you can get over that initial hump of difficulty, you may find that Linux is surprisingly robust.

If you want a crash course on all that is Linux, we’ve got a great Linux newbie’s guide that will teach you all you need to know. For the rest of you who just want a brief overview of some important commands you ought to know, the following list is all you’ll need.

Newbie Commands

cd - Changes the current working directory in the command line console.

exit - Exits out of the current program, terminates the current command line terminal, or logs you out of a Unix network depending on the context.

kill - Terminates the specified running process. The Linux version of Windows’ “End Process” in the task manager.

ls - List all of the contents of a specified directory. If no directory is specified, it will use the current directory.

man - There’s a running gag in the Linux community that man is the only command you need to know. It stands for manual, and it will give you detailed information on commands and aspects of Linux.

pwd - Displays the current working directory for the command line terminal. Good for when you’ve lost track of where you are in your system.

reboot - Immediately stops all running processes, shuts down the system, then reboots.

shutdown - Stops all running processes and shuts down the system. Parameters can be specified to issue a delayed shutdown or a shutdown at a particular time.

sudo - Runs commands as root, which means no limitations due to permissions.

System Information

date - Prints out the current system date and time. Specified parameters can change the format of the output.

df - Reports the disk space usage for the file system.

hostname - Displays the name of the current host system.

ps - Displays information about all of the processes currently running on the system.

quota - Displays disk limits and current disk usage for a specified user. Useful when there are multiple users assigned to a particular system.

top - Displays all of the top processes in the system, by default sorted by CPU usage.

uptime - Reports how long the system has been running since last boot. Extremely useful for servers.

File Manipulation

bzip2 - Compresses specified contents into a .bz2 archive or extracts from a .bz2 archive depending on parameters.

chmod / chown - Changes the access permissions of one or more files (chmod) or changes the ownership of a particular file to a new user (chown). Only users with permission or ownership of a file can change that file’s permissions or ownership.

cp - Copies files to a new location with a new name depending on the parameters. Can copy directories too, whether recursively (includes all subdirectories) or not.

find / locate - Searches the system starting at a specific directory and matching all files within that location to a set of conditions laid out by the command parameters. Very useful for quickly finding certain files.

grep – Searches through all of the files in a specified location trying to find files that contain lines that match a given string. Returns a list of all the files that scored a match.

install - Used in conjunction with Makefiles to copy files from one location to the system. Not to be confused with installing packages from a software repository.

mkdir / rmdir - Creates a directory (mkdir) or deletes a specified directory (rmdir). Directories can only be created and deleted within directories that you have permission in.

mv - Moves files and directories to another location. Can be used to rename files and directories by keep their source and destination locations the same.

open – Opens a specified file using the default system application for files of its type.

rm - Remove and remove directory. Used to delete files and directories from the system, whether one at a time or in batch.

tar - Creates a .tar archive or extracts from a .tar archive depending on specified parameters.

zip / unzip - Creates a .zip archive or extracts from a .zip archive depending on specified parameters.

Other Noteworthy Commands

apt-get – Advanced Packaging Tool. Use this command to install, remove, and configure software packages on your system. For a menu-based version, use aptitude command. Available on Debian-based Linux distributions.

ftp / sftp - Connects to a remote FTP server in order to download multiple files.

wget - Downloads files from the Internet at the specified URL to your system.

yum - Yellowdog Updater, Modified. An open source package manager used to easily install software packages from repositories. Available on RPM-compatible Linux distributions.

emacs – One of the most well-known text editors on Unix-like systems.

nano - A newbie-friendly command-line text editor that uses keyboard shortcuts to simulate menus.

vim - Vim is the successor to Vi, both of which are command line text editors for Unix-like systems. Though Vim is popular, it doesn’t use menus or icons for its interface so it has a reputation for being newbie-friendly.

Why Use Internet Monitoring Software?

When asked for their view on Internet monitoring software, organizations typically give one of two answers. Some will say that Internet monitoring software is needed because otherwise employees will abuse their Internet privileges and waste a lot of time online instead of working. Others will tell you that privacy is sacred and Internet monitoring software may be seen as abusive and as an infringement on employee privacy.


In reality, both answers are incorrect, especially in the context of an organization’s security. Internet monitoring is not about spying or controlling employees per se; it’s about the safety of your network.

Although employee privacy needs to be respected, there are important business considerations as well. Being too strict and ‘prying’ into users’ online activity can lead to low morale and lower productivity. In some cases, it can lead to abuse or discrimination. However, a good Internet
monitoring solution can anonymize the data when reports are generated. This means that the administrator can get a detailed view of the organization’s Internet activity without knowing who is generating that traffic. Only in particular cases, such as in a legal investigation and the gathering of forensic evidence, would it be possible to identify an individual’s use of the Internet.

The real problem is how to protect the organization from web-based threats. Irresponsible Internet usage can put a company at risk inseveral ways;from downloading malware-infected software to
visiting websites that carry drive-by downloads or other exploits, as well as phishing sites. With a good Internet monitoring solution it is possible to allow users to access only authorized sites that are
relevant to one’s work – this greatly reduces the risk that your network is exposed to malicious sites and malware. Internet monitoring software will also scan any downloads for malware,sometimes using multiple anti-virus engines to ensure the biggest possible virus detection rate.

Internet monitoring software will also give valuable information that can help an administrator to detect problems and take corrective action in a timely manner. For example, if bandwidth usage is
excessive, the computer and application responsible for using excessive bandwidth can be identified and fixed. If there is no indication that the connection is being abused but bandwidth utilization remains high, it may be the case that the organization’s Internet backbone needs to be upgraded.

In security terms,information on bandwidth usage and the time of day when this usage occurs can help to identify malicious activity. If large bandwidth spikes are recorded on weekends when few or no one is working, then the network may have been infected with a botnet and the organization’s machines are being used to send spam or run DDoS attacks.

RobustInternet monitoring software will allow the administrator to strike a balance between productivity and personal freedom. Allowing users time to check their personal email or browse for a short time can have a positive impact on productivity. To prevent abuse, you can use Internet monitoring software to set quotas limiting the time a user can spend browsing certain site categories.

Internetmonitoring software can give you control over your Internet connection and employee browsing yet enable you to maintain a high level of security without impacting on productivity and morale. There is no need to take draconian measures. Simply use Internet monitoring software.

This guest post was provided by Emmanuel Carabott on behalf of GFI Software Ltd. GFI is a leading software developer that provides a single source for network administrators to address their network security, content security and messaging needs.

Find out more about what should be included in yourInternet monitoring software.