WannaCry’s successor EternalRocks is even worse; what you need to know about the new cyber threat...

Following the host of worldwide ransomware attacks by a malware called WannaCry, a new one called EternalRocks has arrived and is said to be potentially more dangerous than the former.

Following the host of worldwide ransomware attacks by a malware called WannaCry, a new one called EternalRocks has arrived and is said to be potentially more dangerous than the former. According to a report, researchers have said that ‘EternalRocks’ exploits the same vulnerability in Microsoft Windows that helped WannaCry spread to computers. The malware too uses an NSA tool known as ‘EternalBlue’ for proliferation, according to a report in Fortune. The report added that EternalRocks uses six other NSA tools, including EternalChampion, EternalRomance, and DoublePulsar, which is a part of the infamous ‘WannaCry’. The last 10 days have seen a wave of cyber attacks that have rendered companies helpless around the globe.

Initially, it was just WannaCrypt or WannaCry that spread by taking advantage of a Windows vulnerability that Microsoft released a security patch for in March this year. The malware encrypted files on infected machines and demanded payment for unlocking them. WannaCry had some loopholes that made it easier to slow and circumvent.

Here are two important things you should know about EternalRocks: 1. In its current form, ‘EternalRocks’ does not have any malicious elements. It does not lock or corrupt files or use compromised machines to build a botnet. However, it leaves infected computers vulnerable to remote commands which could ‘weaponise’ the infection at any time. 2. ‘EternalRocks’ is stronger that WannaCry because it does not have any weaknesses, including the kill switch that a researcher used to help contain the ransomware.

In India, over 48,000 attempts of ransomware attacks were detected. 60 percent of the attempts targeted enterprises, while 40 percent were on individual customers, a cyber security firm, Quick Heal Technologies had said. The researcher who found EternalRocks does not claim that it has spread very far yet, but it’s just one example of a wave of new malware based on the NSA-authored exploits. While, consequences have already been serious, and they could get worse so it is important that individuals and companies should be aware and also regularly keep their software and anti-malware updated.

Source: Financial Express

HOW TO USE YOUR PENDRIVE AS YOUR SYSTEM RAM

1) First Insert The Pen Drive Atleast Having An Memory Of 1GB ,( Preferably 4GB) In The Given USB Port Of The Computer

2) Wait For The Pen Drive Detection And See Whether It Is Detected Or Not

3) After Detection Of Pen Drive, You Should Do The Following Things Carefully

4) Now Go To My Computer And Right Click It, Then Go To The Properties

5) Now Go To Advanced And Then To The Performance Settings

6) Now Again Advanced, And Go To Change

7) In The Change, Select The Pen Drive Which U Inserted
Then Click On The Custom Size And " Check The Value Of Space Available "

9) Please Enter The Same In The Initial And Maximum Columns Also

10) Now Your Pen Drive Space Is Used For The System Virtual Memory , Just Restart And Enjoy The Faster And Furious PC

Basic Protection Of Your Facebook Account

Now A Days Noob Hackers Are Targeting Facebook Account To Get The Person's Information And To Destroy Their Facebook Accounts. Every Day Thousands Of Facebook Account, Other Social Networking And Email Accounts Are Getting Hacked By The Noob Hackers. So Today I Am Going To Show You How To Secure Your Facebook Account 

1.  Enable Secure Browsing

To Enable Secure Browsing Go To Account Setting > Security > And On The Right Side Enable The Secure Browsing And Click On Save Changes.

2. Be Aware Of Phishing Schemes 
Most Of The Time Attacker Will Send You Email Like “Your Account Is At Risk And You Have To Conform That This Is Real You Or Not And To Conform Your Real Identity You Have To Login In To Your Facebook Account Using The Bellow Link.” This Is The Phishing Scheme. That Page Will Redirect You At The Fake Facebook Page And Your Email And Passwords Will Be Saved In The Server, So Don't Trust This Kind Of Emails And Use Antivirus Software's.

3. Choose Strong And Unique Password 
You Have To Choose Strong And Unique Password For Your Facebook/Email Accounts Use Special Characters And Use Upper And Lower Case Letters To Create Strongest Password. Follow Link Below

http://pranet4grass.blogspot.in/2011/07/how-to-disable-new-fb-chat-and-get-back.html

4. Never Run Any Code In Address Bar 
Whenever Anyone Tells You To Run The Code In To Your Browsers Address Bar Then Don't Run That Kind Of Codes Because It’s A Cookie Stealing Scheme.(Google It Cookie Stealing)

5. Never Use Useless Facebook Application 
Some Of The Facebook Applications Are Tracking All Your Activity And Some Of The Facebook Application Requires Facebook Password Verification And The Password And Your Cookie Will Be Saved In The Server. So Avoid Using Useless Facebook Applications.

6.Connect Your Mobile With Your Facebook Account 
Connect Your Mobile With Facebook Account So When You Lost Your Facebook Account Password Or Your Facebook Account Got Hacked Then You Can Easily Recover Your Facebook Account Using Your Mobile.

7.Enable Login Notifications 
Whenever You Are Trying To Access Your Facebook Account From Other Computer At That Time It Will Ask The Device Name And It Will Send You Email That Using  That Device You Have Logged In Into Your Facebook Account. To Enable Login Notifications Go To Account Setting > Security And Enable Login Notification.

8. Use Updated Antivirus 
You Must Use Updated Antivirus To Protect Your Self From The Keyloggers And Spyware Software.
So Follow This 8 Tips To Secure Your Facebook Account But Still 

http://pranet4grass.blogspot.in/2012/04/how-can-we-have-secure-facebooking.html

You Cant Say That Your Facebook/Email Account Cant Be Hacked Because There Are Many Ways To Hack Facebook/ Email Accounts. But Prevention Is Always Better Than Cure.....

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Journey Of Your Email After Your Send It....

Have You Ever Thought What Happens To Your Email When You Press An Send Button To Send An Mail.......




Click Below To Find It......




Journey Of An Email


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How Can We Have Secure Facebooking...

Well In Today’s World Facebook Has Literary Become Part Of Our Daily Chores … We Make All Our Important Things Secure So We Should Also Make Sure That This Part Of Our Life Should Be Safe & Secure….

So Lets Make Facebooking Secure

We Start By First Selecting Proper Browser

Generally Most Common Browsers Are Internet Explorer But Most Of The Users Forget Internet Explorer Is An Buildin Browser Hence Being An Most Common & Buildin Browser It Should Be Secured Most & Used Very Rarely Or Only During Visiting Banking Sites Or Government Sites As Most Of The Highly Secured Sites Support  Only Internet Explorer & Hence Internet Explorer Has To Be Secured The Most.

So What Secondary Browsers Should We Use

Mozilla Firefox Is Most Secure But It Has A Tough Competition From Google Chrome As Both Ase Freeware You Can Easily, So Download Them And Install Them….

Having Multiple Browsers Help In Today's Scenario As Most Viruses & Worms That Are Programmed Today Attack Browsers First & Then The System.....

First We Will Go With Mozilla Firefox Settings:

Go To Tools -> Options ->

In Content Tab Make Sure Block Pop-Up Windows Has A Tick.....

Tick To Select -> Tell Websites I Do Not Want To Be Tracked...

Tick To Select -> Warn Me When Websites Try To Install Add -Ons...

Tick To Select -> Block Reported Attack Sites...

Tick To Select -> Block Reported Web Forgeries...



In Google Chrome 


Go To Settings -> Under The Hood ->

Make Sure Sure There Is A Tick On Enable Phishing & Malware Protection.....

Do's & Dont's For Browsers 


-> Never Install Unknown Add Ons Like Smileys & All They Are All Spams & Virus Carriers & Most Significantly Trojan Carriers....

-> Never Install Free Toolbars They Make Your Browsers Heavy & Slow Browsing Because With Such Browsers Many Trojans Are Attached Which Gives Away Your Personal Information To Unwanted People ...

->  Have Good Antivirus Which Has Good Anti Malware, Anti Spamware, Anti Phishing, Good Firewall & And Above All Good Overall Protection Like Kaspersky Internet Security....


So Now When We Are Well Protected Operating System, Good Net Protection & Safe Browsers Lets Start With Securing Facebook....


Go To Account Settings -> 


Security Settings -> Enable Secure Browsing,


Go To Mobile ->  Register Your Mobile But Donot Share Your Mobile Number On FB,


Turn On Notifications & Remove All Tick Marks To Avoid Harassing Messages From FB,


Go Back To Security -> Login Notifications & Enable It,


Go To Apps -> Delete All Unwanted & Unrecognised Apps 




If You Are Fed Up Of Those Games & Apps Request Just Follow The Instructions:


Go To -> Privacy Settings -> 


Blocked People And Apps-> Click Manage Blocking 


In Manage Blocking ->



If Someone Is Sending Continuously Sending App Invites 


Add His Name Block Invites From.


If Someone Is Sending Continuously Sending Event Invites 


Add His Name Block Event From.



If More Than One Person Is Sending Continuously A Specific App Request Just Block The App 


Add App Name To  Block Apps.


And Enjoy App Free Facebooking ......



To Stop Facebook From Using Your Photos In Ads That Appear On Your Profile Of Your Contacts:


Home -> Privacy Settings -> Ads,Apps And Websites -> Edit Settings ->  Third Party Ad Settings -> Then Choose "No One"  The List & Save The Changes






IMP Notes:


Donot Click On Unknown Applications On Facebook.


Register All Your Known Devices With Facebook.


Change Passwords Once A Month.






Enjoy Your Safe Facebooking & If You Have Any Issues Contact Me ..... 


- ProX
pranetkoli@thegrass.in

How To Stop Unwanted Tags On Facebook

Well Are You Fedup Of Tags From Unknown People Everyday......

Here Are The Solutions To Stop These Tags.

Go To 

-> Privacy Settings Click Timeline & Tagging

- > Timeline & Tagging Click Edit Settings

- > Edit Settings.......

-> Who can post on your timeline? -> Select Friends

-> Who can see what others post on your timeline?  

        -> Select Only Me

-> Review posts friends tag you in before they appear on your time line  -> Select Enable

-> Who can see posts you've been tagged in on your timeline?                     .      (Customize As Per User Needs).

-> Review Tags Friends Add To Your Own Post On Facebook. 

->  Click On

-> Who sees tag suggestions when photos that look like you are uploaded?  -> Click  No One.

After Changing The Settings To As Above You Will Be Requested To Verify Tags Whenever Anyone Tags a Photo & Only Tags Which You Confirm On Your Timeline Will Be Added To Your Timeline & All Which You Reject Will Never Be Displayed On Your Timeline

Have A Tagless & Safe Facebooking……



Enjoy Your Safe Facebooking & If You Have Any Issues Contact Me ..... 


- ProX
pranetkoli@thegrass.in

How To Make Safe Simple Yet Complex Passwords

What Is A Password….

A Password Is A Secret Word Or String Of Characters That Is Used For Authentication, To Prove Identity Or Gain Access To A Resource (Example: An Access Code Is A Type Of Password). The Password Should Be Kept Secret From Those Not Allowed Access.

About Passwords

Password Authentication Has Become Part Of Our Daily Lives.

To Maintain Security, Create A Strong And Secure Password.

Choosing A Strong Password Is Not Hard And Is Something Everyone Can Do.

Creating A Strong Password Means Using Between Six And Fifteen Characters, With A Mix Of Upper & Lowercase Characters, Numbers, And Symbols.

Strong Passwords, That You Create, Should Be An Easy To Remember And Hard For Others To Guess.

Password Do's & Donot's

Password Do's:

• Always Memorize Your Password.

• Always Use A Password With Mixed Upper And Lower Case Alphabets.

• Always Use A Password With Non-Alphabetic Characters (Digits, Punctuation, And Numbers), Avoid Having The Number Near The End Of The Word, Embed It Somewhere In The Middle.

• Always Use A Password With A Combination Of Both Mixed-Case And Non-Alphabetic Characters.

• Always Use A Password That Is Easy Enough To Remember, So That You Never Have To Write It Down.

• Always Use A Password That You Can Type Quickly, Without Looking At The Keyboard. This Makes It Harder For Your Password To Be Determined By Someone Looking Over Your Shoulder.

Password Don’t:

• Never Write Down Your Password.

• Never Use Passwords With Less Than Six Characters.

• Never Use Your Name (First, Middle, Or Last In Any Form).

• Never Use Your Login Name.

• Never Use Anyone's Name.

• Never Use Words That Can Be Found In Any Us Or Foreign Language Dictionary, Spelling Lists, Or Other Word Lists.

• Never Use Names Of Places/Locations.

• Never Use Any Names Of Your Family Members, Friends, Or Pets.

• Never Use Other Information About Yourself (Phone/Extension Number, Room Number).

• Never Use Anyone's Birthdate.

• Never Use Simple Patterns Of Letters On The Keyboard, Like "Qwerty" Or "Asdfgh"

• Never Use All The Same Letters.

• Never Use Passwords With Anything Listed Above Backwards.

According To Splashdata, A Company That Offers A “Complete Password Management And Security Solution,” Culled From Data Stolen And Posted Online By Hackers Some Of The Most Awesomely Bad (And Yet Commonly Used) Passwords Of All Time. And While The Research Is For 2011, This Isn’t The First Such List–If You’ve Seen One Of These Before, You’ll Probably Notice Several Culprits Reappearing From Years Past.

The 25 Most Popular Passwords In Splashdata’s 2011 List:

1.      Password

2.      123456

3.      12345678

4.      Qwerty

5.      Abc123

6.      Monkey

7.      1234567

8.      Letmein

9.      Trustno1

10.  Dragon

11.  Baseball

12.  111111

13.  Iloveyou

14.  Master

15.  Sunshine

16.  Ashley

17.  Bailey

18.  Passw0rd

19.  Shadow

20.  123123

21.  654321

22.  Superman

23.  Qazwsx

24.  Michael

25.  Football

So What Are Safe Passwords…

Safe Passwords Are Passwords Are Basically Any Passwords Which We Remember Easily But Everyone Else Cannot Even Guess.

The Best Passwords Are That Are Not At All Connected To The User, His Profession, Religion Or Location.

So How Do We Form Such Passwords.

Following Are The Some Of The Methods That I Have Derived Through My Years Of Experience Some I Used To Follow & Some I Follow Even Now.

Method  1:

Illusion Method

In This Method We Just Swap Some Of The Key Letters Of The Word With Either Numbers Or Special Characters To Illusion A Word..

For Eg:
If I Want My Password As “APPLE “

I Will Write It As

@pple,
@pp!e
@pp1e
@pp!E
@pp1E
@99Le
@99!e
@99le
A99lE
A99!E
A99Le
A99!e
A991e
A99Le
app1e
a99LE
ap913
app!3
a99L3
app!e
a99!3

This Are Some Of The Combinations That I Can Think Of But There Are More Than That It Depends On Your Imagination & How Well You Can Substitute The Characters.

As You Can See The 5 Letter Word Create More Than 15 Different Combinations So If We Add More Length To Our Password The More Different Combinations We Will Have.

This Method Is All About Illusion & Imagination …..

You Can Substitute

S - $ , H - #, l -1, I - ! , o – 0, A – 4….. Etc

So Just Imagine & Illusion…

Method 2

Phrase Method

By Taking A Combination Of Letters And Numbers, A Phrase Can Be Spelled Out Without Using Complete Words. You Can Use This Method To Create Passwords, Too.

Eg:
Music is for me Can Be Written As - MusikS4me

Rocketship Can Be Written As - rokiT7shiP

Day after today Can Be Written As - dayFter2day

Tunafish Can Be Written As - toona&Fish2

Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water Can Be Written As - J&Jwuth2fapow

So While Selecting Any Good Password Think Of Any Random Phrase And Make You Own Secure Phrase Method Password.

Method 3:

Key Skip Method:

In This Method We Use The Keyboard As An Coder & Keeping

Central Keys i.e. ASDFGHJKL As Fix Keys

We Replace Upper Keys By Numbers

i.e. QWERTYUIOP With 1234567890

& We Replace Lower Keys

i.e. ZXCVBNM With Special Characters On Number Keys 1 -7 i.e. !@#$%^&

By Using This Method We Will Try Some Examples

For Example:

Hello Becomes h3ll9

India Becomes i^d8a

Pineapple Becomes 08^3a00l3

Etc…..

Method 4:

Mobo Twist

This Method Is The Best Method When You Have To Add Only Numerical Password & This Is My Favorite Invention I Found Few Years Ago This Method Needs A Simple Non Qwerty Keyboard Mobile.

Samples:

Say You Have To Add A Numerical Password Of 5 Digits

We Use Apple As Our Base Password

Now Mobo Twist How Will You Add Apple In A Non Qwerty Keyboard Mobile


By Pressing >> 27753

Now Best Part;

Twist It With PC Keyboard i.e. Use Number Pad Of Keyboard

So When You Apply Non Qwerty Keyboard Mobile Layout On Number Pad Of Desktop Keyboard

We Get 81159

Lets Take More Samples

Word                       Mobile Layout         PC Layout

Eagle                            32453                     98459

Hammer                       426637                  586691

Water                           92837                    38291

Bharat                           242728                  848182


With These Methods I Hope You Will Be Able To Learn How To Make Safe, Simple Yet Complex Passwords Which Only You Can Imagine So Do Remember The Rules Of Passwords & More Important Don’t Forget Your New Password Which You Prepared By Any Of The Above Methods & Keep Rotating & Changing Your Passwords…..


Have A Safe Online Life.....

Enjoy Your Safe Online Life & If You Have Any Issues Contact Me ..... 


- ProX
pranetkoli@thegrass.in