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February 3rd, 2010 -- Posted in SEO, Security |
Search engine marketing is a relatively new addition to the marketing strategies available to companies seeking to promote their products or services. However, in just a few years it has become its own industry, spawning a dedicated online community and dozens if not hundreds of companies dedicated to advertising, reputation management and optimisation via search.
Although it was founded barely a decade ago, Google is now the most visited website on the world wide web. With Google users making billions of searches every month for products, services and information in countries all over the world, search engine marketing has become a vital part of a company’s online presence.
However, it can be a confusing field for many business owners used to more traditional forms of marketing and advertising. There are a variety of search engine marketing services on offer and whilst all are of benefit to someone, they may not be of benefit to you. Choosing the right search engine marketing experts to handle your company’s affairs can be a significant investment in the future, so its essential that you understand enough to make the right decision.
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November 9th, 2009 -- Posted in Internet, Security |
A large garbage messages (spam) staining trending topics (TT) was recognized by the Twitter. Do not want the Tweeps – Twitter users – disturbed, rubbish in TT will soon be swept clean in order to maintain its quality.
As is known, TT is the framework for Twitter users to view the latest topics that are in full swing. But unfortunately, many of certain parties who want to ride this trend for private purposes through the link spam.
Clearly, the number of TT which contains the annoying spam, making the Tweeps bit reluctant to see the list in the right hand column of this mikroblogging site.
As a result, to overcome these problems, the Twitter decided to start sweeping the flagship feature to be more comfortable and enjoyable uncontaminated spam anymore.
“We are working to offer a quality list of topics to how to restore the tweet-tweet more useful,” the statement piece of Twitter in his official blog.
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
If you are starting up a new business in Australia, choosing the firm that will perform IT consulting for you may be one of your hardest tasks. Some new business owners are not 100% sure on what exactly their company will need in terms of information technology. The task becomes even more daunting if your own expertise in the technical world is very limited. This article will provide five tips for choosing IT consulting and the contact information for one such company at the end.
Have Your Requirements Ready! Before you hire IT consultants, find out your IT requirements first. Begin by jotting down current business problems and what you think would be the best solutions to getting rid of them. By knowing what your current business issues are, an IT consultant will be better able to suggest the necessary solutions to them. You should also consider where you want your company to be in the next 1-5 years. This gives IT professionals the chance to ensure they can meet the needs of your growing company.
Allot Time for a Reply Once you figure out which technical services your business requires, you can start looking for IT companies that can best solve your technical problems. The best recourse to take is to put forward your list of technical problems and then give them some time to propose their IT solutions. Such information will enable you to pick the company that’s most suited to your needs. Most providers of IT consulting will know about this process and as such can easily offer a summary of their proposed solutions.
What About Support? Another crucial thing to check when scouting for managed IT services is the level of technical support they provide. Your technology may be well suited to your company’s needs, but this advantage may be offset by a lot of downtime. Ask the IT support provider about response times to problems and then ask that this reply be put in writing. This will see to it that your systems run smoothly and should there ever be trouble, somebody will be there to fix it. Decent providers of IT consulting should furnish you with their response time policies despite the fact that you have not enlisted their services yet.
Periodic Maintenance As your business expands, IT support provided by the firm should constantly evaluate if the systems they provided are still good enough to cater to your company’s needs. As your business develops, you may not be so sure anymore about the suitability of your IT system. A good IT group will understand that your needs as a company change, and will thus give you regular maintenance checkups to see how the system can be improved to keep up with you. When you sign up for your IT service, this policy should appear in writing.
You need your business to succeed and choosing the right IT consulting will allow your company to function efficiently. If you follow the tips and get the best company that fit your own profile, then you can be sure that your business will work efficiently as well. Use these tips when you look for firms and you will get the best company for your requirements.
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
When a computer connects to a network and begins communicating with others, it is taking a risk. Internet security involves the protection of a computer’s internet account and files from intrusion of an unknown user.[1] Basic security measures involve protection by well selected passwords, change of file permissions and back up of computer’s data.
Security concerns are in some ways peripheral to normal business working, but serve to highlight just how important it is that business users feel confident when using IT systems. Security will probably always be high on the IT agenda simply because cyber criminals know that a successful attack is very profitable. This means they will always strive to find new ways to circumvent IT security, and users will consequently need to be continually vigilant. Whenever decisions need to be made about how to enhance a system, security will need to be held uppermost among its requirements.
Internet security professionals should be fluent in the four major aspects:
* Penetration testing * Intrusion Detection * Incidence Response * Legal / Audit Compliance Anti-virus For more details on this topic, see Malware.
Programs can be made to help your computer, but some users can also create programs with intentions of destroying the computers data by being deceptive. Such programs are known as Trojan horses, worms, viruses and spyware.
* Trojan horses are programs which pretend to do one thing, but in reality snoop out your personal data or damage it. These types conceal their identity or true intentions and are usually quite hard to detect. * Worms are programs which are able to replicate themselves over a computer network and in turn perform malicious actions. As a result it has the ability to affect other programs on the computer. * Viruses are programs which are able to log into the personal files on a computer it has affected and as a result, can end up removing all of them. It can have serious side effects on a computers system. * Malware can be classified as trojans with a limited payload and are often not detected by most antivirus software. They may require the use of other software designed to detect other classes of malware, including spyware.
Software programs such as antivirus software are the most useful in protecting your computer from harmful viruses. These programs are used to detect and eliminate viruses. Anti-virus software can be purchased from any software vendor or downloaded off the internet. Care should be taken in the selection of anti-virus software, as some programs are not very effective in finding and eliminating viruses or malware. Also, when downloading anti-virus software from the Internet, one should be cautioned that some websites say they are providing protection from viruses with their software, but they are really trying to install malware on your computer by disguising it as something else.
Anti-spyware For more details on this topic, see Malware.
There are two major kinds of threats in relation to spyware:
Spyware collects and relays data from the compromised computer to a third-party.
Adware automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertisements. Some types of adware are also spyware and can be classified as privacy-invasive software. Adware often are integrated with other software.
Email Security An significant part of the Internet, E-mail encryption is an important subset of this topic.
Browser choice Almost 70% of the browser market is occupied by Internet Explorer[1]. As a result, malware writers often exploit Internet Explorer. Often malware exploit ActiveX vulnerabilities. Internet Explorer market share is continuously dropping (as of 2009; see list of web browsers for statistics) as users switch to other browsers, most notably Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome.
Buffer overflow attacks For more details on this topic, see Buffer overflow. A buffer overflow is a attack that could be used by a hacker to get full system access through various methods. It is similar to “Brute Forcing” a computer in that it sends an immense attack to the victim computer until it cracks. Most internet security solutions today lack sufficient protection against these types of attacks.
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
We have never taken the broader view, a sort of macrobiotic look at the Internet as a whole. For starters, just what is the Internet? In a nutshell, and without referring to anything that can remotely be termed a reliable source, the Internet is a series of linked networks that can communicate with each other on a global scale.
This communication takes on several forms, from a simple request for information from a server halfway across the world, to opening a web page that only actually exists in the dimly-defined reaches of cyberspace, to sending a message to a friend over an instant messaging program. Sometimes, access to this is restricted. Passwords and firewalls can get in the way, but everything on the Internet involves the transmission of information in some form or another.
Aside from the reams of research (some of which is actually accurate) that lives online, there is another side of the Internet. A darker side that probably should never be explored. It is in the interests of personal safety and concern for your well-being that I will attempt to detail some of these perilous areas. Not in too much detail obviously (I have no urge to send any of you down that path to destruction) but enough so that you are aware what is out there.
Rule XX: Those who already know the censored rule number have already been lost but there is a specific rule of the Internet. This is the only Rule that has a set number, the others tend to fluctuate. Essentially it means: no matter how sick or twisted, how brain bendingly messed up something is, someone, somewhere will have dedicated the time to making a… carnal representation of the subject. There is only one known exception to this Rule and that is: Rosie O Donnel.
Images: Related to the Rule, there are certain images that do the rounds. Having viewed one or more seems to be a credential of sorts in the online community. These are images that are a) completely and utterly real and b) completely and utterly beyond belief. The general theory is: anything can be found on the Internet if you look hard enough. Some images live forever in memory. The saying goes ‘you never forget your first one’ and it is true. You’ll never forget, no matter how hard you try.
Videos: These seem to exist mostly in Internet mythology and history. Like history though, a coelacanth can sometimes arise from the murky deeps. You may hear about certain videos that a friend of a friend once saw, but remember what I said above. It does exist. No matter how curious you are, if you ever find one of the mythical (or, to use a better word, notorious) video clips, delete it. You do not need to see it.
Websites: These are somewhat different from the above. Typically, more experienced web users have a storehouse of sites with very innocent sounding names that they love to dump onto their inexperienced friends. The result is usually a combination of the three mentioned above but it is almost always a mentally-scarring experience. This is also how most who don’t know better get their first exposure to the dark side of the Internet.
Friends think it is funny to send someone to a scatological website or something similar. However, once the first steps are taken down that road, there is never any turning back.
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
I thought this will be an interesting topic, so I’ll write it in 2 languages. Actually I can only write in english, because the Bahasa Indonesia version will be published on CHIP Magazine.
If my first post about Hacking Travian was a warming up travian browser game hacking article. In this article,
I am going to introduce you a way to hack browser-base games. By using this trick, you can plunder, raid and steal your enemy resource WITHOUT A SINGLE ARMY!
You’ll have infinite travian resources by using this hack / cheat. You must be wondering now, is there such a ‘too good to be true‘ travian hacking/cheating trick? I’ll show you the FAQ list :
Q : What tools do I need in order to use this cheat / hack ?
A : Nothing! In fact, a decent browser is more than enough!
Q: Will I get ban using this trick ?
A : Virtually this trick is invisible, and we are not playing against the rules. In fact, Travian web application security is to blame!
Q : What benefit do I get using this ?
A : You can double your travian resources by stealing it from your enemy’s village!
Q : Is this hack free?
A : Nothing is free, but a simple ‘thank you post’ will be enough to buy this hack / cheat!
Q : Can you stop all the bullshit and start showing us the travian hack / cheat?
A : Right away !
Before you start this :
1. You’ll need to register another account and build a market. Not if you are currently playing more than 1 account in a server.
2. Register a new and 100% fake Friendster account, and configure it to anyone can view the profile. And remember to register a pretty URL, like http://profiles.friendster.com/cute-and-lovely-girl
We’ll start the hack from your village’s market. Go to your market, and go to Sell. Type in the extra resource that you need less. Example, you have extra 2250 stone and you need Wheat badly.
Picture 1 : Travian Hacking #1 : Market Hacking
Ok, if you offer 2250 resources to trade, then you should demand 4500 resources in return. This is the first step we double the resources. The second step will be login in using your another travian account you created just now. Go to the market, and find your main account offer. It’ll look exactly like this :
Point your mouse cursor to the link (in Bahasa Indonesia it is : Ambil Tawaran). And copy the link. The link URL will be something like this :
http://s5.travian.co.id/build.php?id=35&t=1&a=115485&g=1147089
You don’t need to understand what is the link mean, you only need to save the URL. We’ll need it later. The third step is to open your newly created friendster account. In your profile, post a testimonial to yourself. And write as the following picture :
Here’s what you should write :
Bla3 you’re cool etc.. <img src=’http://s5.travian.co.id/build.php?id=35&t=1&a=115485&g=1147089′ height=’1′ width=’1′ />
Remember the link that we saved just now? Write it down on <img src=’HERE‘…. />. And submit your own testimonial to yourself. Narcis yo?! 
Now, the last part. Go and log in to your main travian account. Go to write messages, and send the following message to your neighborhood villages.
In English, it’s something like this :
Hi, i am new in travian pal.. can you teach me how to play travian?
Merry
http://profiles.friendster.com/lovelygirl
This is the social engineering part. Remember the friendster account we created just now? In the message, remember to write down your own fake friendster account pretty URL. Mine is http://profiles.friendster.com/lovelygirl,while
you use yours! Why lovelygirl? It’s simply more attractive to boys, isn’t it? Trust me, if the recipient is a boy, 9 out of then will open your fake friendster profiles! Here’s how the travian hack / cheat works! Remember that we put a
script in your own fake friendster profile’s testimonial? The script we put in will trigger a request to travian server, that will accept your trading request behind the scene! This means, the first travian player (the same server as yours)
that access your fake friendster account, will trigger the request if his / her village resource is enough to do the trade !
If you are a WebAppSec activist, you’ll know that this travian hacking secret lie in an attack called CSRF!
This will enable you double up your resource easily using this ultimate Travian Browser Game Cheat / Hack! Travian was pawned by Zoiz one more time!
Original Idea and written by : Zoiz http://zoiz.web.id & Th0R http://www.th0r.info
3 server 5 Travian Players were harmed during the process of this Ultimate
Travian Hacking..
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
Milw0rm.com is probably one of the best hacking websites in the world. On a sudden announcement, str0ke, the owner of Milw0rm.com brokes the news to the world saying he will no longer have the time to manage and update the website.
“Well, this is my goodbye header for milw0rm. I wish I had the time I did in the past to post exploits, I just don’t 
. For the past 3 months I have actually done a pretty crappy job of getting peoples work out fast enough to be proud of, 0 to 72 hours (taking off weekends) isn’t fair to the authors on this site. I appreciate and thank everyone for their support in the past. Be safe, /str0ke”
But it’s not the end of Milw0rm era. str0ke post the following message in his twitter status.
I have talked with a few friends and I’ll be handing the site over so a group of people can add exploits / other things to the site. Hopefully it will be a new good start
So fellows, hope that the new Milw0rm will be up soon.
I have talked with a few friends and I’ll be handing the site over so a group of people can add exploits / other things to the site. Hopefully it will be a new good start
www.zoiz.web.id
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
I thought this will be an interesting topic, so I’ll write it in 2 languages. Actually I can only write in english, because the Bahasa Indonesia version will be published on CHIP Magazine.
If my first post about Hacking Travian was a warming up travian browser game hacking article. In this article,
I am going to introduce you a way to hack browser-base games. By using this trick, you can plunder, raid and steal your enemy resource WITHOUT A SINGLE ARMY!
You’ll have infinite travian resources by using this hack / cheat. You must be wondering now, is there such a ‘too good to be true‘ travian hacking/cheating trick? I’ll show you the FAQ list :
Q : What tools do I need in order to use this cheat / hack ?
A : Nothing! In fact, a decent browser is more than enough!
Q: Will I get ban using this trick ?
A : Virtually this trick is invisible, and we are not playing against the rules. In fact, Travian web application security is to blame!
Q : What benefit do I get using this ?
A : You can double your travian resources by stealing it from your enemy’s village!
Q : Is this hack free?
A : Nothing is free, but a simple ‘thank you post’ will be enough to buy this hack / cheat!
Q : Can you stop all the bullshit and start showing us the travian hack / cheat?
A : Right away !
Before you start this :
1. You’ll need to register another account and build a market. Not if you are currently playing more than 1 account in a server.
2. Register a new and 100% fake Friendster account, and configure it to anyone can view the profile. And remember to register a pretty URL, like http://profiles.friendster.com/cute-and-lovely-girl
We’ll start the hack from your village’s market. Go to your market, and go to Sell. Type in the extra resource that you need less. Example, you have extra 2250 stone and you need Wheat badly.
Picture 1 : Travian Hacking #1 : Market Hacking
Ok, if you offer 2250 resources to trade, then you should demand 4500 resources in return. This is the first step we double the resources. The second step will be login in using your another travian account you created just now. Go to the market, and find your main account offer. It’ll look exactly like this :
Point your mouse cursor to the link (in Bahasa Indonesia it is : Ambil Tawaran). And copy the link. The link URL will be something like this :
http://s5.travian.co.id/build.php?id=35&t=1&a=115485&g=1147089
You don’t need to understand what is the link mean, you only need to save the URL. We’ll need it later. The third step is to open your newly created friendster account. In your profile, post a testimonial to yourself. And write as the following picture :
Here’s what you should write :
Bla3 you’re cool etc.. <img src=’http://s5.travian.co.id/build.php?id=35&t=1&a=115485&g=1147089′ height=’1′ width=’1′ />
Remember the link that we saved just now? Write it down on <img src=’HERE‘…. />. And submit your own testimonial to yourself. Narcis yo?! Now, the last part. Go and log in to your main travian account. Go to write messages, and send the following message to your neighborhood villages.
In English, it’s something like this :
Hi, i am new in travian pal.. can you teach me how to play travian?
Merry
http://profiles.friendster.com/lovelygirl
This is the social engineering part. Remember the friendster account we created just now? In the message, remember to write down your own fake friendster account pretty URL. Mine is http://profiles.friendster.com/lovelygirl,while
you use yours! Why lovelygirl? It’s simply more attractive to boys, isn’t it? Trust me, if the recipient is a boy, 9 out of then will open your fake friendster profiles! Here’s how the travian hack / cheat works! Remember that we put a
script in your own fake friendster profile’s testimonial? The script we put in will trigger a request to travian server, that will accept your trading request behind the scene! This means, the first travian player (the same server as yours)
that access your fake friendster account, will trigger the request if his / her village resource is enough to do the trade !
If you are a WebAppSec activist, you’ll know that this travian hacking secret lie in an attack called CSRF!
This will enable you double up your resource easily using this ultimate Travian Browser Game Cheat / Hack! Travian was pawned by Zoiz one more time!
Original Idea and written by : Zoiz http://zoiz.web.id & Th0R http://www.th0r.info
3 server 5 Travian Players were harmed during the process of this Ultimate
Travian Hacking..
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
If you ever used my Myminicity Cheat Script, then it’ll be an easy task to cheat / hack dragon adopter and let your dragon’s experience grow / increase easily.
Here is a live example :
http://zoiz.web.id/dragon_adopter_hack_script.php
And here is the dragon adopter’s cheat / hack script :
<SCRIPT language=”JavaScript1.2″>
function popitup()
{
dragonadopter = window.open(”http://yourDragonAdopterURL.dragonadopters.com”,”mywindow”,”status=1,width=10,height=10,top=1,left=-1000″);
setTimeout ( “closepopup()”, 3500 );
}
function closepopup()
{
if(false ==dragonadopter.closed)
{
dragonadopter.close ();
}
}
</SCRIPT>
And remember to put this :
<body onLoad=’popitup()’>
Explain :
The function popitup() is used to create a pop up windows opening your Dragon Adopter’s link. Thus it’ll add an experience for you. And the function closepopup() is used to close the current pop up in 3,5 seconds (where 3500 means 3,5 seconds).
Where to put this code?
Put the javascript below the </head> tag or your page, or anywhere inside the body tag.
Also remember to modify the body tag by adding onLoad=’popitup()’ thus will call the pop up function.
What should I edit?
You must edit this http://yourDragonAdopterURL.dragonadopters.com/ to your Dragon Adopter account’s URL. That’s it. Also you are free to modify the time before the pop up is auto closed. Jobs done.
For your convenience, you may download this example script here.
And of course there’s another way to hack / cheat dragon adopters 
This trick wasn’t working with mymincity, but works well with dragon adopters. Thanks to Jo for this Here’s how to do it :
<iframe src=’http://www.yourDragonAdopterURL.dragonadopters.com’ width=’1′ height=’1′></iframe>
Just put it any where in your blog / site and it’ll works just fine. That’s it! Easy rite? Hehehe
October 29th, 2009 -- Posted in Security |
UPDATE : How To Hack Travian : Double Your Travian Resources
Travian is a German-based browser game which is probably one of the most successful out there in the moment. Today there are more than 3 millions players worldwide.
Travian
Travian also gives Indonesian Online Game market a very goo impact. There were more than 5000 players online the last time I checked. I think it can be considered as one of the biggest online game network around.
I created an ID there and test it for a while, thus I found some bugs ways / tips (cheats) to give you advantage playing Travian.
1. Check whether your opponent player is online or not
The success rate of this cheat is quite good. I tried it myself to my neighbour player. And the success rate I determine whether they are online or not is almost 100% working.
To do it, you only need to sent a message to your oponent. And after a couple of minutes, click on message sent item.
The text in red box means ‘unread’. If the notice is gone (the unread status) a couple of minutes right after you sent the message, it means that your opponent is currently online.
But even if the unread status is there, your opponent might not be offline at the moment. But most of the time, people will read incoming message right away 
A nice Travian Hack isn’t it? 
2. Using Travian (Cheat / Hacking) Softwares
GreaseMonkey is a Mozilla Firefox add-on that allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript. GreaseMonkey can be downloaded from here.
And you need to search for suitable travian scripts from any search engine, such as Google, using keyword “Travian Script” or something else. You might land to http://userscripts.org.
They provide a various travian scripts that will help you a lot playing Travian. Such as you can queue as many task as possible in Travian even if you don’t have ‘Travian Plus’ activated.
Before installing the script, just make sure that your GreaseMonkey add-on is enabled. And click on the INSTALL button UserScripts.org provided to install.
That’s all folks, remember that these Travian Tips / Cheats are for dummies only. Comments and feedbacks are welcomed Happy playing Travian!
