Facebook Accounts Hacked; 1.5 Million Login IDs For Sale?

Want a great deal on a Facebook account? A Russian hacker who calls himself "kirllos" claims he can sell you 1,000 unsuspecting users' login credentials for just $25, or $45 if the accounts have more than 10 friends each.

The hacker is believed to have stolen the IDs of 1.5 million Facebook users. If accurate, that means one out of every 300 Facebook users may have been victimized. Kirllos is selling the information on an underground hacker website, according to VeriSign's iDefense Labs. The cybersecurity company estimates that kirllos has sold around 700,000 accounts so far, but VeriSign was unable to verify if any of the accounts are legitimate accounts belonging to real Facebook users.

Kirllos' prices are incredibly cheap compared to other scams for sale. E-mail usernames and passwords usually fetch between $1 to $20 each, according to Symantec's latest Internet Security Threat Report. In contrast, Kirllos is claiming he will sell accounts for as little as 25 cents each.

According to Mashable, hacking Facebook "isn't a new hobby for this person." The site has a screenshot of another offer kirllos allegedly made last year when he claimed to be selling 100,000 compromised accounts.

Users whose Facebook ID's and passwords have been stolen could be vulnerable to identity theft or even "more insidious scams," Mashable says.

Facebook is investigating the specific accounts kirllos has put up for sale, and will block access to those that have been hacked until they can be restored to their original users, according to Facebook's Simon Axten.

"We invest heavily in helping people keep their accounts secure and have a team of security professionals who investigate specific attacks on our users and work with law enforcement to pursue those responsible," Axten said.

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Install Windows xp Very Fast

Now, this tip will be very helpful for those who frequently install windows xp operating system. Normally OS installation takes around 40 minutes to complete, but through this trick you can now save 10-15 minutes. This simple tricks goes this way.

1. Boot through Windows XP CD.

2. After all the files are completely loaded, you get the option to select the partition. Select “c”.


3. Now Format the partition, whether it is normal or quick with NTFS or FAT


4. Once the formatting is completed, All the setup files required for installation are copied. Restart your system by pressing Enter.
Now, here begins the Simple trick to save 10-15 minutes.


5. After rebooting, you get a screen where it takes 40 minutes to complete or finalize the OS installation.


6. Now, Press SHIFT + F10 Key ->  This opens command prompt.


7. Enter “Taskmgr” at the command prompt window. This will open Task Manager.


8. Click the Process Tab, here we find a process called Setup.exe -> Right Click on Setup.exe -> Set Priority -> Select High or Above Normal. Initially it will be Normal.

Thats it, no more work to do. Relax your self and see how fast the installation process completes

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To Create Folder " CON "

Try to create a folder in Windows with either of these names--

"con" or "nul" or "Aux" or "Lpt1".Windows will not let u create ....

Reason: all this correspond to some of the famous ports

>con corresponds to the console

>Lpt1 corresponds to printer and so on....

HOWEVER I FOUND A TRICK TO CREAT FOLDER "CON"

Here is a simple method..........

Rename folder from the right click option........

Now press alt and press 255...

press 255 frm the right sideof the key bords i.e., num pad....

where only numbers r given.....

now write con and then press enter!!

you ll see a con folder in ur pc and also you can delete it easily.

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Rename at a time

You have a lots of photos in some folder on your computer, all have numbers-names, and you want to name them like Home1.jpg, Home2.jpg, ... Don't need to do that one by one. You can do that automatically with this little trick.

Open that folder and chose View - Thumbnails

i)Left click on any  picture and CTRL + A. That way you will select all files in that folder.

ii)Right click on first  pic and chose "Rename" from drop-down menu.
Renaming files tip

Windows XP will  highlight name of that file and you will be able to name it. After filling the name, click somewhere outside, in white space. You're done. If you named firs file "Anything" all selected files will get names "Anything1", "Anything2", "Anything3", and so on.

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Fun with Notepad

1)The flight number of the plane that had hit WTC on 9/11 was Q33N ….

In Notepad, type the flight number i.e. Q33N
Increase the Font Size to 72, Change the Font to Wingdings.
You will be amazed by the findings !!!
2)Open Notepad.
Type the words as follows:
Bush hid the facts.

Now save the file (give it any name you like), close the notepad.
open it again. ou will se Square characters instead of the words you had written.
It Works Only with XP.
It works with certain names. It worked with:
bush
saddam
tony blair

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Speed up XP

To disable unneeded startup services for a safer, faster XP, use the "Services" Admin Tool (Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services). If you are a single user of a non-networked machine, you can disable the following items, with no ill effect.
Alerter
Clipbook
Computer Browser
Fast User Switching
Human Interface Access Devices
Indexing Service (Slows the hard drive down)
Messenger
Net Logon (unnecessary unless networked on a Domain)
Netmeeting Remote Desktop Sharing (disabled for extra security)
Remote Desktop Help Session Manager (disabled for extra security)
Remote Procedure Call Locator
Remote Registry (disabled for extra security)
Routing & Remote Access (disabled for extra security)
Server SSDP Discovery Service (this is for the utterly pointless "Universal P'n'P", & leaves TCP Port 5000 wide open)
TCP/IP NetBIOS Helper Telnet (disabled for extra security)
Universal Plug and Play Device Host
Upload Manager
Windows Time
Wireless Zero Configuration (for wireless networks)
Workstation

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Remove the Shared Documents folders from My Computer

One of the most annoying things about the new Windows XP user interface is that Microsoft saw fit to provide links to all of the Shared Documents folders on your system, right at the top of the My Computer window. I can't imagine why this would be the default, even in a shared PC environment at home, but what's even more annoying is that you cannot change this behavior through the shell: Those icons are stuck there and you have to live with it.
Until now, that is.


Simply fire up the Registry Editor(type regedit in run menu) and navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Explorer \ My Computer \ NameSpace \ DelegateFolders
You'll see a sub-key named {59031a47-3f72-44a7-89c5-5595fe6b30ee}. If you delete this, all of the Shared Documents folders (which are normally under the group called "Other Files Stored on This Computer") will be gone.
You do not need to reboot your system to see the change.

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PirateBox lets you share files with anyone close by

Online file-sharers disheartened at the news that Google has begun censoring peer-to-peer search terms can now take their data into the real world with the PirateBox, a lunchbox-sized device created by David Darts, a professor of art and technology at NYU Steinhardt.

The PirateBox broadcasts an open WiFi network that anyone in the vicinity can anonymously join. Once connected, users can upload and download any files they please - effectively creating a temporary and portable file sharing network. You don't need to log in and no user data is recorded, so file-sharers are free to trade whatever they like.

Darts built the device, originally called Freedrop, as an easy way to share files with his students in class. "I was looking for a device that would allow users in the same physical space to easily share files," he says. It was a hit, but he soon found that his students had other sharing plans. "Students started sharing non-class related materials, their favorite albums and so on."

This alternative use inspired Darts to place the Freedrop inside a pirate-themed lunchbox, inevitably leading to the name PirateBox. But is he encouraging piracy? "Pirate is a strange term," says Darts, who prefers to see the device as a tool for sharing content of any kind. "But calling it the PirateBox is certainly provocative."

If you fancy making your own PirateBox, Darts provides instructions for building one at a cost of around $100. It's not the first time file-sharing has entered the real world though - last year artist Aram Bartholl installed USB sticks in walls and buildings around New York to create a series of digital dead drops.

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