How to Convert Website (Web URL or Local HTML) to an Android App.

Developing Android Apps is not as easy task for Everyone, but nowadays, everyone wants to have their own Android App and Published on Google Play.I think the one thinking of developing an Android App must have his own blog or website,as it is comparitively easy to design and maintain rather than an Android App, as it needs you to be a skillled java programmer or android developer.

Don't you think it will be better if you can be able to convert your website to a Google Play Ready Android App in Seconds.

Here is a Tool for Windows(Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10),
"Website 2 APK Builder"
Download it for Free Fom Sourceforge, Softpedia, FreewareFiles, Softonic, GitHub, Cnet.

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process starts,

it usually takes only a minute at all, and you got your APK ready to be published on Google Play.

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How to earn Money from Online Jobs

Online jobs have been gaining lot of importance over the past few years. However, there are so many jobs that can be pretty much confusing. You need to be pretty much alert on choosing the right one so that you get for what you work hard. Let us take a look at how to earn money from online jobs. Earning Money from Online Jobs: You need to make a good research on top online jobs that are available. You can also find various tip on Jobs8Homethat will guide you to choose the best & trusted programs. If you have good skill set say writing in which you are good at then, type in the search engine as freelance content writing. You will get thousands of options. Set your salary expectation, make an attractive resume and place it on the job portals. You will get so many options of working from home, part time jobs or online jobs what you can choose from. All you need to do is enroll your name to either of the jobs in which you are pretty much comfortable at. However, there are online jobs in which some companies might tell you to pay certain amount so that they can provide you with the work. Be alert! Online jobs usually don’t ask for the money from you. Hence, make sure that the company you choose is certified, reputable and a good review has been received from the people who have been working here. To earn extra income, online jobs are certainly the best thing that you can come across. However, don’t carry an attitude of looking for any random company. Choose the one where your experience would count in the near future. You can also look for the company that supports your hobby and wish to make it into a revenue factor. So what are you waiting for? Start hunting for the best online jobs today and earn a good amount of income without taking much effort

How Firewalls Work

If you have been using Internet on a regular basis or working in a large company and surf the Internet while you are at work, you must have surely come across the term firewall.

You might have also heard of people saying “firewalls protect their computer from web attacks and hackers” or “a certain website has been blocked by firewall in their work place”. If you have ever wondered to know what exactly is this firewall and how it works, here we go. In this post I will try to explain “How firewalls work” in layman’s terms.

How Firewalls Work?

Firewalls are basically a barrier between your computer (or a network) and the Internet (outside world). A firewall can be simply compared to a security guard who stands at the entrance of your house and filters the visitors coming to your place. He may allow some visitors to enter while denying others whom he suspects of being intruders. Similarly a firewall is a software program or a hardware device that filters the information (packets) coming through the Internet to your personal computer or a computer network.

Firewalls may decide to allow or block network traffic between devices based on the rules that are pre-configured or set by the firewall administrator. Most personal firewalls such as Windows firewall operate on a set of pre-configured rules that are most suitable under normal circumstances so that, the user need not worry much about configuring the firewall.

Personal firewalls are easy to install and use and hence preferred by end-users for use on their personal computers.  However, large networks and companies prefer those firewalls that have plenty of options to configure so as to meet their customized needs.

For example, a company may set up different firewall rules for FTP servers, Telnet servers and Web servers. In addition, the company can even control how the employees connect to the Internet by blocking access to certain websites or restricting the transfer of files to other networks. Thus, in addition to security, a firewall can give the company a tremendous control over how people use the network.

Firewalls use one or more of the following methods to control the incoming and outgoing traffic in a network:

1. Packet Filtering: In this method, packets (small chunks of data) are analyzed against a set of filters. Packet filters has a set of rules that come with accept and deny actions which are pre-configured or can be configured manually by the firewall administrator. If the packet manages to make it through these filters then it is allowed to reach the destination; otherwise it is discarded.
2. Stateful Inspection: This is a newer method that doesn’t analyze the contents of the packets. Instead, it compares certain key aspects of each packet to a database of trusted source. Both incoming and outgoing packets are compared against this database and if the comparison yields a reasonable match, then the packets are allowed to travel further. Otherwise they are discarded.

Firewall Configuration:

Firewalls can be configured by adding one or more filters based on several conditions as mentioned below:

1. IP addresses: In any case, if an IP address outside the network is said to be unfavorable, then it is possible to set  filter to block all the traffic to and from that IP address. For example, if a certain IP address is found to be making too many connections to a server, the administrator may decide to block traffic from this IP using the firewall.
2. Domain names: Since it is difficult to remember the IP addresses, it is an easier and smarter way to configure the firewalls by adding filters based on domain names. By setting up a domain filter, a company may decide to block all access to certain domain names, or may provide access only to a list of selected domain names.
3. Ports/Protocols: Every service running on a server is made available to the Internet using numbered ports, one for each service. In simple words, ports can be compared to virtual doors of the server through which services are made available.
   For example, if a server is running a Web (HTTP) service then it will be typically available on port 80. In order to avail this service, the client needs to connect to the server via port 80. Similarly, different services such as Telnet (Port 23), FTP (port 21) and SMTP (port 25) services may be running on the server.
   If the services are intended for the public, they are usually kept open. Otherwise they are blocked using the firewall so as to prevent intruders from using the open ports for making unauthorized connections.
4. Specific words or phrases: A firewall can be configured to filter one or more specific words or phrases so that, both the incoming and outgoing packets are scanned for the words in the filter.
   For example, you may set up a firewall rule to filter any packet that contains an offensive term or a phrase that you may decide to block from entering or leaving your network.

Hardware vs. Software Firewall:

Hardware firewalls provide higher level of security and hence preferred for servers where security has the top most priority. The software firewalls on the other hand are less expensive and hence preferred in home computers and laptops.

Hardware firewalls usually come as an in-built unit of a router and provide maximum security as it filters each packet in the hardware level itself even before it manages to enter your computer. A good example is the Linksys Cable/DSL router.

Why Firewall?

Firewalls provide security over a number of online threats such as Remote login, Trojan backdoors, Session hijacking, DOS & DDOS attacks, viruses, cookie stealing and many more. The effectiveness of the security depends on the way you configure the firewall and how you set up the filter rules.

However, major threats such as DOS and DDOS attacks may sometimes manage to bypass the firewalls and do the damage to the server. Even though firewall is not a complete answer to online threats, it can most effectively handle the attacks and provide security to the computer up to the maximum possible extent.

What is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and How it Works

Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is the most widely used technology for providing a secure communication between the web client and the web server. Most of us are familiar with many sites such as Gmail, Yahoo etc. using https protocol in their login pages. When we see this, we may wonder what’s the difference between http andhttps.

In simple words, a HTTP protocol is used for standard communication between the Web server and the client. HTTPS is used for a “Secure communication”.

How Secure Sockets Layer Works?

Before we understand the concept of SSL, let us first learn what a “Secure Communication” means. Suppose there exists two communicating parties: Say A (client) and B (server).

Working of HTTP:

When A sends a message to B, the message is sent as a plain text in an unencrypted manner. This is acceptable in normal situations where the messages exchanged are not confidential. But, imagine a situation where A sends a PASSWORD to B. In this case, the password is also sent as a plain text. This has a serious security problem because, if an intruder (hacker) can gain unauthorized access to the ongoing communication between A and B , he can easily obtain the PASSWORDS, since they remain unencrypted. This scenario is illustrated using the following diagram:

Now let us see the working of HTTPS:

When A sends a PASSWORD (say “mypass“) to B, the message is sent in an encrypted format. The encrypted message is decrypted on B‘s side. So, even if the Hacker manages to gain an unauthorised access to the ongoing communication between A and B he gets only the encrypted password (“xz54p6kd“) and not the original password. This is shown below:

How is HTTPS implemented?

HTTPS is implemented using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL). A website can implement HTTPS by purchasing an SSL Certificate. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology protects a Web site and makes it easy for the site visitors to trust it. It has the following uses:

1. An SSL Certificate enables encryption of sensitive information during online transactions.
2. Each SSL Certificate contains unique and authenticated information about the certificate owner.
3. A Certificate Authority verifies the identity of the certificate owner when it is issued.

How Encryption Works?

The whole concept of Secure Sockets Layer is implemented on the basis of RSA algorithm where each SSL Certificate consists of a Public key and a Private key. The public key is used to encrypt the information and the private key is used to decrypt it. When your browser connects to a secure domain, the server sends a Public key to the browser to perform the encryption. The public key is made available to everyone but the private key(used for decryption) is kept secret. So, during a secure communication, the browser encrypts the message using the public key and sends it to the server. This message is decrypted on the server side using the Private key(Secret key).

How to Identify a Secure Connection?

In the Internet Explorer and most other browser programs like Firefox or Google Chrome, you will see a lock icon  in the Security Status bar. The Security Status bar is located on the right side of the Address bar. You can click the lock to view the identity of the website.

In high-security browsers, the authenticated organization name is prominently displayed and the address bar turns GREEN when an Extended Validation SSL Certificate is detected. If the information does not match or the certificate has expired, the browser displays an error message or warning and the status bar may turn RED.

So, the bottom line is, whenever you perform an online transaction such as Credit card payment, Bank login or Email login always ensure that you have a secure communication. A secure communication is a must in these situations. Otherwise there are chances of a Phishing attack using a fake login page.

I Hope you like the information presented in this article. Please pass your comments.

How to Hack an Ethernet ADSL Router

Almost half of the Internet users across the globe use ADSL routers/modems to connect to the Internet. However, most of them are unaware of the fact that it has a serious vulnerability in it which can easily be exploited by anyone with a basic knowledge of computer. In this post, I will show you how to hack an Ethernet ADSL router by exploiting the common vulnerability that lies in it.

Every router comes with a username and password using which it is possible to gain access to the router settings and configure the device. The vulnerability actually lies in the Default username and passwordthat comes with the factory settings. Usually the routers come preconfigured from the Internet Service provider and hence the users do not bother to change the password later.

This makes it possible for the attackers to gain unauthorized access to the router and modify its settings using a common set of default usernames and passwords. Here is how you can do it. Before you proceed, you need the following tool in the process:

Angry IP Scanner

Hacking the ADSL Router:

Here is a detailed information on how to exploit the vulnerability of an ADSL router:

1. Go to whatismyipaddress.com. Once the page is loaded, you will find your IP address. Note it down.
2. Open Angry IP Scanner, here you will see an option called IP Range: where you need to enter the range of IP address to scan for.
Suppose your IP is 117.192.195.101, you can set the range something as 117.192.194.0 to 117.192.200.255so that there exists at least 200-300 IP addresses in the range.
3. Go to Tools->Preferences and select the Ports tab. Under Port selection enter 80 (we need to scan for port 80). Now switch to the Display tab, select the option “Hosts with open ports only” and click on OK.

I have used Angry IP Scanner v3.0 beta-4. If you are using a different version, you need to Go to Optionsinstead of Tools
4. Now click on Start. After a few minutes, the IP scanner will show a list of IPs with Port 80 open as shown in the below image:

5. Now copy any of the IP from the list, paste it in your browser’s address bar and hit enter. A window will popup asking for username and password. Since most users do not change the passwords, it should most likely work with the default username and password. For most routers the default username-password pair will be admin-admin or admin-password.

Just enter the username-password as specified above and hit enter. If you are lucky you should gain access to the router settings page where you can modify any of the router settings. The settings page can vary from router to router. A sample router settings page is shown below:

If you do not succeed to gain access, select another IP from the list and repeat the step-5. At least 1 out of 5 IPs will have a default password and hence you will surely be able to gain access.

What can a Hacker do by Gaining Access to the Router Settings?

By gaining access to the router settings, it is possible for an attacker to modify any of the router settings which results in the malfunction of the router. As a result the target user’s computer will be disconnected from the Internet. In the worst case the attacker can copy the ISP login details from the router to steal the Internet connection or even hijack the DNS by pointing it at a rouge DNS server. If this happens, the victim will have to reconfigure/reset the router settings in order to bring it back to normal.

The Verdict:

If you are using an ADSL router to connect to the Internet, it is highly recommended that you immediately change your password to prevent any such attacks in the future. Who knows, you may be the next victim of such an attack.

Since the configuration varies from router to router, you need to contact your ISP for details on how to change the password for your model.

Warning!

All the information provided in this post are for educational purposes only. Please do not use this information for illegal purposes.

How to Completely Erase a Hard Disk Drive

A new year has begun and perhaps you have decided to perform a system upgrade or get rid of your old computer system and purchase a new one. But, before you sell or donate your old computer, it is very much necessary to completely erase your hard disk drive.

Yes, every one of us are aware of this fact and so, we delete the contents of the hard disk either by using the DELETE key on our keyboard or by Formattingthe hard disk.

Deleting and Formatting – Just Not Secure Enough!

But the fact is, the data will still be on the hard disk even after deleting it or formatting the hard disk. Using the delete key on your keyboard will only remove the shortcuts to the files making them invisible to users. Deleted files still reside on the hard drive and a quick Google search will show many options for system recovery software will allow anyone to reinstate that data.

Formatting the hard drive is a bit more secure way to erase the hard disk. Formatting a disk will not erase the actual data on the disk but only the address tables pointing to the data are dropped. It makes it much more difficult to recover the files. However, a computer specialist would be able to recover most or all the data that was on the disk before the reformat. For those who accidentally reformat a hard disk, being able to recover most or all the data that was on the disk is a good thing. However, if you’re preparing a system for retirement to charity or any other organization, this obviously makes you more vulnerable to data theft.

Completely Erase the Hard Disk through Disk Wiping:

So it is necessary for us to use a 100 percent secure way to erase the data from the hard disk drive. This way of securely erasing the data is called Disk Wiping. Disk wiping is a secure method of ensuring that data, including company and individually licensed software on your computer and storage devices is irrecoverably deleted before recycling or donating the equipment. Because previously stored data can be brought back with the right software and applications, the disk wiping process will actually overwrite your entire hard drive with data, several times. Once you format you’ll find it all but impossible to retrieve the data which was on the drive before the overwrite. The more times the disk is overwritten and formatted the more secure the disk wipe is.

There are a variety of disk wiping products available that you can purchase, or freely downloaded online to perform more secure disk wipes. One of my favorite disk wiping software is:

WipeDrive/ WipeDrive Professional

You have to use this tool by burning the iso image file onto a CD or by using a floppy disk. After burning this tool you have to boot your PC and follow the screen instructions to completely wipe out the data from your hard disk drive

How to Monitor a Remote Computer

Sometimes, it becomes necessary for us to monitor a remote computer in order to keep track of the ongoing activities on it. This may be for several reasons such as to monitor an employee, spy on a partner or for the parents to monitor the activities of their children during their absence. In this article you will find all the necessary information related to monitoring a remote PC or Mac.

To do this, all you need is a powerful monitoring software installed on your computer. However, the story doesn’t end-up here itself because there exists tons of such monitoring software programs out there on the market each having different features and prices. Many of them are no more than a crap, some are overpriced while only a few are really worth considering.

Here is a quick information on how to select the right monitoring solution for your remote or local computer, which monitoring software to go for, how it works, how to install and use it and so forth.

Which Remote Monitoring Software to Choose?

In my experience of over 10 years in the field of information security, I have tried and tested a number of monitoring programs for my clients and personal use.Realtime-Spy was the only program that grabbed my attention.

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Realtime-Spy: Monitor Any Remote Computer

Realtime-Spy is a cutting-edge Remote Monitoring Solution from Spytech Software and Design, Inc. that comes with a Remote Install feature! That means, you can now install this software even on a remote computer without the need to have physical access to it. Currently, only a few monitoring programs on the market support remote install and remote monitor feature and Realtime-Spy is the best among them. This program not only supports remote monitoring but can also be used to monitor a local computer. It can be used to monitor both Windows and Mac users.

You can remotely monitor everything your child, employee or spouse do on their PC or Mac. Unlike most remote monitoring programs which shows a warning message to the users, Realtime-Spy will operate in a COMPLETE STEALTH MODE so that users remain totally unaware of the monitoring process.

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Realtime-Spy Software Features:

• Supports Remote Install and Remote Monitoring – No physical access to the target computer is required to install or monitor it! Can also be installed and used on a local computer.
• Monitor from Any Location – The logs containing all the recorded activities are uploaded to Realtime-Spy servers. This can be easily accessed from any location by logging into your online account using your web browser.
• 100% Undetectable – Operates in a total stealth mode to monitor all activities.
• Completely Bypasses any Firewall, even the Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 firewalls!

Supported Operating Systems:

Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 (32 and 64-bit).  Also supports Mac.

 

With Realtime-Spy, you can monitor all the activities of the remote computer:

• Actual Screenshots: Captures a full-sized screenshot showing the activities of the target computer.
• Monitor Emails Sent & Received: You can easily monitor all the emails that are sent and received on the target computer.
• Monitor Websites Visited: Capture a complete log of URLs visited from any browser including IE, Firefox, Chrome and others.
• Record Every Keystroke: You can monitor every keystroke typed on the target PC or Mac including passwords, IM/chat logs etc. not only in English, but also in several other languages.
• Monitor Full Chat Conversations: Records both sides of chats/IMs in messengers like Google Talk, Yahoo IM, Windows Live and more.

With Realtime-Spy you can monitor the activities in real-time and perform the following actions:

• Remote Reboot/Shutdown/Logoff: You have the option to remotely issue a shutdown/reboot or logoff command.
• Remote Uninstall: You also have the option to remotely uninstall the software at anytime from your own location.

How to Install and Monitor the Remote Computer?

The software can be installed by sending an email attachment which contains the installation module. When the target user opens the attachment, the software gets silently installed and the monitoring process will begin.

Deployment is not normally a problem because the small size of module file that be renamed to anything you want and dropped inside a Word, Image or Zip file and sent through many regular email services. This makes the remote installation very easy and stealth. However, if you have physical access to the computer which you want to monitor, you can install it by yourself just like you install any other program. Once you are done with the installation process, you can start monitoring the activities from a remote location.

When you want to view the screen or browse the logged results, simply log in to the “Secure Online Control Panel” (from any browser – IE, Firefox, Chrome etc.) and enter your username and password. This panel allows you to view the screen, perform commands, search the logs or uninstall the software.

You will get a complete step-by-step instruction and technical support after you purchase the software. So, go grab Realtime-Spy to monitor your remote computer now!

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Download Realtime-Spy – for Windows

Download Realtime-Spy – for Mac

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FAQs about Realtime-Spy:

1. Will Realtime-Spy collect any personal information about me?

No, Realtime-Spy is completely safe. It neither collects any information about you nor try to contact you in any way.

2. Will Realtime-Spy be detected by virus scanners?

No, Realtime-Spy is intelligently designed to escape from the modern antivirus software. Even if it is found to be detected, an immediate update is released so as to solve this problem. You will also get technical support on all the 7 days to help solve your problems if any.