A branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks.

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Yahoo is asking me for security questions and I do not remember the answers to them.

I had an Yahoo account which I haven't accessed for months, and now when I try to log in again Yahoo asks me to answer two security questions, which I don't remember. Let's face it, everyone enters ...
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Facebook Suspicious Account Access from private IP space

I received a "Suspicious Account Access" notification from Facebook telling me that someone has logged into my account from a "computer, mobile device or other location you've never used before". When ...
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Do webapps store passwords in hashed form or encrypted form?

For example, gmail.com or twitter.com, or any of the major websites, which are known to have good security, do they store the user passwords as hashes (they do not know the actual password), or in ...
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I am not able to view Last Login on Facebook in Active Session option

My Facebook ID has been hacked. I tried searching the location by visiting Active Session option but it shows only the current active session IP, which is used by me. All last 3 login are removed. Is ...
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How to remove recovery/default email addresss

Someone has been trying to access my Yahoo Mail account through password recovery. I changed the password, so this is no longer a problem, but as I was going through "I forgot my password" recovery ...
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How Yahoo Mail login page could store cookie on some different path on user's system?

Some time ago in Yahoo Mail's login page, there was an option to keep signature as text or image on user's system. So even after user logged out and come back again, can see the signature on the same ...
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Log in approvals

I have been locked out of my Facebook account for five days now. The issue is that I can not receive the verification code via text, I have tried sending me issue through the links you have provided ...
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How do I change Security settings on a group made secret by a hacker?

Our group was recently hacked and the hacker made the group a secret group. When we try to change it we cannot as there is no other option to pick, what should we do...how can we make it an open or ...
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How do I access a list of IP addresses that have been used to access my Twitter account?

My girlfriend discovered that her Twitter password had been changed. We have changed the password, but is there a way to list the IP addresses that have been used to access the account?
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Gmail warns of “ unusual activity” but no other IP addresses but my own have been logged by them

This morning I tried to log in to my Gmail account only to discover it was locked due to "unusual activity detected". It gave me the option to verify my account via phone, which I did, and I got ...
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Update your Phone in Google Mail for Suspicious Activity Alerts

Where do you find verification code when you are updating your phone number with google for alerts of suspicious activity?
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OpenERP - Access denied to create/read Partners

I have just installed OpenERP 7.0 and I got an warning when trying to add a customer in the Sales module: "Access denied for Partner, operation: create". How can I get rid of this warning? By ...
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Are Facebook Profiles viewable when not logged in?

I was just killing some time on Facebook, had the profile pages of a few of my friends open and then, I suddenly logged off. To my shock, I was still able to see a few profiles, but for a few others, ...