Top Security Blog Posts of 2008

It’s not hard to see why Sciencetext posts about security matters, cracking passwords, breaking through firewalls, using proxies and the like are popular as these tend to be the hardest things to achieve, and so are often the most desirable.

However, I post about a cracking password test, a method to browse the web using the Windows calculator, or Facebook privacy hacks, not to provide hackers and crackers with insights (they know about all the hacks and cracks already) but to offer regular users and inexperienced or naive sysadmins with information on how their computers might be compromised.

Of course, there are times when one simply has to “stick it to the man, or woman”. When a company or site that has got too big for its boots thinks it can mess with the little people or is screwing up the systems of users of its sites and software, perhaps without even realizing anything is amiss. ntl PC Guard, anyone?

One of the most popular tags on Sciencetext is that associated with how to access banned websites. Often, users are simply looking for ways to play with their MySpace and Facebook accounts when they are supposed to be working or studying. But, there are international human rights and freedom of speech issues that arise when the blockages and firewalls are being operated by totalitarian regimes. So, sticking it to the man, or woman, big time in those cases is important.

Sometimes the most popular posts are simply hacks that help you break into your own accounts when you’ve lost your password, such as the reset your Windows Live password post or the one that shows you how to get an @live.com adderess even if you’re not in the US or to make the most of Kindle outside the US.