15 Online Tools that You Will Come to Love as a Tech - TheTechMentor.com I have compiled a list of 15 free online tools that will help you greatly as a tech. I’m sure that there are other good ones that I have left out so please feel free to post the ones that you like as well. IPTools offers a wide variety of online networking tools. BugMeNot allows you to find and share logins for sites that require you to register. SpeedTest.net allows you to test your Internet connection speed. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows you to bookmark sites and view them from any computer. Omnidrive is an online storage service that allows you to upload large files, access them from any computer, and share them with other people. 10 Minute Mail allows you to create temporary email addresses that expire after 10 minutes. Free Password GeneratorFree Password Generator generates very strong and unique passwords. Trend Micro HouseCall is an online virus, spyware, and malware scanner that runs in your web browser. 3Share2 2Share42Share0 7 141
5 Places to Look for Your Digital Footprint Recently, many iPhone and iPad users were incensed to learn that Siri — the personal digital assistant for iOS devices — has an eerily long memory. Unbeknownst to Apple customers, Siri sends all your queries directly to Apple's company’s servers, where it is kept for two years before being deleted. And while the truth about Siri is making headlines, it's not really shocking. Data retention policies have been aggravating Internet and cellphone users for years now. These policies are determined by individual companies and aren’t regulated by state or federal laws. Shrinking your digital footprint requires a lot of diligence, but if you'd like to get started then it helps to know which companies are hoarding your data and how long they intend to hold onto it. Search engines It should come as no surprise that search engines are the biggest culprits when it comes to keeping track of users' data. Web browsers Internet service providers (ISPs) Time Warner Cable: up to six months Comcast: 180 days
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OSINT Tools - Recommendations List | Subliminal Hacking With the New Year fast approaching I thought now would be a great time to post the first draft of some recommended Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) gathering tools and resources. I will look to maintain this list overtime and have it grow, so if you come across something you think should be on the list, drop me an email or leave a comment for consideration. The reconnaissance phase of any engagement is very important and can often save you alot of time and of course money. If you are really lucky you may even find the information you are looking for freely available posted online. Either way the information you find will only be as good as the tools you use, so with this in mind here is the list based on tools I have come across over the years or have been recommended by other InfoSec peeps. * Please note even though the aim is to provide information for free OSINT Tools, some may require a subscription or commercial fee.
100 Useful Tips and Tools to Research the Deep Web By Alisa Miller Experts say that typical search engines like Yahoo! and Google only pick up about 1% of the information available on the Internet. Meta-Search Engines Meta-search engines use the resources of many different search engines to gather the most results possible. SurfWax. Semantic Search Tools and Databases Semantic search tools depend on replicating the way the human brain thinks and categorizes information to ensure more relevant searches. Hakia. General Search Engines and Databases These databases and search engines for databases will provide information from places on the Internet most typical search engines cannot. DeepDyve. Academic Search Engines and Databases The world of academia has many databases not accessible by Google and Yahoo! Google Scholar. Scientific Search Engines and Databases The scientific community keeps many databases that can provide a huge amount of information but may not show up in searches through an ordinary search engine. Science.gov. Del.icio.us.
Free Tools: Online Investigation & Brand Protection – ICMS Worldwide | Online Brand Protection & Anti Counterfeiting Solutions Recommended Brand Protection Solutions For Your Industry This list of online investigation tools has been compiled by ICMS- A global service providing anti-counterfeit, brand protection solutions for High risk world regions such as China, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Russia and East Europe. Most of the tools below require some basic computer skills. We hope you can put them to good use! —Disclaimer: Please use these tools with caution. They are created and hosted by third parties with absolutely no affiliation with ICMS. Mapping Google Maps Engine Lite Link: BatchGeo Link: This is another good tool for making your own custom maps. Web Searching Google Advance Search Link: This is just like a regular google search but with a lot more filters to help you find what you’re looking for. Deep Research and Infringement Detection Host, Registrar and Registrant Info Shipping Records Productivity Paparazzi!
Blind Search ExifTool by Phil Harvey More super-searcher tips | The Reluctant Entrepreneur It’s the beginning of conference season for us public speakers… along with the daffodils appear boarding passes and PowerPoint slides. One of my favorite conferences is Computers in Libraries, and I will be leading the Searcher Academy pre-conference workshop as well as giving a regular presentation on super searcher tips. I have more tips than I could fit into a blog post; here are a few of my favorites that I will be sharing at Computers in Libraries: * All of us consider ourselves to be above-average Google searchers. However, there are times when you can be too clever for Google and wind up with unexpected results. Say your search logic is (A and B) OR (C and D) – (Australia AND snakes) OR (Colorado AND mountain lions), for example, if you were comparing the dangerous animals of two regions. * How you word your search matters – a lot! *Use MillionShort.com if you are researching an obscure topic, an individual, or looking for any kind of long-tail resource. Like this: Like Loading...
A Complete Penetration Testing & Hacking Tools List for Hackers & Security Professionals : HowToHack DuckDuckGo Google Ultimate Interface About Google In 1996-1997, Larry Page and Sergey Brin came up with an algorithm to rank web pages, called PageRank. Realizing the potential to improve search engines, they tried and failed to sell the technology to any. So they founded Google, which in an incredibly short period of time has become one of the world’s most powerful companies. While primarily known as a search engine, Google now makes a wide variety of web-based and other software and is known for investing in wide-ranging projects outside their core such as through their philanthropic arm, Google.org. Google’s enourmously successful advertising business accounts for almost all of their revenue and allows Google to subsidize many other ideas. Google is a market and quality leader in web search, online maps, online video (through YouTube), and areas. Alternatives to Google Why not use nothing but Google all the time? Try out the Bing search engine, for instance, for web, image, and other searches.