How to Hide a Particular or Specific Drive by Using Command Prompt?

In my last post I show you that how to hide all the drives together by using registry editing. Now, I will show you that how to hide a Particular or specified drive by using Command Prompt. Now hide any Hard Drive partition without any software. Just follow the simple steps below to hide your particular or specified drive.

This is the best security tip to be employed against unauthorized users.
1. Go to Start >> Run >> type "diskpart" (without quotes). A DOS  window will
    appear like this one.

2. Then type "list volume" (without quotes). The result will look something like

    this one as shown in the picture:
         

3. Suppose you want to hide drive D then type "select volume 3" (without quotes). Then a message will appear in same window {Volume 3 is the selected volume}
    

4. Now type "remove letter D" (without quotes). Now a message will come
{DiskPart successfully removed the drive letter or mount point}
    

5. All done. Sometime it requires rebooting or just sing out the computer.

Your Data is now safe from unauthorized users. To access the content of hidden Drive repeat the process mentioned above. But in 4th step replace "remove" by "assign". It means type "assign letter D" in 4th step to unhide drive D.                     

Enjoy..!

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Hacking through Brute Force

What Is 'Brute Force' Hacking?

Brute force is about overpowering the computer's defenses by using repetition. In the case of password hacking, dictionary attacks involve dictionary software that recombines English dictionary words with thousands of varying combination.
(Yes, much like a Hollywood safe cracker movie scene, but much slower and much less glamorous).

Brute force dictionaries always +start with simple letters "a", "aa", "aaa", and then eventually moves to full words like "dog", "doggie", "doggy". These brute force dictionaries can make up to 50 attempts per minute in some cases. Given several hours or days, these dictionary tools will overcome any password.

The time required to crack a password is dependent on following:
1. How long the password is?
2. How many characters are allowed in each position (uppercase, lowercase, numbers, special characters)?

Just like defending against car thieves, there is no way to reduce our risk to zero. But it is possible to make it very difficult for brute force hackers to enter our accounts. The best thing we can do is create complex passwords that use cryptic spelling and do not resemble regular English words. When combined with CAPTCHA services at our online accounts, our risk of being brute-force hacked is dramatically reduced.

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