Passwords

Intro

Passwords are critical to your safety. Take whatever it costs to manage them well!

IDEAS

Despite all their weaknesses, it looks as if passwords will stay for the foreseeable future. These are couple of steps people can take to strengthen their passwords so that it is less likely hackers can break into their accounts.

  • Perhaps the most important step is to not re-use the same password across different websites.
  • It is convenient only having one password, but this means that if someone guesses, or steals one of your passwords, they can then use that to gain access to any of your other accounts.
  • Using a password manager can help create and remember all the different passwords.
  • Failing that, even writing passwords down can be good in some cases (just don’t leave your notebook lying around).
  • The second step is to take advantage of two factor authentication (2FA) wherever it is available.
  • For many sites that offer this service, in addition to entering username and password, it will send a code via text message to your phone which will need to be entered.
  • Third, and finally, people should be wary of the scams which try to steal their passwords.
  • For example, receiving an email with a link from a large provider such as Microsoft, Amazon, or Apple, and asking people to re-enter their username and password or risk having their account frozen.
  • People should never click on such links in emails, and only navigate manually to any sites they wish to visit if they need to log onto their accounts.

Check your password strenght:

Tools

WebTools and web services

List of handy Webtools, websites and links.
DescriptionURLUsageRated
Centralopshttps://centralops.net/co/DNS, Whois5
DigWebInterfacehttps://www.digwebinterface.com Dig, Dns, Domain5
Domain toolshttps://www.robtex.com/DNS, Whois5
Domain toolshttp://www.viewdns.infoDNS5
Domain toolshttp://FixYourIP.comDNS4
Domain toolshttp://mega-check.comDNS4
Domain toolshttps://www.whatismyip.com/Multi Lookup, Whois, BL, ports, headers4
Domain Toolkithttps://w3dt.net/DNS, Network tool4
MX Toolbox; Supertoolhttps://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspxdns, tcp, https, blacklist, smtp, trace, etc1
Domain Toolkithttp://www.intodns.comDNS, Multi reports4
SPF queryhttps://www.kitterman.com/spf/validate.htmlSPF query
Toolkithttps://www.webmaster-toolkit.com/DNS3
Toolkithttps://bgp.he.netBGP toolkit3
Pingabilityhttp://pingability.comMonitor and downtime3
Hex colourshttps://www.color-hex.com/Colours4
What is my IPhttps://www.whatismyip.com/reverse-dns-lookup/Reverse DNS Lookup Tool 4
DNS Checkerhttps://dnschecker.org/Dnschecker, multilocation5
DNSWatchhttps://www.dnswatch.info/Domain Dossier4
Luxscihttps://luxsci.com/smtp-tls-checkerEmail Domain check5
Emailstuffhttps://emailstuff.org/DNS, Email, dmarc5
DNShttps://dns.google.com/query?name=google.com&type=TXT&dnssec=trueGoogle DNS checker4
DNS Spyhttps://dnsspy.io/DNSspy , Monitor, validate and verify 4
Whoishttps://www.whois.com/whois/Whois lookup4
Geolocationhttps://www.iplocation.net/Location – Geolocation IP checker 4
Domain DKIMhttps://tools.wordtothewise.com/dkim/check/Dkim checks 4
Domain DKIMhttps://www.mail-tester.com/spf-dkim-checkSPF, DKIM4
Domain DKIMhttps://dmarcian.com/dmarc-inspector/DKIM, Dmarc Inspect 4
Domain Dmarchttps://www.dmarcanalyzer.com/spf/checker/SPF, DKIM, Dmarc Analyzer4
Debouncerhttps://www.debouncer.com/blacklistlookup?attempt=1Email Blacklist checks 4
Mail Blacklisthttp://mail-blacklist-checker.online-domain-tools.com/Email Blacklist checks 4
Spamcophttps://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtmlEmail Blacklist checks 3
SSL Certificate Toolshttps://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-certificate-tools.htmlSSL Certificate Tools4
SSL Labs full SSL reviewhttps://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/SSL validator and ciphers5
Digicerthttps://www.digicert.com/help/Digicert Website SSL Diagnostics;4
Digicerthttps://ssltools.digicert.com/checker/SSL Security and SSL/CSR checker;4
SSL and Chrome,https://www.websecurity.symantec.com/support/ssl-checkerChrome distrust check, for Chrome 70+4
Geocerthttps://www.geocerts.com/ssl-checkerSSL checker4
SSL, Email, TLS , multiple checks https://www.checktls.com/SSL checker4
Free tools, basic SSL/CSR checks https://www.clickssl.net/ssl-toolsSSL checker4
SSL toolshttps://www.mrdomain.com/products/ssl/tools/SSL tools4
SSL For Free – Completely free!https://www.sslforfree.com/SSL certs5
Free SSL generation; Check SSL/CSR https://confirm.globessl.com/ssl-checker.htmlSSL certs4
Analyze Responce Headershttps://securityheaders.com/Headers5
Analyze Responce Headershttp://securityheaders.ioHeaders5
HTTP Header Checkerhttps://tools.keycdn.com/curlHeader Checker5
Message Headershttps://toolbox.googleapps.com/apps/messageheader/Message Headers5
Message Header Analyzer https://testconnectivity.microsoft.com/MHA/Pages/mha.aspxHeader5
Message Header Analyzer https://mxtoolbox.com/EmailHeaders.aspxHeader5
WorldTimeBuddyhttps://www.worldtimebuddy.com/Time Difference5
Time.ishttps://time.is/Live clock3
Virustotal – Virus Checkshttps://www.virustotal.com/virus analysis5
MetaDefender Cloudhttps://metadefender.opswat.com/Virus check4
Jottihttps://virusscan.jotti.org/Virus check4
Fortiguardhttps://www.fortiguard.com/faq/onlinescannerVirus Scanner Online4
Kasperskihttps://virusdesk.kaspersky.com/Virus File checker4
Https redirectshttp://www.redirect-checker.org/Redirect Status checks5
Robotshttps://en.ryte.com/free-tools/robots-txt/Robots.txt check4
Robots exampleshttps://developers.google.com/search/reference/robots_txtRobots check4
Robotshttp://www.robotstxt.org/robotstxt.htmlRobots check4
Robbots Twitterhttps://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/optimize-with-cards/guides/troubleshooting-cards#twitterbot Robots check4
SSL Security Test https://www.immuniweb.com/ssl/Security, SSL test4
Crypto checkshttps://discovery.cryptosense.com/Security, Cryptography checks4
Amazon AWShttp://aws.amazon.com/ AWS5
Cloud Portalhttps://portal.azure.com/ Azure Portal4
MS Cloud , Azurehttps://account.windowsazure.comAzure Account Center 4
MS Cloud, AADhttps://aad.portal.azure.com/AAD admin center4
MS Cloud, Azurehttps://Portal.azure.com/#@mytenantname.onmicrosoft.comAccess to a tenant AAD 4
MS Cloud, Portalhttps://portal.office.com/login O365 Portal4
MS Cloud, O365https://login.microsoftonline.com/O365 login4
MS Cloud, OWAhttps://outlook.office.com/owa/ Office Web App (OWA) 4
MS Cloud, Onedrivehttps://onedrive.live.com/OneDrive4
MS Cloud, MSD adminhttps://port.crm11.dynamics.com/G/Applications/Index.aspxOLD Microsoft 365 admin center (pre H2/2019) 4
MS Cloud, O365 adminhttps://admin.microsoft.com/AdminPortal/Home NEW Microsoft 365 admin center 4
MS Cloud, MSDhttps://home.dynamics.com/ MS Dynamics4
MS Cloud, MSD adminhttps://admin.powerplatform.microsoft.comPowerPlatform (MSD) 4
MS Cloud, PowerBIhttps://powerbi.microsoft.comPowerBI4
MS Cloud, Helphttps://docs.microsoft.comMS Help4
Atlassianhttps://example.atlassian.net/browse/PROJECT-123Atlassian, Modern view4
Atlassianhttps://example.atlassian.net/browse/PROJECT-123?oldIssueView=trueAtlassian, Legacy view4
MS Dynamics https://admin.dynamics.com/environments Modern View4
MS Dynamicshttps://port.crm11.dynamics.com/G/Applications/Index.aspxLegacy View, for admins 4
Domains Registrars http://namecheap.com/Registrar, cheap, bitpay5
Domains Registrars https://www.gandi.net Registrar, many tLDs4
Domains Registrars https://godaddy.com/Registrar, auctions too3
Domains Registrars https://www.netim.com/ Registrar, auctions3
Domains Registrars https://www.name.com/Registrar3
Domains Registrars https://www.101domain.com/Registrar, many tLDs3
Domains Registrars https://sedo.com/Domain Auctions4
Domains Registrars https://www.expireddomains.net/Expired domains grab5
Crypto Newshttps://www.coindesk.com/Coindesk5
Crypto newshttps://www.bitcoin.com/Bitcoin.com3
Crypto newshttps://cointelegraph.com/tags/bitcoinCoinTelegraph5
Crypto newshttps://www.ccn.com/CCN4
Crypto newshttps://bitcoinist.com/Bitcoinist
Crypto newshttps://www.newsbtc.com/NewsBTC 4
Crypto newshttps://ethereumworldnews.com/Crypto news 4
Crypto newshttps://www.dailyfx.com/bitcoinDaily FX3
Crypto newshttps://masterthecrypto.com/3
Crypto newshttps://coinmarketcap.com/Market Capitalisation5
Crypto Statshttps://coin360.com/Market Cap and wedges5
Crypto Statshttps://bitinfocharts.com/Crypto Charts4
Crypto Statshttps://bitcointicker.coTicker stats4
Crypto Statshttps://www.blockchain.com/en/statsBitcoinStats 4
Crypto Statshttps://coin.dance/statsCoin Dance, graphs and chart5
Crypto Statshttps://www.cryptocompare.com/CryptoCompare5
Crypto Statshttps://btc.com/statsMost private search engine3
Crypto Statshttps://blockchair.com/compareBlockchair3
Crypto Statshttps://charts.bitcoin.com/btc/Price charts5
Crypto funhttps://dickline.info/McAfee predicton tool to $1mil4
Crypto funhttps://99bitcoins.com/bitcoin-obituaries/Bitcoin Ongoing Obituaries5
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.coinbase.comCoinbase3
Crypto Excahngeshttps://shapeshift.io/#/coinsCrypto excanging5
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.bitmex.comBitmex5
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.binance.com/enBinance5
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.kraken.com/Kraken4
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.etoro.com/markets/btc/statsEtoro, social trading4
Crypto Excahngeshttps://www.etoro.com/markets/btcEtoro – Social Trading Exchange (no crypto cashout)4
Crypto Excahngeshttps://international.bittrex.com/Bittrex3
Crypto Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/bitcoin#bitcoin3
Crypto Twitter https://twitter.com/hashtag/crypto#crypto3
Crypto Twitter https://twitter.com/coinmetrics Coinmetrics.comTwitter chanel3
WebPageTest, performancehttps://www.webpagetest.org/multi tests3
Crypto DataMish, statshttp://datamish.comcrypto info3
Crypto Whale Alertshttps://whale-alert.io/crypto alerts, big transfers and moves3
Anonymous files uploadhttps://anonfile.comanon uploads5
Anonymous files uploadhttps://openload.cc/anon uploads
Anonymous files uploadhttps://bayfiles.com/anon uploads4
Anonymous image uploadhttps://unsee.cc/anon images, with expiry date5
Email Validatorhttps://verifalia.com/validate-emailvalidate email inbox3
Email Validatorhttps://www.textmagic.com/free-tools/email-validation-toolvalidate email inbox4
Email Server checkhttps://ssl-tools.net/mailserversSecure Email, Starttls4
Can I use?https://caniuse.com/TLS. browser support4
Wiki of TLShttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security#Web_browsersTLS, browser support 5
Have I been pawnedhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/Secure email check5
Ghostprojecthttps://ghostproject.fr/Secure email check3
check your emailhttps://spycloud.com/Secure email check4
leak databasehttps://leakprobe.net/Secure email check4
Latest email Leakshttps://hacked-emails.com/latest/Secure email check4
Hacked passwordshttps://scatteredsecrets.com/Secure email check4
Hacked emailshttps://breachalarm.com/Secure email check4
Dehashed, emailshttps://www.dehashed.com/Secure email check4
Strip HTML tagshttps://www.browserling.com/tools/html-stripHTML tags remove3
Exif view removehttps://www.verexif.com/EXIF remover3
Full emji listhttps://htmlstrip.com/full-emoji-listFull emji list2
Hash decrypt https://hashkiller.co.uk/HashKiller.co.uk is a hash lookup service4
Hex binary converthttps://md5decrypt.net/en/Conversion-tools/Hex binary convert3
MD crypt decrypthttps://md5decrypt.net/MD crypt decrypt3
Hash crypt decrypthttps://md5hashing.net/hash dehash3
MathToolshttps://onlinemathtools.com/ math utilities and tools4
TechURLs news aggregator.https://techurls.com/News Headlines, technology3
Math URLs news aggregator.https://mathurls.com/News Headlines, Maths3
Financial URLs news aggregator.https://finurls.com/News Headlines, Finance3
TLD-listhttps://tld-list.com/Tld, compare, domains5
Pinghttps://pingtool.org/Domain Tools 3
dpi resolutionhttps://www.sven.de/dpi/Screen pixel resolution4
dpi resolutionhttps://www.pixelcalculator.com/Screen pixel resolution4
Aspect ratiohttps://aspectrat.io/Ratios2

Portable Executables and some Installables

Recommended List of useful Online and Offline tools
DescriptionURLUsageCostRating
SoftetherVPN pojecthttps://www.softether.org/Installablefree5
MS Officehttps://products.office.com/Installablepaid5
Foxit Advanced PDF Editor 3.05https://www.foxitsoftware.com/blog/foxit-delivers-advanced-pdf-editor-3-0/Installablepaid5
ShareX, screencapture and morehttps://getsharex.com/Installablefree4
XCA - SSL Management tool, SSL ,CSR, RSA, DSA, PFX, PEMhttps://hohnstaedt.de/xca/Installablefree5
10+ Essential IP tools for Admins. DNS Audit, Network, WMIhttps://www.adremsoft.com/netcrunch.tools/Installablefree2
Total Commander https://www.ghisler.com/Portablefree5
ABBYY 14 – OCR Projecthttps://www.abbyy.com/en-gb/finereader/Installablepaid5
Autoruns, WMI and auto startuphttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autorunsPortablefree5
Cryping, command line extended pinghttp://www.cryer.co.uk/downloads/crypingPortablefree2
CurrentPortshttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.htmlPortablefree5
Daphne - system toolhttp://www.drk.com.ar/daphne.phpPortablefree3
Easy Robocopyhttp://www.tribblesoft.com/home-page/easy-robocopy/Portablefree5
ProcessExplorerhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorerPortablefree5
ProcessMonitorhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/procmonPortablefree5
FastStone, image viewer and editor https://www.faststone.org/ Portablefree5
qBittorrent , Best Bittorrent clienthttps://www.qbittorrent.org/Portablefree5
Terminals, RDP manager and network toolshttps://github.com/terminals-Origin/TerminalsPortablefree5
TCP Viewhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/tcpviewPortablefree3
WinCDEmu – ISO emulatorhttps://wincdemu.sysprogs.org/Portablefree5
CleanMemoryhttps://www.pcwintech.com/cleanmemPortablefree4
Teracopy, better copying https://www.codesector.com/teracopyPortablefree3
IIS Crypto - IIS Crypto, manage protocols, ciphers, hasheshttps://www.nartac.com/Portablefree4
RegexBuddy4https://www.regexbuddy.com/Portablefree5
BareGrep (also BareTail)https://www.baremetalsoft.com/baregrep/Portablefree2
WinDirStatshttps://windirstat.net/Portablefree2
SageLinks, SymLinks, HardLinkshttps://github.com/raspopov/SageLinks/releasesPortablefree3
NTFSViewLinks, SymLinks, Hardlinks, etchttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/ntfs_links_view.htmlPortablefree3
Lastpass, passwordshttps://www.lastpass.com/Installablefree5
Enpass, passwordshttps://www.enpass.io/Portablefree4
Keepass, password safe, opensourcehttps://keepass.info/Portablefree3
BeCyPDFMetaEdit, edit pdf metadatahttps://becypdfmetaedit.jaleco.com/Portablefree4
Notepad++https://notepad-plus-plus.org/Portablefree5
Evernotehttps://evernote.com/Installablefree5
NixNotehttp://nixnote.org/Portablefree3
MobaXterm, Linux terminal SSL clienthttps://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/Installablefree5
Putty, Linux terminal. SSH clienthttps://www.putty.org/Portablefree3
Hash Manager, change any file hashhttp://imristo.com/hash-manager-change-the-hash-of-any-file/Portablefree5
Gimp, image editorhttps://www.gimp.org/Portablefree3
HeidiSQL, SQL clienthttps://www.heidisql.com/Portablefree3
pgAdmin, postgress clienthttps://www.pgadmin.org/Installablefree5
OpenSSLhttps://www.openssl.org/Installablefree3
Sumatra, PDF readerhttps://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.htmlPortablefree3
TextCrawlerhttps://www.digitalvolcano.co.uk/textcrawler.htmlPortablefree4
WildRename, wildcard rename utilityhttps://www.cylog.org/utilities/wildrename.jspPortablefree3
WildReplace, wildcard replace utilityhttps://www.cylog.org/utilities/wildreplace.jspPortablefree3
WinDJViewer, djv viewerhttps://windjview.sourceforge.io/Portablefree3
GIT for windows, SSH terminal for Winhttps://git-scm.com/download/winInstallablefree5
FileMenuTools, edit explorer menushttps://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/products/filemenutoolsInstallablefree3
Mozilla Firefox, browserhttp://mozilla.org/Installablefree3
Chrome, browserhttps://www.google.com/chrome/Installablefree3
Opera, browserhttps://www.opera.com/Installablefree3
MouseEmu, emulate mouse with keyboardhttp://rhdesigns.browseto.org/mouseemulator.htmlInstallablefree5
Autohotkeys. Key emulatorhttps://www.autohotkey.com/Installablefree4
NeatMouse, emulate mouse with keyboardhttps://neatdecisions.com/products/neatmouse/Installabelfree3
Babun, Windows shell you will love (Discontinued)https://babun.github.io/Installablefree3
Calibre, Ebook managementhttps://calibre-ebook.com/Installable (can be portable)free5
Clavie, keyborad shortcutshttp://utilfr42.free.fr/util/Clavier.phpPortablefree3
Angry IP scanner, IP range scanhttps://angryip.org/Portablefree3
PingInfoView, advanced ping toolhttps://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multiple_ping_tool.htmlPortablefree5
Advanced IP Scanner, network LAN scannerhttp://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/Installablefree3