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How to reset your BlackBerry ID password [Direct Link]

Are you trying to login to your BlackBerry ID from your smartphone and getting a wrong username/password error again and again? Then it’s always a good idea to reset you password after 2 or 3 unsuccessful attempts or else your ID will be blocked. We will tell you how you can reset your Blackberry ID password in just few steps.

  1. Click on this link for your PC or Phone’s browser. This will open the password reset page. Alternatively you can click “Forget Password” link given on the login page.
  2. Enter your username i.e. your BlackBerry ID E-mail and then enter the image verification code. After that click submit.
  3. Now check your E-mail mailbox by logging in to your E-mail account and open the password reset mail. Don’t forget to check your spam/junk mails if it’s not there in your inbox.
  4. Click on the “Password Reset Link” given in that E-Mail after the text “To change your BlackBerry ID password, simply visit”. This will open a new page. Enter your new password twice on that page and click Submit.
  5. Now try logging in with your new password. In case you’re getting an error please drop a comment below.
(via BB Help Blog)

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How to check whats new with Orkut?

Recently Google has started a page to let Orkut users look up what is new with their services. Obviously one can follow the official Orkut Blog but most users might want to just look up a single page and check if they missed anything. As you all know that Orkut does not change a lot of things. Definitely they do not change things around every day for us but once every few days.

You can now look up what is new with Orkut by visiting http://orkut.com/whatsnew.

This is probably showing Google’s intention of leveraging Orkut a little bit as many Orkut users might be using Orkut but not know its integration with Google Chrome and Picassa.

You can visit that page for the latest from Orkut or you can always leave it to Orkut Diary to write about the latest happenings on Okrut. 😉

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Beware! Orkut Hackers Sending Fake eMails!

Beware all Orkut users! Now hackers are sending friend request emails that look similar to any genuine Orkut email. Below are screen shots of emails sent by hackers:

At first, you might find similarities in both the emails, but on a closer observation, I found that all the links in that mail that came to me are redirected to the following address

http://www.l0gm3.h4ck3r.in/orkut/ServiceLogin.php?id=66

Initially, I didn’t look for anything and just clicked on that link in the email and even typed my Login details in the fields. That is when I remembered that I had saved my Password and Username for Orkut in my Firefox Browser. I saw the URL and I was shocked to see it.

Now, how does this work?

Basically, hacking using fake Login pages is called as Phishing…

  • When you click on sign in, the Login form will go to another file. In this case the file name is process.php
  • Now this process.php file will contain the code in the below image.

    Now the highlighted FILENAME.TXT file’s name can be anything that can be kept as a secret.
  • The FILENAME.TXT file stores the Username and Password entered into the fields of the fake Login page

Please be careful while logging into Orkut account. Just TRIPLE CHECK the URL if you see an Orkut Login page that you have not TYPED yourself in the in the address bar 🙂

Still, I’m doing research on this site to crack out what that .txt filename is..!! 😛

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Some Preventive Measures you should follow to not get Hacked!

If you are a follower of the Orkut Help Group, you must be aware how, in the recent days, many Orkut accounts were being hacked and as such, help group was flooded with questions on how these types of automatic account deletion and hacking cases should be handled.

To help people on tackling such hacking and automatic account deletion cases, Sreejoy – An active member of the help group has suggested some safety measures that every Orkut users should take care of.

  • Do not visit unknown profiles, as they may contain virus and malicious elements.
  • If possible avoid saving pictures from unknown Orkut profiles.
  • Never open multimedia scraps like music, videos, etc.
  • Also, do not forward such multimedia scraps as you too may help the hackers.
  • Just to increase your total friends count, do not add or accept unknown people as a friend.
  • As the home page of Orkut says “Never click any links or use java scripts while logged in to Orkut, doesn’t matter what they claim to do”. Even I would request you to adhere to this statement of Orkut.

    • If you keep in mind the above few things before logging into Orkut, I am sure, you will have a splendid Orkutting experience. 🙂