What is Cross Site Scripting?

Cross-Site Scripting Attacker inserts malicious code into an application, when regular users request the webpage it returns the malicious page and the attacker gains control over user data via code he injects.

Countermeasure

Safely validating untrusted HTML input

Cookie security

Disabling scripts

How to Back up your SMS and Phone Logs on Android Smartphone

Backup message & call to Email is an application from Lucky-Dog that backups your SMS, MMS and call logs and links them to your gmail account.

You have to download The app called Backup message & call to Email

It has following features

1). Backup/restore your SMS to/from Gmail.
2). Backup/restore your call log to/from Gmail.
3). Backup/restore your MMS to/from Gmail.
4). Support to login Gmail with XOAuth, you needn’t to provide your Gmail password.
5). Support to hide application icon.

Once the app is installed you need to set up both the app as well as configure your gmail account. Start by logging in with your gmail account. Follow up by configuring your gmail account.

 

1.   Backup message & call to Email requires IMAP access to your gmail account to work. You can accomplish this by following the steps below.

2.   Login to your Gmail account

3.   Navigate to Settings

4.   Scroll down to Forwarding and POP/IMAP.

5.   Check Enable IMAP.

6.   Scroll down and click Save Changes.

Go back to the app hit backup to backup or restore your data.

How to Convert Email To PDF And Other Document Formats

Converting your email into documents like PDF and other document formats like Doc just got easier. 

In Gmail, Browse to ‘Labs’ tab from Settings.

Search for a tab writing ‘Create a Document’ in the query box. Enable that feature. And save changes.

You are all set to convert your emails into documents. Open the document you want to convert into document. If you want pictures to appear in the documents, enable pictures by clicking on display images below.

Now once you have opened the email, click on More and chose to create a document.

Once you chose to Create a document you will be taken to Google Docs. From file menu choose the format you want to download as. That is it. 

How to Search Emails with Attachment Only in Gmail

In this post I will explain how you can find only mails with attachments which are only Word or Excel etc.

Open Gmail and inside Search box (mail search box) type has: attachment. Results will give you entire emails in your inbox which has some kind of attachment or other.

Now if you want search a specific file like a Word file, Excel file etc. You can use has: attachment doc (for searching only attachments with Word file), has: attachment xls (for searching only attachments with Excel file)

You can also use filename :( file name) for finding a specific file, for example to find /search only word file attachment you can use filename:.doc.

How to Use Gmail to Send Large Sized Emails and Attachments

Gmail has the maximum size of the attachment cannot exceed 25MB.
All Gmail users will be glad to know that Google now offers an option to send any large file using their Google Drive account.
Using Google Drive to send large files on Gmail is a very simple task. This feature is available in the Compose window. To use this service, you have to follow the step given below:
1. Open your Gmail account, go to the Compose window and click the Try out the new compose experience and enter the recipient’s email address as well as the subject.

2. Click on Insert files using Google Drive from the bottom of the Compose window. It will open a window from where you can upload your large file.

3. Now click on the Upload button and browse the file that you want send via email. You will be able to see the uploading process and once it is done, you will see your Compose window again along with your uploaded file.

4. This is the last step where you can see the file that you have uploaded using Google Drive appearing in the Compose window. Now click on the Send button and your email is off to its recipient.

How to Quickly Save Gmail Attachments to Google Docs or Drive

You need to add extension named Gmail Attachments to Drive to your Google Chrome browser.

Go to your Gmail inbox and locate any email with attachments you would like to save directly to Google docs.

Now, you have an added the option of saving the attachments to Google Drive shown as “Save To Drive”.

Select “Save to Drive” for each of the documents you want to save to your Google Drive account.

That’s it. Your attachment has been saved to Google drive. A new tab will open to confirm that your attachments are indeed saved in Google docs.

You can select Google Docs from this page if you wish to view the saved attachment to confirm that your attachment is intact.

How To Make Any Website Do Harleme Shake

Go to any website.

Right Click and click on "Inspect element ".

Go to "Console".

Then Copy and The following Code and Press Enter.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VjSfDO6HWSm1PL2DWlExSc-i5l93zPW_iqa37TvssGI/edit?usp=sharing

Note:-You may need To download Google Chrome To Perform This Task.

How to Disable the Chat Feature in Gmail

Connect to your Gmail account.

Click on Settings (small gear icon) > Settings > Chat.

Select "Chat off".

Scroll down and click on "Save Changes".

How to lock your gmail account with mobile

Gmail sends a code to your mobile when you try to login.

Log in to your Gmail account.

Go to the Setting menu on gmail.

Select the tab Accounts and imports.

In the Change Account Settings menu click on other account settings.

In the opened new tab click security.

You will find 2- step verification setting click on it.

It asks for password verification give your password.

Click Start setup.

Enter your phone number in the Phone Number column.

Select SMS or voice call and click Send code.

Your mobile will receive message Like Your Google verification code is XXXXXX (Ex: 173704)

Enter the verification code into the verification column and Click verify.

Click next if you don’t want to ask the verification code for every time from you have trusted computer. 

At last click conform for conformation then you can login to use the phone verification code.

How to Give Access to Your Gmail Account Without Sharing Password

It’s a very simple way simply enter your Google account click on Settings as in the picture

Then go to the accounts and import and click on add another account after you enter the Gmail guest account,

Message will reach the other side for the acceptance of the addition, where after acceptance must wait approximately 30 minutes in order to allow him to manage your account, so just by clicking on the image visitor (guest) in the mail box they choose to log on to your account,

So the guest will be able to read and reply to messages in addition to managing other Google services associated with your account.

How to Create shortcut for signout in Gmail

Right click on Desktop go to New and select Shortcut.

In the Opened window paste the html link https://mail.google.com/mail/?logout&hl=en

Click next type name as Signout and click Finish.

Right click on the shortcut click on the properties

In the Web Document tab give any short like Ctrl + alt + S in the shortcut key option

And click OK.

When you want to sign out your gmail just press the keyboard shortcut which you created above.

The new signout window will pop up in the browser.

Some Use Full Shortcuts for Gmail to reduce Time

Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.

C: Compose new message.

Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.

Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.

K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.

N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

P: Switch focus to the previous message.

U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

Y: Various actions depending on current view:

Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.

Inbox: Archive email or message.

Starred: Unstarred email or message.

Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."

Trash: Move back to "Inbox."

Any label: Remove the label.

X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

R: Reply to the email.

A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

F: Forward an email.

Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.

How do you send email to many people without everyone knowing who else is receiving it

You should use the Bcc: header. Bcc stands for "Blind carbon-copy". All mail clients, including Mozilla Thunderbird, Outlook Express and Webmail have this option.

You should leave your To: field blank, and type in all the addresses in the Bcc: field. The message will be delivered to all recipients, but they have no way of knowing who else received it.

When they reply, they can only reply to the person that sent the message and people that were listed in the To: and Cc: fields.

How to log-out your Gmail account Remotely

Google has a security feature for gmail, remote log-out.

We are use more than two computers to login to gmail (like home & office). Sometimes we forget to logout of gmail in office computer or any other computer.

Login to your gmail account.

You can click on “Details” link in footer which shows you a pop-up having details about your last sessions and logged in & from which IP.

Check for all the sessions, see all are yours or somebody else is logging into your account! Click on “Sign out all other sessions” to sign out of gmail at all other places except the current.