While Microsoft talks a good game regarding caring about your privacy, their products speak differently. Most of you know that Internet Explorer is the most often attacked Web browser, hence the seemingly endless patches for it. And I know a lot of you have grown up (on the Internet) with it, but maybe the time has come you… Read More »
How long do you think it would take to crack a password like barb49? Offline Fast Attack Scenario: (Assuming one hundred billion guesses per second) 0.000622 seconds. Massive Cracking Array Scenario:(Assuming one hundred trillion guesses per second) 0.000000622 seconds; Now let’s change that barb49 password to a strong password, let’s say a 15 character password generated by Last… Read More »
EB is pretty cool,, she knows all the hacker terms like pwned and crack. I don’t know any of them, but if I need to know one she’ll tell me — reluctantly. Because you’re all good people like TC, you probably don’t know what pwned means, so EB told me it’s OK to tell you. Pwned means owned.… Read More »
It seems every day there is something else in the news about our government encroaching on our personal lives. Now it has been revealed that the FBI hackers have been developing malware. It’s not surprising; I think most of us know the government hires the best hackers and pays them well. So here you go… This Ars Technica… Read More »
Google Pushes White House Petition Demanding The Government Secure A Warrant To Read Your Email Google is promoting a White House petition calling for reform to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), amending it to require a warrant for the government to read the email of its citizens. In a Google+ post – natch – Google asked its… Read More »
Just a few minutes ago, I received one of those scam emails designed to pluck at my heart strings and make me all warm and fuzzy — and abandon my common sense enough that I’d actually give my bank account details to someone I don’t know. Most of the time, I just delete it, but sometimes I can’t… Read More »