Is Synology’s Active Backup for Business Destination Encryption Secure or Snake Oil?

Synology’s Active Backup for Business has a feature for Destination Encryption which only seems to work with BTRFS. It works so that you have to set it up when creating the BTRFS storage. At this point you specify a password and when finis… Continue reading Is Synology’s Active Backup for Business Destination Encryption Secure or Snake Oil?

How to listen on all encrypted (SSL/TLS) traffic of a (Windows) system under your control?

On one of my Windows machines (so I am admin and basically can do whatever I want with it) I’d like to analyse traffic which obviously is directed to a malware C&C server. The traffic is TLS encrypted and originates from an injected/in… Continue reading How to listen on all encrypted (SSL/TLS) traffic of a (Windows) system under your control?

Can BitLocker simply be bypassed by just "waiting long enough" till it auto suspends due an update?

When you get an automatic feature or even only cumulative Windows 10 update with an activated BitLocker (password protected) system partition BitLocker will prompt you afterwards from the system tray that it is suspended. From here you can… Continue reading Can BitLocker simply be bypassed by just "waiting long enough" till it auto suspends due an update?