Collaborate Disseminate
Recently shimmers made a lot of noise in the news and became popular to be installed in ATMs as they are very small.
Can they be installed inside chip and pin devices? Or where else can they be installed?
How to protect you… Continue reading Shimmers inside chip and pin devices
I would like to store and work with some files but simply set a password to my Windows account isn’t enough as the hard drive can be removed and the files can be recovered.
I am wondering if I create an encrypted container w… Continue reading How to store and open files without making them recoverable?
I would like to create a SSO where my users can login to machines and wordpress (php) websites.
So far I have LDAP with Kerberos working. I can login with the same credentials to every service, however I can’t seem to avoid … Continue reading Do I need Shibboleth? SSO on WordPress + Debian
I have a laptop with Windows installed and iPhone both synchronised to Dropbox. Also I use Google Drive app on my phone and on my laptop I access Drive using browser. Which way of using cloud is more safe?
Also I don’t have as strong secu… Continue reading Infecting synchronized devices through the cloud
For the record, this was purely for learning purposes, I’ve been told don’t even use this for a personal website that I don’t expect anyone to visit, so this post is unfortunately the last I’ll see of this code. However, I’ve… Continue reading What’s good/bad about this custom password hashing?
Let’s assume that I unwittingly connect to a malicious WiFi network and visit some websites. By malicious, I mean the network has been set up for the purpose of stealing data.
From what I’ve read, using https:// is safe. Is this true for … Continue reading Data Security on a Malicious WiFi Network
I know that asking how many bits of entropy comprise a strong password is rather like asking the length of a piece of string. But assuming the NSA is not on to you, and that it is hardly worthwhile anyone spending a decade br… Continue reading Is an 80 bit password good enough for all practical purposes?
So people always talk about how if you use http over a shared wifi hotspot, people will be able to see your unencrypted data, but I have never been able to make the direct connection from a network security standpoint. I woul… Continue reading Intercepting wifi traffic
So people always talk about how if you use http over a shared wifi hotspot, people will be able to see your unencrypted data, but I have never been able to make the direct connection from a network security standpoint. I woul… Continue reading Intercepting wifi traffic
I’m about to encrypt two of my hard drives using LUKS, since I can’t really do it myself I use the guide on the Arch Linux wiki (which can be found here). In an example in the guide the cipher specified is aes-xts-plain with a 512-bit key … Continue reading For LUKS: The most preferable and safest cipher?