Collaborate Disseminate
I am (basically) pen-testing my own website, and I do have a new WAF, but have temporarily taken it down in a safe, testing environment (the one on my actual site is still up.)
This is the same site that was receiving an enormous amount of… Continue reading Is my wesbite stil vulnerable if sqlmap cannot retrieve the database names but CAN successfully inject?
I haven’t needed to restart my computer for a while now, as I just usually shut down when I’m finished, and then reboot when I use Windows again. I dual-boot, so of course I often restart to a different OS, but hardly ever back to windows…. Continue reading Why does Windows force you to do a mandatory restart once in a while? Apparently, its for ‘security purposes.’
I know a lot about what a VPN is, and how they work, and for most of you it would be extremely simple.
But how would you go about explaining it to someone who doesn’t even have a clue about what the heck a VPN is?
A ‘non-techie’ has asked … Continue reading How would you explain a VPN to a non-techie? [closed]
The Signal Protocol, as many of you would know, is used by many applications such as WhatsApp and Signal. These corporations, I can vouch for, would definitely use the most secure protocol they could- as WhatsApp, for example, would happil… Continue reading Why does the Signal Protocol use a symmetric key for encryption- when asymmetric keys are more secure? [duplicate]
So I realised something the other day- that channels 1, 6, and 11 are by far the most common channels for 2.4 GHz wifi networks, and are highly recommended.
So I did more research and came across this article: https://www.acrylicwifi.com/e… Continue reading Why are Wi-Fi channels 1, 6, and 11 recommended on 2.4 GHz for security? [closed]
I need a good explanation- and I don’t think this site has one.
As for my Web app, users (and I) will need to upload and transfer data- and I know the basic uses of SFTP and FTPS but I need a good security focused answer, please.
P.S. I ad… Continue reading What is the difference between SFTP and FTPS? [duplicate]
Let’s say I had access to someone’s computer, and it is connected to the internet- but I don’t have permissions to delete registry or system files, and I don’t care about control.
I just want to destroy it with malware I can get from the i… Continue reading What is the easiest way to get a virus? [closed]
So a while ago I was talking to a guy who was a high-up security officer for a big bank, and he told me something interesting. He told me (and this isn’t private information or anything,) that after about five incorrect guesses of the pas… Continue reading At what point does data wipe after incorrect password attempts become reasonable? [closed]
Being interested in security, hashing in particular, I thought of a strategy that could either help or compromise password security.
The main way to ‘break’ hashes is to brute force them.
So, while sometimes it is hard to tell, most of the… Continue reading Is this idea for secure password storage a good one?
What is a good example of a use for security through obscurity?
I have tried looking this up but I still don’t really get it…
I have also seen other questions such as this one: Isn’t all security “through obscurity”?, but I still don’t exactly get the point and meaning.
Continue reading Example of security through obscurity? [closed]