Texting Secrets: How Messenger Apps Guard Your Chats

By Uzair Amir
Worried about prying eyes? We explain how messenger apps keep your chats confidential with features like encryption & multi-factor authentication. Learn about security risks & emerging technologies for a safer digital future.
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How did a cheap amazon RF key managed to clone master key with rolling codes? [migrated]

I have a garage and I have the master key which is 433MHz and the specifications say it is a rolling code. Here is a table of the specifications:

Range in open field (m): 100
Frequency: 433.92 MHz
Coding type: Rolling code
Number of butto… Continue reading How did a cheap amazon RF key managed to clone master key with rolling codes? [migrated]

How Google’s 90-day TLS certificate validity proposal will affect enterprises

Announced last year, Google’s proposal to reduce the lifespan of TLS (transport layer security) certificates from 13 months to 90 days could be implemented in the near future. It will certainly improve security and shrink the window of opportunity for … Continue reading How Google’s 90-day TLS certificate validity proposal will affect enterprises

Can a VPN company perform a MiTM attack if SSL Pinning is in place?

Recently, I read news about Facebook acquired the Onavo VPN company to monitor Snapchat users’ traffic. It seems they executed a Man-in-the-Middle attack by replacing the certificate. But could they have executed the same attack if Snapcha… Continue reading Can a VPN company perform a MiTM attack if SSL Pinning is in place?

Question about storing salt values and hashed passwords in the database [duplicate]

So I was reading through an article about how passwords are salted and hashed through a cryptographic function here, and found out that hashed passwords, along with the plaintext salt values are stored in the database.
Now, I was wondering… Continue reading Question about storing salt values and hashed passwords in the database [duplicate]