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Floppy disks used to have a physical means of preventing writing to them. No software could bypass that, no matter what. It had to be flicked physically and manually by a human being.
Modern SD cards and SD card converters have a physical … Continue reading Why did they stop adding physical "write protect" mechanism?
I mean this has certainly been implemented by some scummy PRNG developers, which thought of the economics behind it (especially in the casino and similar businesses). So it might be even legal in some cases, but this not Law StackExchange … Continue reading What’s the best approach to make PRNGs favourably deterministic a.k.a. biased and how to protect yourself against this?
Let’s imagine I lost my Android device and want to find it on google.com/android/find. It’s works perfect when my GPS is enabled, but when it isn’t, I can see only last location when GPS was turned on.
So how do I force an Android device t… Continue reading How do I force an Android device to enable location (GPS) remotely when searching for it on google.com/android/find?
Inspired by seashells, scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have engineered a versatile new material that’s incredibly inexpensive, strong, lightweight, and heat resistant. The material could find use in shielding for spacecraft or fusion facilit… Continue reading Seashell-inspired material makes for strong, light spacecraft shielding
I am quite new to UFW and IpTables and I am trying to understand what kind of rules we should look to implement to keep a web-application secure. The current scenario I am testing myself in is that I am writing rules for an application lik… Continue reading Writing effective UFW & IpTable rules
We were trying key export from Windows Certificate Store as part of a certificate module development.
The code is in C++ and mostly WinCrypt and openssl APIs are used.
I installed a certificate that has private key in my Local Machine cert… Continue reading Local Machine certificate (certlm.msc) Import – Enable strong private key protection
I am trying to better understand measures that can be used to protect a web-application. I’m trying to determine which would be more effective, implementing a UFW or using IpTables.
From my perspective, they are both as effective as each o… Continue reading UFW vs IpTables for web application security
I read a similar question here on how large companies protect themselves and became intrigued about how this would transfer over to less significant operation (ie security researcher, small company, etc).
I recognize that malware analysis … Continue reading How can a typical researcher protect against VM escapes?
As a junior security candidate I am under the impression of all these misleading videos and SEO enriched articles full of some of the same copy and pasted top results and really need a better under standing or a foundation for better exper… Continue reading After hardening Windows, Macintosh, and a Linux flavor which is truly toughest?
Industrial piping has a hard life, as it’s constantly exposed to liquids that can damage its inner surface over time. A new polymer coating could help protect such pipes, while removing toxic metals from the liquids as it does so.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Waste-derived coating could protect pipes and absorb pollutants