Collaborate Disseminate
I seek protection against MITM & snooping of VPN or Tor proxy traffic on public WiFi.
So, what are the different security impacts of each of these 2 solutions:
Using a VPN (like Proton VPN) to connect to the internet while using publi… Continue reading What is the difference between a VPN and a Tor Socks proxy on public wifi?
I gave my laptop for repair to a technician now I suspect he might have copied my files to another pc by probably plugging in my SSD to other devices. I already tried checking the properties but idk why my access time is getting set to the… Continue reading Is there a way to find the devices my SSD was plugged in?
Say you’re connected to a wifi router. It’s sketchy. But you also really need internet and that’s the only way to get it for the time being.
The router has only WPA security. Assume that the router owner, manufacturer, and ISP are bad acto… Continue reading How to guard against sketchy router
They can’t read much of your data, but even a few stray network packets could tell them something they’re not supposed to know. Continue reading Researchers claim they can bypass Wi-Fi encryption (briefly, at least)
Hey! That back door isn’t supposed to be there at all, let alone propped open… Continue reading Zoom for Mac patches sneaky “spy-on-me” bug – update now!
As I understand the original master key, which is used to encrypt the application data is never transmitted over the wire and it is calculated on both client and server individually using a hashing-alike function which takes the following … Continue reading How is man-in-the-middle attack prevented in TLS?
You know you want one, because this retro phone is NOT A TOY… except when it comes to cybersecurity. Continue reading The cool retro phone with a REAL DIAL… plus plenty of IoT problems
I have an app that I expect to run only locally when I’m debugging. I modified the app so that if it’s running in debug mode on a device I don’t recognize, it phones home to tell me the details of what it’s running on. My report() method… Continue reading Why is my unpublished app being run remotely?
Someone is spying on me. Someone is running a version of my app that I haven’t published. Under certain conditions the app phones home. And that’s what it did.
I’m working on my app. It had a bug, and it crashed. I trap the Java uncau… Continue reading Is someone spying on me?
Latest episode – listen now! Continue reading S3 Ep24: How not to get snooped, scammed or hoaxed [Podcast]