Security

Video: Protection through distraction?

Hey, it's Funny Friday! And I have a very funny video for you (if you consider British dry humour funny - I do). How about distracting hackers from stealing information by titillating them with erotic romance? This was an April Fool's joke from Sophos in 2010. Watch and enjoy and have a great...

Cipher challenge: The solution

When hackers hack, hack ‘em back?

Internet History, Technology, and Security course at coursera.org

If you aren't familiar with coursera.org, you need to get over there right now. I just completed the nine-week course Internet History, Technology, and Security. This is a must for anyone in tech who did not grow up pre-internet and a dance down memory lane for anyone who remembers slide...

Is your password “qeadzcwrsfxv1331?”

If so, it has been cracked. And rather easily, I might add. How is it that a 16 character password with seemingly random characters could be easily cracked? The answer might surprise you and you'll definitely rethink the way you create passwords. An article on Ars Technica (

To change or not to change passwords, that is the question.

Cipher challenge: Can you decrypt this?

Security Now! Illustrated – Episode 17: PPTP and IPSEC VPN Technology

I simply love these Ask Mr. Wizard animations and illustrations of Steve Gibson's Security Now! episodes. Here is the latest post, and it's a good one. Note: There are several segments to this series and this video will refer you to them at the Ask Mr. Wizard site. [brightcove]

Twitter now has two-factor authentication

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