Facebook is currently the most popular social networking website with over 250 million active users worldwide. Anyone who is 13 and over can sign up for a Facebook account and can add friends and share their most intimate information with their friends including pictures and personal information. While it can be fun and convenient to keep up with old friends and make new ones online, sharing too much personal information on these sites can be risky.
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Solving FBI’s 2008 Code Cracking Challenge
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a code cracking challenge today. This was in response to a similar challenge the FBI issued last year, which proved to be hugely popular with many thousands responding to the crypto challenge. The FBI Code Cracking Challenge The FBI embedded the above code as a flash file. […]
Continue ReadingStrong Password Suggestions using a Password Chart
I think I came across one of the best strong password generators on the Internet at Password Chart. Picking a strong password is very important. A strong and secure password should go beyond just a simple number such as passw0rd where you replace the o with a zero(0) or a special character in the end […]
Continue ReadingGenerate Secure Passwords using the Enigma Code Machine
The Enigma was a rotor machine used by the German Military during WW II to encrypt messages they sent to each other. It was invented by German Engineer Arthur Scherbius in 1923. The Enigma Code Machine consisted of a plugboard, three rotors and a reflector which redirected the electrical current. Each letter entered by a […]
Continue ReadingHow to Break Web Software
Mike Andrews was one of the coolest and most knowledgeable professors I had the opportunity of learning from, while at school @ Florida Tech. Currently, Mike is currently working as the Principle consultant at Foundstone/McAfee, taking a break from teaching. At school, we did not have video tape lectures, but I did find this video […]
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