Tag Archives: security
Brute Force Calculation Spreadsheet
Mandylion Research Labs have published a bruteforce attack time estimator that predicts how long it would take to crack a password. It’s in Microsoft Excel format and what you should do is enter variations in the numbers of uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers and special characters, to get a feel for how long an evil hacker would probably take to crack your credentials.
Full StorySimple .htaccess Intrusion Detection System
The following addirions to your ,htaccess file will protect you against common URL encoding attacks such as SQL injection, white space, javascript, etc and redirects the URL to log.php. Log.php will then alert you via email.
Full StoryHow To Securely Delete Files In Linux
If you are using a file system such as EXT3, ReiserFS, JFS, or XFS you cannot securely delete your files without using an encrypted file system. These are what is known as journaling file systems and they record all changes that occur in your files. Every record insertion/deletion/update is logged. This replication of data is useful for disaster recovery, however, it means that even if you delete a file, there is still a record of it in your system.
Full Story10 Ways To Secure Your Wordpress Install
Getting your Wordpress blog hacked is a big humiliation. Fortunately, there are ways to protect your blog from malicious attacks, and they are all easy to implement.
Full StoryBrute Force Attack
In the context of computer security, a brute force attack is a particular strategy used to break your lovingly crafted password. This is the most widely used method of cracking passwords and it involves running through all the possible permutations of keys until the correct key is found. For example, if your password is 2 characters long and consists of letters and numbers – and is case sensitive, then a brute force attacj would see a potential 3,844 different “guesses” at your password. This is because:
Full Story