Brute Force Calculation Spreadsheet

Mandylion Research Labs have published a brute force 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 uppercas…


Simple .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.

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How 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 f…


10 Ways To Secure Your WordPress Install

  • Keep your WordPress install and plugins up to date. Probably the most important task you can perform is to upgrade your WordPress installation to the latest version. WordPress will inform you when a new version is available and these days y…

  • Brute 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 per…