It is standard practice to send "plaintext" HTTPS password. The passwords are ultimately not plaintext, since the client-server communication is encrypted as per TLS. Encrypting the password before sending it in HTTPS doesn't accomplish much: if the attacker got their hands on the encrypted password they could simply…
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The idea of this attack - CVE 2014 0224 is that it is taking place in the SSL handshake, hence the client is still not aware of the MITM and since the attack manages to downgrade the key of the encryption it will manage to make your client believe it is talking to the real server. So if someone manages to MITM your…
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According to https://torrentfreak.com/interview-with-bram-cohen-the-inventor-of-bittorrent/ The so-called ‘encryption’ of BitTorrent traffic isn’t really encryption, it’s obfuscation. It provides no anonymity whatsoever, and only temporarily evades traffic shaping. And: As I’ve said before, protocol encryption is at…
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As you found some Chinese characters in windows registry, and you are suspecting that your system has been hacked, first and foremost you should focus on backing up your data. Chances are you are going to have to wipe your entire system and start over, and you don't know how long you will be able to use your system.…
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Stealing physical keys is risky small scale business, hacking perhaps not Consider having to make this choice: Walk up to someone, put your hand in his pocket, grab his key, immediately get into his car, drive away, sell it for whatever you can get Hack something, arrange a sale (passwords/actual car), at a convenient…
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SensorsTechForum suggests trying Kaspersky’s RectorDecryptor.exe and RakhniDecryptor.exe. However, I would not hold out much hope.As CryptoWall3 is very similar to CryptoDefense, you may be able to decrypt using the method here. Unfortunately, this only really applies if you were infected before April 1st 2014. You…
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So what is this caller id? Well the called id is definitely invalid since anyone with a call center can change the caller id of the call this is probably one of the two following things: The caller set it that way and your service provider identified the call from +1(1) which is the USA area code and that's why it…
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If you look at AppArmor vs SELinux, they are both strong and weak in the same ways. SELinux is "stronger" in that it can get even more finely grained access to files, but what does that gain an attacker over being in an apparmor profile? You're already significantly restricted in an apparmor profile. So, do you truly…
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To conclude about what's better between AES 256 vs 128, we should be aware that AES comes with three standard key sizes (128, 192 and 256 bits). Many people see this and think that if there are three distinct sizes instead of just one, then there must be some difference, and since the 256-bit version is a bit slower…
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Ad.doubleclick.net is a legitimate advertising service, that, in some cases, can be related to adware. Although Google ads editors moderate the quality of advertisers, very often this platform is used by unscrupulous vendors. Initially, it is a marketing domain used by Google for displaying a wide range of different…
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If you want to delete the database, you will get this error if there is an open session on the database. First, set the database to single_user mode. Then you can delete it. First, make sure you don't have dependencies like database snapshots on the DB you want to remove. Though, the error message would look…
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This error means that the master branch on Heroku contains commits that are not in your local branch. Or, if you don't care about the missing commits you can force push to Heroku. This will overwrite the remote repo on Heroku with your local commits. You probably have not checked out master first. In order to resolve…
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