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How can I update modem firmware?

It doesn't matter at all if you own the cable modem or not. Providers have policies (for several good reasons) about how endpoints are managed and most of them (especially the big ones, Comcast, Cox, Charter/TWC/Spectrum, etc) require that in order to connect to their network, your cable modem must run their firmware.…

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Answered Mar 9, 2022 · 776 Views Read answer →

Is someone using my email address, how can I know for sure?

The solution for someone using my email address is that - You can start giving your address out as [first name][2 digit number][+][last name]@gmail.com. Gmail ignores everything after the + and you can filter for emails which don't include your last name. (It would probably be worth going through the filtered emails…

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Answered Mar 9, 2022 · 754 Views Read answer →

Can I ask my ISP for internet history?

The answer for - Can I ask my ISP for internet history is Free Tor Browser (but if your dad monitors any traffic ... he will know something is sketchy) Cheap (but less suspicious) Setup a VPS through a provider like Vultr (shameless affiliate link) Do initial security setup on the VPS Tutorial Link Setup a SSH tunnel…

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Answered Mar 9, 2022 · 583 Views Read answer →

Is port forwarding dangerous?

The answer to - Is port forwarding dangerous is that it's is NOT inherently dangerous in itself and YES the safety is dependant on the service at the target port. But safety also depends on how good is your router's firewall and how well it is protected, both internally and externally. For remote access, both SSH and…

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Answered Mar 3, 2022 · 579 Views Read answer →

Can a PDF contain a virus?

The answer to your question - Can a PDF contain a virus is - Yes it can. Whether a file is malicious or not, does not depend on the file extension (in this case PDF). It depends on the vulnerabilities in the software which will be parsing it. So for example, the PDF reader that you are using potentially contains a…

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Answered Feb 28, 2022 · 518 Views Read answer →

What is certificate pinning?

Certificate pinning allows bypassing standard certificate authority chains to mitigate the risk of a valid certificate being issued to a criminal. Motivation for a new solution...SSL/TLS certificates are signed by other certificates. Browsers normally recognize a certificate as valid when in some point of this…

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Answered Feb 28, 2022 · 651 Views Read answer →

xplain the difference of active and passive digital footprint.

A simple Google search for digital footprint active passive has lead me to this article, which explains the difference: Active data traces is what a user leaves intentionally. Facebook, Twitter, blog posts, social network connections, image and video uploads all are among the ways individual’s create active digital…

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Answered Feb 27, 2022 · 1.5K Views Read answer →

Can I get a PHP downloaded file without it being executed?

The php downloaded file is executed on the server side so there is no way of getting the source code unfortunately. What you can try however is to manipulate the URL with the hope that the sysadmin made a mistake. When a user visits http://www.example.com/index.php, the web server generates the HTML response by…

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Answered Feb 25, 2022 · 669 Views Read answer →

Explain s3.amazonaws.com.

s3.amazonaws.com is an endpoint for a cloud file storage product offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and is used by many websites and apps (albeit usually behind the scenes, but you can serve files from it directly too). Seeing references to that domain is definitely not inherently malicious, however given that you…

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Answered Feb 25, 2022 · 586 Views Read answer →

The command prompt opens and closes randomly, what should I do?

If command prompt opens and closes randomly, You can try the below steps - If your version of Windows allows you to run Local Security Policy or Local Group Policy editor, you can enable advanced audit logging of process start and stop in the system, and the next time it occurs, look in the Security event log to see…

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Answered Feb 24, 2022 · 969 Views Read answer →

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