Many database administrators believe that by encrypting their customers’ passwords they protect them properly against potential malicious operations, but security expert Javvad Malik reveals that these practices are not the best way to secure a password. He released a great video in which he demonstrated, in e... |
13 January 2012
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On July 22 Microsoft released Windows 7 to manufacturing and started shipping images of the operating system to original equipment manufacturers. Next in line to get the gold bits of Windows 7 will be ISVs (Independent software vendors) and IHVs (Independent hardware vendors) as well as MSDN and TechNet subscribers o... |
24 July 2009
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It seems that the PlayStation 3 gaming console from Sony has uses beyond simply playing the newest Prince of Persia. Some people have used the console as a Linux based computer, while others are using it, via the Folding@home program, to sort through data which could improve our knowledge of diseases and could lead t... |
5 January 2009
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At the end of the past year, limited details on a security hole in MD5 were made public in a demonstration of collision attacks aimed at digital certificates signed using the hashing algorithm. The security researchers who demoed the attacks did not release the actual particulars on the MD5 hashing algorithm vulnerab... |
5 January 2009
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The strength of passwords, as well as their encryption mechanism, is crucial for the security of database driven applications. If you own a website constructed on a ready-made content management system architecture, the back-end administration password will always be protected by using a certain type of encryption m... |
26 May 2008
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The best way to protect data transfers between client and server is the SSL/SSH protocol. Unfortunately, this protocol doesn`t protect the data stored in the database. SSL is an on-the-wire protocol. Once an attacker gains access to your database directly (bypassing the webserver), the stored sensitive data may be ex... |
27 September 2007
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