SHA-1 now broken
SHA-1 is a _hash algorithm_ that has been widely used in cryptography.
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Software testing lessons from VW
An important lesson about software testing - specifically the importance of testing software "in the wild".
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Privacy: nothing to hide, nothing to fear?
"I've got nothing to hide so I've got nothing to fear from [insert surveillance program here]" is a commonly heard retort to concerns about our diminishing ability to keep our personal information private.
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Remote hacking of vehicles a reality
In their rush to Internet-enable their vehicles, some manufacturers appear to have neglected the security aspect of their systems.
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RC4: your time is up
In 1994 the source code for RC4 was leaked on the Internet, and it quickly became popular because of its simplicity and speed.
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A safe harbour no longer
The United States is no longer regarded as a "safe harbour" for EU data - and that's big (and welcome) news for Europeans.
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TalkTalk hack
Details of a damaging hack of British phone and broadband provider TalkTalk's customer database are emerging.
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Privacy: nothing to hide, still something to fear
Our previous post explained that the "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" argument is based on a narrow view of privacy that assumes it is primarily about concealing our wrongs.
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SFTP Public Key Authentication
Using SFTP public key authentication is a great step towards securing your sftp server.
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How to FTP through a firewall
Firewalls present challenges for users of FTP and (particularly) FTPS. The root cause of the problem is that a single session using these protocols requires more than one socket connection. …
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