Encryption

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Nothing is Fully Secure

4 Jun 2022 3 minute read 0 comments wabinab

You think encrypted objects can be fully secure? Not really. Normal encryption used to be secure; but when computing power increases, it grows not. Pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) generating those numbers are based on either a "seed" (some valu...

Spring '22 Quantum Computing Updates

1 May 2022 1 minute read 0 comments Keith Thuerk

Spring '22 Quantum Computing Updates   Fujitsu claims to have developed the world's fastest quantum simulator Keep in mind one of my life tenants "All theories work until they are tested", they must actually work in real life scenarios in order to be...

Password protection using a dedicated open source manager.

2 Feb 2022 1 minute read 1 comment ExP_810

Off the back of a recent post I thought it a good idea to share with you some statistics and tips on how to maximise using and keeping your passwords safe. Nord recently posted a list of the the top 200 most commonly used passwords (https://bit.ly/3n...

The NILLION Project launch at the University of Cambridge

3 Dec 2021 8 minute read 2 comments Feax21

It was a cold Monday evening in the end of November in the University city of Cambridge, UK. My initial planning for the night has been arranged many weeks ago, in order to watch a webinar with title "Cryptography 101 with .NET" organized by the .NE...

OpenBSD: Portable, Encrypted USB Install

1 Sep 2021 6 minute read 0 comments Hatty Hacker

OpenBSD: Portable, Encrypted USB Install #openBaSeD While many prefer the traditional BSD/Linux/Unix experience, I do not. The default installation process is highly limiting and tethers you to a specific device. Yeah, the system can be fine-tuned...

What is Signal: A Mobile Messaging App Using Cryptography

27 Jul 2021 4 minute read 9 comments MintDice.com

As it becomes more and more clear that messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp no longer offer private connections, many people have turned to the only private alternative on the market, an app known as Signal. But Signal is much more th...

Bitcoin Is Encrypted: Let Me Explain How

1 Jun 2021 35 minute read 8 comments BitcoinGordon

An interesting thing happened on the way to the forum. Actually, an interesting thing happened today on Crypto Twitter. I made the terrible mistake of defending someone's elevator pitch, beginner-level explainer video on "what is Bitcoin". I took the...

Encrypting Files with Vim

18 May 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Hatty Hacker

Vimcryption Mom won't find out It's super easy to encrypt things if you know what you're doing. What about if you don't? Well, you have the options of passwords! Yeah, sure, many text editors support password protecting files. Heck, even the old-...

It's Time To Take Your Privacy Seriously!

23 Mar 2021 2 minute read 0 comments agr8buzz

Protect Yourself With These 3 Privacy Based Apps! How many more reports of hacks, spying, and data mining do we need to hear before people get the message?   When was the best time to protect your data from prying eyes? That would have been at least...

Use this Algorithm to save your Crypto Wallet and sleep in peace

3 Jan 2021 6 minute read 4 comments utkarshg6e

The one fear that almost everyone owning a cryptocurrency has is the security of their wallet. In fact, there are people who lost all their cryptos which were worth millions of dollars just because they lost the backup of their wallet. Some of them a...