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Canarytokens What are Canarytokens You'll be familiar with web bugs, the transparent images which track when someone opens an email. They work by embedding a unique URL in a page's image tag, and monitoring incoming GET…
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Introduction | Pocket ID
Pocket ID is a simple OIDC provider that allows users to authenticate with their passkeys to your services. The goal of Pocket ID is to be a simple and…
Ask HN: What's the recommended method of adding authentication to a REST API? | Hacker News
SSL Action Scanner
Just the facts on what needs to be done to your SSL certificate. Designed for Heroku, but works for any webapp
Hacker News | Ask HN: How do you secure yourself on public WiFi?
#!/bin/sh # firewall for ch - Jawn - UPL3w6FQ - Pastebin.com
Track down your stolen laptop – Prey
SecurityFocus interview with Solar Designer on John the Ripper 1.7
Top 20 Nginx WebServer Best Security Practices
Reverse-engineering a smart meter « root labs rdist
Why blurring sensitive information is a bad idea - dheera.net - Dheera Venkatraman's web site
Matasano Security LLC - Chargen - Enough With The Rainbow Tables: What You Need To Know About Secure Password Schemes
TidBITS: Securing Communications with SSL/TLS: A High-Level Overview
Set Up Ubuntu-Server 6.06 LTS As A Firewall/Gateway For Your Small Business Environment | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
Locking Down Ubuntu
This article will review the basics in general security and explain how to apply it to two Linux distributions--Ubuntu and Kubuntu.
XSS, Cookies, and Session ID Authentication
– Three Ingredients for a Successful Hack > The XSS Vulnerability
Cracking WEP with Ubuntu
This post should enable anyone to get Linux up and running and crack a WEP key.
How to encrypt your email (from Lifehacker)
Gummi bears defeat fingerprint sensors | The Register
A Japanese cryptographer has demonstrated how fingerprint recognition devices can be fooled using a combination of low cunning, cheap kitchen supplies and a…
Wired 14.05: The RFID Hacking Underground
They can steal your smartcard, lift your passport, jack your car, even clone the chip in your arm. And you won't feel a thing. 5 tales from the RFID-hacking…
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HOWTO: Secure Firefox and IM with PuTTY
here’s a way to securely connect to the net using only an SSH client and a remote box that you control/trust.
Can We Make Operating Systems Reliable and Secure?
Microkernels—long discarded as unacceptable because of their lower performance compared with monolithic kernels—might be making a comeback in operating systems…
KittenAuth Human-checking
KittenAuth is a new system for human-checking that forgoes all the useless random string crap that people cannot read, and replaces the whole lot with pictures…
The Document Which Was Formerly Called The MIT Guide to Lockpicking
easy to learn steps to master the fine art of lock picking ;)
GPG/PGP Basics
Data Mining 101: Finding Subversives with Amazon Wishlists
cool yet scary application of publically available data ....
Securing Plone sites
from the book - "Building Websites with Plone"
ezPyCrypto - Encryption in Python made EASY
Plone: Understanding permissions and security
Hacker Highschool
www.hackerhighschool.org
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