How To Securely Web Browse via an SSH Tunnel
Introduction These days, you can find a hot spot pretty much anywhere, allowing you free access to roam the Internet without much of a problem. But this isn’t exactly a …
Firewalls 101
Firewalls have become an indispensable part of computer security, but they can be intimidating for a new administrator. In this article I will explain the inner workings of a firewall …
How to Block Websites
This post will show you how to block websites, without the installation of website blockers or other programs to block websites. Fortunately, all desktop operating systems (Windows, Macintosh OS X, …
How to Pick a Lock with a Bump Key
From the “use this for good, not evil” files comes a fascinating instructional video on how to pick a lock with a “bump key“—a key modified to fit and open …
How to Crack a Wi-Fi Network’s WEP Password with BackTrack
I read LifeHacker pretty often, I came across this article that was interesting. I tried it and verified it worked so I wanted to post this on my site as …
Dealing with the DNSChanger Worm
You’re here because your computer is infected with the DNSChanger worm. Back in late 2011, the FBI took over operation of malicious servers used by DNSChanger that are providing you …
CloudFlare & OpenDNS Work Together to Save the Web
More than a year ago, some bad guys on the Internet wrote a piece of malware inartfully dubbed DNSChanger. About a year ago, law enforcement tracked down the bad guys …
How Kerberos Authentication Works
You may not know it, but your network is probably unsecured right now. Anyone with the right tools could capture, manipulate, and add data between the connections you maintain with …
How to Prevent Denial of Service Attacks
The denial of service attack is statistically the most used malicious attack out of them all. This stems from the ease of use of the attack, as well as the …
How Hackers Take Over Web Sites with SQL Injection / DDoS
Even if you’ve only loosely followed the events of the hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec, you’ve probably heard about web sites and services being hacked, like the infamous Sony hacks. …