User MiaoHatola

65 votes

My ISP uses deep packet inspection; what can they observe?

answered Mar 27, 2017 at 18:24

24 votes

How to crack a password given its hash and its salt using a more efficient method than brute force?

hash attacks password-cracking salt

answered Mar 6, 2017 at 7:55

21 votes

Is randomly generating passwords from an assortment of dictionary words cryptographically secure?

passwords password-policy password-cracking random entropy

answered Feb 13, 2017 at 6:28

12 votes

How secure is this method of password generation?

passwords password-management password-cracking entropy

answered Mar 24, 2017 at 6:47

6 votes

Cloudbleed: is it actually important to change ALL passwords?

vulnerability buffer-overflow

answered Feb 25, 2017 at 21:45

5 votes

Accepted

How is HMAC better than MAC?

cryptography hmac

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 16:43

5 votes

Accepted

Can Acronis True Image decrypt your files?

encryption backup

answered Mar 11, 2017 at 14:26

4 votes

Malware which can bridge air gaps

malware virus air-gap

answered Feb 15, 2017 at 8:11

3 votes

How to start researching information security

cryptography

answered Feb 15, 2017 at 16:19

3 votes

Are complex passwords necessary in web applications?

passwords brute-force passphrase

answered Feb 22, 2017 at 20:01

3 votes

Accepted

Proper way of archiving malicious files

malware local-storage

answered Feb 27, 2017 at 10:20

3 votes

Accepted

Is it possible to hack a device via the USB port on an airplane?

usb

answered Mar 12, 2017 at 7:07

3 votes

Accepted

Is there any way to send malicious keystrokes to wireless keyboard USB dongle?

wireless keyloggers

answered Apr 4, 2017 at 12:38

3 votes

My email address is being used to enroll for online services. Should I be concerned?

authentication passwords malware email attacks

answered Jan 6, 2020 at 6:23

2 votes

Can't access Facebook account registered under my e-mail address

privacy facebook

answered Feb 29, 2020 at 20:12

2 votes

MasterCard wants to replace passwords with selfies; how does this improve security?

passwords mobile

answered Mar 16, 2017 at 12:16

2 votes

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Virtual machine against screenshot / key-logging trojans?

virtualization keyloggers

answered Mar 7, 2017 at 18:13

2 votes

Is it safe to enter passwords if I use a local server?

tls

answered Mar 11, 2017 at 13:37

2 votes

Snapchat identity theft

identity-theft

answered Mar 5, 2017 at 19:35

2 votes

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Rubber ducky windows mitigation

user-management badusb

answered Mar 5, 2017 at 19:47

2 votes

Avast malware-gen popups on mac when going onto google chrome website

virus chrome

answered Feb 22, 2017 at 11:01

2 votes

Why not crack a password a character at a time?

brute-force password-cracking

answered Feb 17, 2017 at 19:34

1 vote

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Canadian encryption key sizes

encryption legal

answered Feb 19, 2017 at 19:57

1 vote

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Plugins to increase security of Chrome?

web-browser audit chrome browser-extensions plugins

answered Feb 21, 2017 at 19:28

1 vote

Metasploitable ports closed and web server unavailable

kali-linux metasploitable

answered Feb 24, 2017 at 8:59

1 vote

What action can I take to protect against TROJAN Self-Signed Cert

malware account-security

answered Feb 24, 2017 at 9:20

1 vote

Creating a word list

passwords privacy

answered Feb 14, 2017 at 12:08

1 vote

Accepted

Can USB ethernet passthrough to a KVM virtual machine isolate network-related kernel vulnerabilities?

network linux virtualization kernel kvm

answered Feb 26, 2017 at 20:43

1 vote

How is a Watering Hole Attack performed

attacks

answered Feb 28, 2017 at 12:58

1 vote

How to encrypt a file with code?

encryption file-encryption programming

answered Mar 4, 2017 at 15:17

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36 Answers

My ISP uses deep packet inspection; what can they observe?

How to crack a password given its hash and its salt using a more efficient method than brute force?

Is randomly generating passwords from an assortment of dictionary words cryptographically secure?

How secure is this method of password generation?

Cloudbleed: is it actually important to change ALL passwords?

How is HMAC better than MAC?

Can Acronis True Image decrypt your files?

Malware which can bridge air gaps

How to start researching information security

Are complex passwords necessary in web applications?

Proper way of archiving malicious files

Is it possible to hack a device via the USB port on an airplane?

Is there any way to send malicious keystrokes to wireless keyboard USB dongle?

My email address is being used to enroll for online services. Should I be concerned?

Can't access Facebook account registered under my e-mail address

MasterCard wants to replace passwords with selfies; how does this improve security?

Virtual machine against screenshot / key-logging trojans?

Is it safe to enter passwords if I use a local server?

Snapchat identity theft

Rubber ducky windows mitigation

Avast malware-gen popups on mac when going onto google chrome website

Why not crack a password a character at a time?

Canadian encryption key sizes

Plugins to increase security of Chrome?

Metasploitable ports closed and web server unavailable

What action can I take to protect against TROJAN Self-Signed Cert

Creating a word list

Can USB ethernet passthrough to a KVM virtual machine isolate network-related kernel vulnerabilities?

How is a Watering Hole Attack performed

How to encrypt a file with code?