US Crime-fighters shut down botnet used by Russian Fancy Bear hackers
DoJ boots Fancy Bear out of hundreds of routers US law enforcement agents have revealed their success in shutting down a malicious botnet used by the notorious Fancy Bear hackers.…
AT&T outage just a preview of what can happen when cell service goes out: How to prepare
A widespread telecommunication outage that affected tens of thousands of customers in the United States on Thursday raised many questions: What should I do when I can’t use my cell…
Microsoft says state-sponsored Russian hacking group accessed email accounts of senior leaders.
Russian hacking group accessed some of Microsoft’s senior leaders’ email accounts on January 12, 2024, security experts announced. Russian hacking group accessed some email accounts of Microsoft senior leaders, the…
How to minify CSS for better website performance
Cascading style sheets (CSS) are essential for website styling, but large CSS files can slow or block page rendering. CSS minification makes CSS files smaller. Why minify CSS? CSS minification…
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What is Decryption?
In digital security, encryption and decryption engage in an intricate interplay, much like two facets of a single entity. Encryption involves the skill of protecting data by transforming it into…
What is Twofish? Is Twofish secure?
Twofish is the successor to Blowfish and, like its predecessor, uses symmetric encryption, so only one 256-bit key is necessary. This technique is one of the fastest encryption algorithms and…
Hard Fork: What It Is in Blockchain, How It Works, Why It Happens – delete?
What Is a Hard Fork? A hard fork (or hard-fork), as it relates to blockchain technology, is a radical change to a network’s protocol that makes previously invalid blocks and…
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)
A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is an emerging legal structure with no central governing body whose members share a common goal to act in the entity’s best interest. Popularized through…
What is Maze ransomware?
Maze is a strain of ransomware* that has been impacting organizations since 2019. Although one main group created Maze, multiple attackers have used Maze for extortion purposes. In addition to…