Building Architecture Meets Network Architecture
Fact: When I first saw just one picture of the building, I wanted to repost it as I thought it was cool. But it was relatively low quality, and I…
Russian Hackers Tried Attacking Ukraine’s Power Grid with Industroyer2 Malware
On Tuesday, the Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) disclosed that it thwarted a cyberattack by Sandworm, a hacking group affiliated with Russia’s military intelligence, to sabotage the operations…
Starlink hikes prices to $599 up-front and $110 per month, blaming inflation.
SpaceX: “Sole purpose” of price hikes “is to keep pace with rising inflation.” Starlink has raised its equipment and monthly service prices, blaming inflation for the increases in an email…
What are Denial of Service (DoS) attacks? DoS attacks explained
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack can be easily engineered anywhere. Learn more about what it is and how it works. A “denial of service” or DoS attack ties up…
ISP (internet service provider)
What is an ISP? An ISP (internet service provider) is a company that provides individuals and organizations with access to the Internet and related services. An ISP has the equipment…
What is Data in Motion?
What is data in motion? Data in motion, also referred to as data in transit or in flight, is a process in which digital information is transported between locations within…
DEFINITION – Plaintext
What is plaintext? In cryptography, the plaintext is usually ordinary readable text before it is encrypted into ciphertext or readable text after decryption. Data input to or output from encryption…
What is a Network Node?
What is a computer network, and where do network nodes fit? A computer network is a computer and computing device system connected via communication links. These links allow the computers…
DEFINITION – cipher
In cryptology, the discipline concerned with the study of cryptographic algorithms, a cipher is an algorithm for encrypting and decrypting data. Symmetric key encryption, also called secret key encryption, depends…
Definition – Ciphertext
Ciphertext is encrypted text transformed from plaintext using an encryption algorithm. Ciphertext can’t be read until it has been converted into plaintext (decrypted) with a key. The decryption cipher is…