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Tag Archives: brute force
Vatican launches smart rosary – complete with brute-force flaw
Now fixed, the Vatican’s new fitness-and-prayer eRosary and its accompanying app, Click to Pray, were found to have a serious privacy bug.
OpenSSH password guessing attacks may be 10,000 times easier than you thought
An interesting problem with OpenSSH has been publicised on the Full Disclosure mailing list.
We TOLD you not to use WPS on your Wi-Fi router! We TOLD you not to knit your own crypto!
Belkin is the latest router vendor to be found relying on “non-secret secrets.” Paul Ducklin looks at the router equivalent of locking the key to the company safe in the top drawer of your desk…
SSCC 190 – The CeBIT 2015 edition [PODCAST]
Recorded right on the Sophos booth at the CeBIT show in Hannover, Germany. Here’s the Fifth Anniversary edition of our weekly podcast…enjoy!
SSCC 171 – Are you SURE that “1234” is a bad password? [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Chet Chat podcast for your listening pleasure… Enjoy.
Do we really need strong passwords?
The idea that computer users should use long, complex passwords is one of computer security’s sacred cows. But is is really necessary? Mark Stockley investigates…