Hackers target President Obama's social media tools
The political activist hackers of the Syrian Electronic Army are at it again, targeting one of the highest-profile users of social media in the world: President Obama. But SEA's claims of commandeering his Twitter account aren't quite accurate
Tor trouble: Anonymizing service faces vulnerability claims
Tor trouble: Anonymizing service faces vulnerability claims
WordPress 3.7 Released
WordPress 3.7, “Basie”, has just been released. It’s been named in honor of Count Basie. The WordPress 3.7 development cycle is the quickest turnaround between major versions with just 86 days from the time it launched WordPress 3.6 back in August 1. It has been stated version 3.8 is due out in December as it will continue this plugin-led development cycle.
Digital Attack Map
Check out the Digital Attack Map. It was produced in a collaborative effort by Google Ideas and Arbor Networks to raise awareness about distributed denial of service attacks.
Google’s new service will show Animated map of DDoS attacks
Google’s new service will show Animated map of DDoS attacks
Kali Linux Default Username and Password
During installation, Kali Linux allows users to configure a password for the root user. However, should you decide to boot the live image instead, the i386, amd64, VMWare and ARM images are configured with the default root password – “toor“, without the quotes.
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Security Flaw In Chrome May Leave Users' Personal Information At Risk
In a blog posted last week, researchers at security firm Identity Finder outlined methods for accessing personal data from Chrome's History Provider Cache, even if the data has been entered on a secure website. Some data also may be accessible through Chrome's Web Data and History databases, the researchers say.
What is Two-Factor Authentication?
It is an authentication process where two of three recognized factors are used to identify a user:
Something you know - usually a password, passcode, passphrase or PIN.
Something you have - a cryptographic smartcard or token, a chip enabled bank card or an RSA SecurID-style token with rotating digits
Something you are - fingerprints, iris patterns, voice prints, or similar