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[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="478"] Patrick Heim, Chief of Security and Trust at Dropbox[/caption]Brakeing Down#Security had the pleasure of having Patrick Heim join us to discuss a number of topics. What stops many traditional#companies from moving into #cloud based operations? What hurdles do they face, and what are some pitfalls that can hamper a successful #migration?We touched briefly on#BYOD ...

Hello,This guide comes out of inspiration from the Course offered here not too long ago: SSL Traffic: The Cyber Criminal’s Best Friend Instructed By Darrin Coulson. I'll start with a bit of basic background knowledge you should have on what SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Encryption is, and how it benefits us. SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is ...

Welcome to Kali Linux Command Lines - Part 3. Here, I'll show you the commands for files to work in Kali Linux. This article is absolutely for BEGINNERS, but as we move on with upcoming parts, we'll see much more complex and advanced commands to work in Kali. Note : Video Demo/Lab for this part is available here ...

The standard brute force attack is fairly simple. An attacker, in an attempt to discern a password, simply guesses every possible password until they stumble upon the right one. Although this is considered a weak form of attack, it's still a plausible one in many situations.To really understand how it works, however, one has to have a grasp of the ...

The team at Cybrary has officially named February:#SecureCodingMonthGiven that secure coding principles are often so overlooked in most CS programs and coding classes, we feel the obligation to fill the coding security void. There are many courses on Cybrary which coders / programmers can benefit from already, such as the Advanced Penetration Testing and the CompTIA CASP ...

In the previous three parts ( one , two , and three ) of the article we discussed hard drive encryption with LUKS. Today we will speak about plain mode encryption. This mode is considered advanced and a little bit more complicated. But you'll see that this is actually not true, and, what is more, has its ...

BrakeSec Podcast welcomes Bill Gardner this week!#Author, #InfoSec Convention Speaker, and fellow podcaster...We break a bit from our usual rigid methods, and have a good ol' jam session with Bill this week. We talk about#vulnerability #management, #google #dorking, #career management, the troubles of putting together a #podcast and more! Bill's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/oncee Bill's books he's authored or co-authored:  https://www.amazon.com/Bill-Gardner/e/B00MZ9P0IG/ref=srnttsrchlnk2?qid=1453607145&sr=1-2 (non-sponsored ...

We've already prepared UEFI bootable USB stick and root partition for DM_CRYPT + LUKS encryption, as well as installed Linux distribution of choice in Part 1 . We've also prepared initramfs sources for embedding into kernel in Part 2 . Now, it's time to configure kernel itself. There are a lot of good tutorials about kernel configuration ...

[caption id="attachment_56548" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Smartphones make our lives easier and keep us entertained with a wonderful array of apps.[/caption]  Testing Apps Given how much information is on our phones, it's of little surprise to see the rise of malware, spyware and viruses. Even though each of the major vendors verifies uploaded apps, it's pretty easy to sneak in malicious ...

NOTE: The following is the research paper I did for the Cloud Essentials class at school.  It's mostly an overview of basic security concepts and attacks.  If you need clarification on any point or would like to help clarify any point, please contact me.    Cloud Security Threats and Preventions   ...