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What is Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)?
Passwords are hard. Most of us use passwords of varying length and complexity. That’s mainly to fulfill the requirements offered by every single site that…
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Password managers: should you use them?
What’s the point of password managers anyway? Let’s take a look at a scenario that we’re all familiar with… The scenario: We all have this…
Read articleEncrypted versus hashed passwords. What’s the difference?
As you study for the CompTIA Security+ exam, it’s important that you understand the differences between plaintext, encrypted, and hashed passwords. It’s common to hear…
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Are your passwords strong enough?
In this digital day and age, most of us know what a password is. If you’ve found this article or any other like it, you…
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What to know about vulnerability scans for the Security+ exam
Regularly auditing systems for potential vulnerabilities is an important part of securing an organization’s environments, systems, and applications. One of the ways that we can…
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Ultimate Study Guide for the CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601)
Preparing for certification exams can be stressful when you’re not sure what to expect or what to study. It doesn’t help when information that can…
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Initialization Vector (IV) attacks with WEP
Understanding Initialization Vector (IV) attacks is important for the CompTIA Security+ exam, but it can be confusing if you’re not as familiar with cryptography concepts.…
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Software updates and the role they play in cybersecurity
We often see pop-ups on our screens telling us about “Software Updates” or “Operating System updates.” But we usually tend to click “Cancel” or “Remind…
Read articleComputers: Past, Present, and Future
Many people know what a computer is, but not how one works. The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Computer Security Resource Center (What a…
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How a pentester struggled with bug bounties until this new mindset helped him breakthrough
“It was a long, arduous, journey to finding my first bug.” Then one day, Hakluke attended a talk by @shubs that changed his mindset about how to approach bug bounties and helped him breakthrough in finding his first bugs.
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