Bad Rabbit: the fake Flash ransomware that hit Kyiv in 2017
On Oct 24, 2017, Bad Rabbit used a fake Flash installer to hit a metro, an airport and media in Ukraine and Russia. How …
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Password Spraying: What It Is and How to Detect the Attack
Password spraying tries a few common passwords against thousands of accounts and slips past lockouts. How it works, how …
How to Check SSD and HDD Health with PowerShell (Get-PhysicalDisk)
Check SSD and HDD health with Get-PhysicalDisk and Get-StorageReliabilityCounter: temperature, wear, power-on hours and …
How to Turn On BitLocker in Windows 11 and Save the Key
How to turn on BitLocker in Windows 11 (Home and Pro), where the 48-digit recovery key lives and how to check that your …
Infostealer: what it is and how to tell if you're infected
An infostealer steals saved passwords, session cookies and crypto wallets from your browser. See how it spreads, the …
Venera 4 Turns 59: The Probe That Sampled the Air of Venus
On Oct 18, 1967, Venera 4 sent data from inside the atmosphere of Venus. It measured heat and pressure, and an altitude …
KRACK: the 2017 attack that broke your Wi-Fi's WPA2
On Oct 16, 2017, the KRACK research showed WPA2 could be bypassed without knowing the Wi-Fi password. How the attack …
What Is SQL Injection? How It Works and How to Prevent It
SQL injection still takes down whole companies. See how the attack works with a simple example, real cases like …
Get-NetFirewallRule: Audit Windows Firewall Rules
How to use Get-NetFirewallRule in PowerShell to list open inbound rules, spot suspicious exceptions and export a Windows …
How to Enable Automatic Security Updates on Ubuntu
How to set up unattended-upgrades on Ubuntu: install it, limit it to security patches, reboot automatically at 3 AM and …