Robocopy: automatic Windows backup without installing anything extra
Robocopy already ships with Windows and does incremental, mirror and multi-threaded backups — with nothing to install. …
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News, tutorials and takes on the tech world — with a heavy focus on information security.
How to know if your email was leaked — and what to do next
Your email may be on lists being sold on the dark web right now. Learn to use Have I Been Pwned to check in seconds — …
Keylogger: what it is, how to detect it and how to protect yourself
A keylogger records every key you press — passwords, banking details, messages. Here's how it works, the signs of …
DEF CON: 33 years of the world's biggest hacker conference
Jeff Moss was 18 when he created DEF CON in a Las Vegas hotel room. Today it draws 30,000 hackers per edition. The story …
Viking 1: 50 years since the first successful landing on Mars
On July 20, 1976, Viking 1 touched down on Martian soil for the first time. Here's how the onboard computer landed the …
Mirai Botnet: the camera malware that took Twitter down in 2016
In 2016, security cameras and routers formed a digital army that took down Twitter and the internet's DNS. The story of …
What is typosquatting? How one wrong letter steals your data
Typosquatting is the scam that registers domains almost identical to the real ones. A single typo on your bank's address …
How to secure your Android: 8 security settings
Your Android has security features that ship disabled by default. Here are the 8 settings to turn on now and why each …
How to spot a phishing email: 7 practical signs
Phishing evolved with AI and now fools even specialists. Here are 7 signs that expose fake emails — from your bank, the …
Windows NT 3.1: 33 years of the system that retired DOS
On July 27, 1993, Microsoft shipped Windows NT 3.1 — the first real Windows, with no DOS underneath. The kernel born …