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Encrypt Files Using TrueCrypt

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Introduction If you save anything on your computer, it is likely that you do not want just anyone to be able to see what you have saved. You want a way to protect that information so that you can access it, and absolutely no one else except those you trust. Therefore, it makes sense to set up a system which protects your information and safeguards it against prying eyes. The best such system for this is called “True Crypt”. “True Crypt” is an encryption software program which allows you to store many files and directories inside of a single file on your harddrive. Further, this file is encrypted and no one can actually see what you have saved there unless they know your password. This sounds extremely high tech, but it is actually very easy to set up. Setting up Truecrypt Quote 1. Go to http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads (or go to www.truecrypt.org, and click on “Downloads”) 2. Under “Latest Stable Version”, under “Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000?, click “Download”...

Proxy Server. How does it works.?

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A proxy server is a function that is used to obtain Web pages by other computers. It acts as a go-between from a computer to a target server. There is no communication between the computer and the server. Rather, the computer requests a Web page or a file housed on the target server. This request goes to the proxy server Go, which, in turn, sends the request to the server. The proxy server then obtains the file and sends it to the requesting computer.       An example would be if you use your computer to request a Web page on the internet. The server requests the data and other files for you from the target server. When you type in a Web address, the request is sent to a proxy server. The server then sends the request to the target server that houses that particular website. Then the target server sends the Web page to the proxy server, which in turn, sends it to you. The target server sees the proxy server as the visitor, not you. These servers improve ...

Top 5 Linux WiFi Hacking Tools

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In this Top 5 Wifi Hacking Tools we will be talking about a very popular subject: hacking wireless networks and how to prevent it from being hacked. Wifi is often a vulnerable side of the network when it comes to hacking because WiFi signals can be picked up everywhere and by anyone. Also a lot of routers contain vulnerabilities which can be easily exploited with the right equipment and software such as the tools included with Kali Linux. A lot of router manufacturers and ISPs still turn on WPS by default on their routers which makes wireless security and penetration testing even more important. With the following Top 5 Wifi Hacking Tools you are able to test our own wireless networks for potential security issues. For most tools we’ve supplied a link to a tutorial which will help you get started with the tools. Let’s start off the Top 5 Wifi Hacking Tools with the first tool: 1 Aircrack-ng Aircrack is one of the most popular tools...

Setting Up Your Own Virtual Private Network

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VPN i.e  Virtual Private Ne twork   is  a network that helps you to creates a virtual tunnel between your computer and a server to exchange data. It is private because it is supposed to require a username and a password to be accessed and it is a network because it links more devices to one or more servers all over different locations. A VPN helps you surf the web anonymously for two reasons: the websites you visit, see the VPN server’s ip, not yours. VPN basically encrypts all the traffic before ISP (internet service provider) can intercept it. There are free versions and paid ones. But still the VPN provider can read your traffic. So you have to trust someone one way or another. What if you could set up your own VPN instead ? It would be totally free and totally (really ?) secure.  There are many ways to setup a private virtual private network . Some softwares are also available that provide you to create your own network some of them are mentione...

How does WannaCry, Petya and Other Ransomware spread so fast.

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For thousands of people, the first time they heard of “ransomware” was as they were turned away from hospitals in May 2017. The WannaCry outbreak had shut down computers in more than 80 NHS organisations in England alone, resulting in almost 20,000 cancelled appointments, 600 GP surgeries having to return to pen and paper, and five hospitals simply diverting ambulances, unable to handle any more emergency cases. But the outbreak wasn’t the birth of ransomware, a type of computer crime which sees computers or data hijacked and a fee demanded to give them back to their owners. Some of the earliest ransomware claimed to be a warning from the FBI demanding a “fine”, simply tricking users into paying up, or blackmailing them with accusations of trafficking in child abuse imagery. Their tactics didn’t work for long. Bank transfers were easily tracked, cash payments were difficult to pull off, and if any variant got successful, people would trade tips on how to defeat it rather ...

Top 10 Hottest Artificial Intelligence technologies till yet.

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Now in today's fast growing technologies where people want more outcome in less duration of time Artificial Intelligence is playing an important role. Now today I am going to tell you about some high tech advance technologies till yet in Artificial Intelligence. Natural Language Generation : Producing text from computer data. Currently used in customer service, report generation, and summarizing business intelligence insights. Sample vendors: Attivio, Automated Insights, Cambridge Semantics, Digital Reasoning, Lucidworks, Narrative Science, SAS, Yseop. Speech Recognition : Transcribe and transform human speech into format useful for computer applications. Currently used in interactive voice response systems and mobile applications. Sample vendors: NICE, Nuance Communications, OpenText, Verint Systems. Virtual Agents : “The current darling of the media,” says Forrester (I believe they refer to my evolving relationships with Alexa), from simple chatbots to advanced sys...

What is MD5 or Message Digest 5 Algorithm

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We are getting many requests  through emails, messages and on social media people are very much confused asking about how there passwords gets encrypted , and how does this encryption works, what are the algorithms used behind this encryption. So here i am going to tell you about one of the most widely used algorithm used for encryption known as MD5 or Message Digest Algorithm        Before we proceed to MD5 i want to tell you something about Cryptographic Hashing. Cryptographic Hashing MD5 stands for M essage D igest algorithm 5, and was invented by celebrated US cryptographer Professor Ronald Rivest in 1991 to replace the old MD4 standard. MD5 is simply the name for a type of cryptographic hashing function Ron came up with, way back in ’91. The idea behind cryptographic hashing is to take an arbitrary block of data and return a fixed-size “hash” value. It can be any data, of any size but the hash value will always be fixed.  Cryptograp...