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Linux is not a secure operating system . However, there are steps you can take to improve it. This guide aims to explain how to harden Linux as much as possible for security and privacy. This guide attempts to be distribution-agnostic and is not tied to any specific one. DISCLAIMER: Do not attempt to apply anything in…
Building Ghidra and reviewing the debugging features
The BAIR Blog
This article looks at the most commonly used web authentication methods.
Yesterday, the BBC ran a story with the factually untrue headline, “Cellebrite claimed to have cracked chat app’s encryption.” This is false. Not only can Cellebrite not break Signal encryption, but Cellebrite never even claimed to be able to. Since we weren’t actually given the opportunity to co...
Internet home of Raimondas Sasnauskas. Stories of my journey.
We can't let the FBI keep the public in the dark about its ability to gain access to information stored on our personal mobile devices.
A community and blog for embedded software makers
Tor Browser 10.0.7 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory.
Before we get into Horcruxing, here's a quick prologue on online security hygiene. You can skip to the Horcruxing section if it seems redundant. 1. Longer…
In Celebration of Becoming Open Source, Threema is 50% Off
Government operatives used NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. The journalists were hacked by four Pegasus operators, including one operator MONARCHY that we attribute to Saudi Arabia, and one operator SNEAKY KESTREL that we…
Deepen your understanding of AES implementation using golang.
[German]In Windows 10 20H2 with installed cumulative update KB4592438, chkdsk causes massive issues. It destroys the file system during a disk check on SSDs, so Windows 10 can’t start after a reboot.
Virtual Machine (VM) detection is nothing new. Malware has been doing it for over a decade now. Over time the techniques have advanced as defenders learned new ways of avoiding VM detection. A while back a friend and I were working on a project related to exploit delivery via a web application for redteaming purposes…
We, along with the security industry and our partners, continue to investigate the extent of the Solorigate attack. While investigations are underway, we want to provide the defender community with intel to understand the scope and impact, remediation guidance, and detections and protections we have built as a result.
In their latest attempt to disrupt the iOS anti-ad tracking feature, Facebook has stooped to a new low
The developer community remains the heart of GitHub, and we’re committed to respecting the privacy of developers using our product.
Sequoia is a modular OpenPGP implementation in Rust.
Beginning August 13th, 2021, we will no longer accept account passwords when authenticating Git operations on GitHub.com.
2020 has seen its fair number of challenges and changes. We’ve all adapted to new ways of staying in touch, getting work done, celebrating birthdays and weddings, and even exercising. As more and more of our critical and personal moments move online, we want to continue to provide you with new wa...
Well the news is out, I won’t explain the method for reasons, but our code warriors have a new fight. After requesting the SU password, they were told flat out it doesn’t exist and refe…
