A good password is usually the first and only line of defense for your important web-services. Choosing a strong and memorable password can be a hassle since those two criteria don’t always go hand in hand. It’s tempting to reuse an old password, slightly modifying it, or even write it down on a text-file in the computer.
In this guide, we will show you how to choose a good password, how to remember it and just how easily bad passwords can get hacked.
Password Cracking is a technique to gain the access to an organisation.
In this slide, I will tell you the possible ways of cracking and do a live example for Gmail Password Cracking.
In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system.
Network security is very important for everyone, no matter what you are using. Hackers are out there and it is very important to have the necessary security to keep your data and personal life safe.
Why is password protection a fallacy a point of viewYury Chemerkin
MAKE your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it – never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months. These instructions are supposed to protect us. But they don’t.
http://hakin9.org/hakin9-extra-12011-exploiting-software/
Password Cracking is a technique to gain the access to an organisation.
In this slide, I will tell you the possible ways of cracking and do a live example for Gmail Password Cracking.
In cryptanalysis and computer security, password cracking is the process of recovering passwords from data that have been stored in or transmitted by a computer system.
Network security is very important for everyone, no matter what you are using. Hackers are out there and it is very important to have the necessary security to keep your data and personal life safe.
Why is password protection a fallacy a point of viewYury Chemerkin
MAKE your password strong, with a unique jumble of letters, numbers and punctuation marks. But memorize it – never write it down. And, oh yes, change it every few months. These instructions are supposed to protect us. But they don’t.
http://hakin9.org/hakin9-extra-12011-exploiting-software/
Attack chaining for web exploitation #c0c0n2015Abhijeth D
This is the deck which is used to present at c0c0n 2015. Due to some privacy reasons, I'm unable to share few screenshots. If interested please reach out to me.
If you have some feedback please drop an email to abhijeth0423@gmail.com.
Video will be published soon which will give more idea about the talk.
Also credits to: @mat www.wesecureapp.com
In this slides i have mentioned some hacking tricks which are interesting to know.. You will able to know how the sites are blocked, how to get rid of them.You will also able to crack the passwords...And some useful tricks related to facebook and mobile hacking.. i hope,You will like it...But one thing ,the tricks are old...But what i think is Old is Gold. :p
14 tips to increase cybersecurity awarenessMichel Bitter
We used this presentation within our company to increase the cybersecurity awareness of our employees. These 14 tips should help everybody to protect themselves against the most obvious cyber attacks.
This is the brief description on Ethical Hacking.
You can surely download it & do ask me if any queries regarding any topic , will answer it soon as possible...
This is a basic presentation about cybersecurity to share awareness about various security threats and how you can protect yourself from them. In the preview window the formatting is off, but when downloaded it can be viewed with no problems. This is for my Info Security Policy Management class at Governors State University.
What is a Hacker (part 2): How data is stolenKlaus Drosch
The simple answer is that hackers break into computers by exploiting vulnerabilities. The vulnerability might not even be computer-related; it can be a new employee unfamiliar with the companies security routines.
Attack chaining for web exploitation #c0c0n2015Abhijeth D
This is the deck which is used to present at c0c0n 2015. Due to some privacy reasons, I'm unable to share few screenshots. If interested please reach out to me.
If you have some feedback please drop an email to abhijeth0423@gmail.com.
Video will be published soon which will give more idea about the talk.
Also credits to: @mat www.wesecureapp.com
In this slides i have mentioned some hacking tricks which are interesting to know.. You will able to know how the sites are blocked, how to get rid of them.You will also able to crack the passwords...And some useful tricks related to facebook and mobile hacking.. i hope,You will like it...But one thing ,the tricks are old...But what i think is Old is Gold. :p
14 tips to increase cybersecurity awarenessMichel Bitter
We used this presentation within our company to increase the cybersecurity awareness of our employees. These 14 tips should help everybody to protect themselves against the most obvious cyber attacks.
This is the brief description on Ethical Hacking.
You can surely download it & do ask me if any queries regarding any topic , will answer it soon as possible...
This is a basic presentation about cybersecurity to share awareness about various security threats and how you can protect yourself from them. In the preview window the formatting is off, but when downloaded it can be viewed with no problems. This is for my Info Security Policy Management class at Governors State University.
What is a Hacker (part 2): How data is stolenKlaus Drosch
The simple answer is that hackers break into computers by exploiting vulnerabilities. The vulnerability might not even be computer-related; it can be a new employee unfamiliar with the companies security routines.
Help your employees become cyber security experts! This slideshow will present: Threats overview, password safety, web protection, email protection, and preventive measures.
A brief introduction on Internet Security.
After viewing this presentation you would able to find answer for the below questions... !!!
How are credit cards getting hacked ?
How are emails getting hacked?
How are computers getting hacked ?
Regards
Avnish
Look trough your windows 10 privacy settingsKlaus Drosch
With Windows 10 there is a settings panel for Privacy that encompasses all privacy-related settings for the operating system. It’s worth going through them all at least once and make personalized settings.
There are several steps you can take to minimize tracking and increase privacy in Windows 10. We’ll start with simple privacy settings and then move on to more advanced Group Policy and Registry Edit modifications.
How to beat the Coronavirus with a gameKlaus Drosch
So, you are probably wondering:
“Can I help solve the COVID-19 crisis by playing a game in my underwear?”
The answer to that question is yes, yes you can!
The good people over at the University of Washington have created a new puzzle game that challenges scientists and the public to build a protein that could block the virus. The game is on the Foldit platform; a free and open-source experimental research project developed to take advantage of humans puzzle-solving intuitions.
What is a Hacker (part 1): Types, tools and techniquesKlaus Drosch
The popular definition of a hacker is someone who uses their technical abilities to gain unauthorized access to computers. In reality hackers are as diverse as people in general, having expert technical abilities does not have to make you a criminal; it can make you a hero.
A 70-inch 4k Smart TV stacked with the latest technology for under $500, ever wonder why it’s so cheap? Most companies do not cover their costs from the sale of the TV; they cover it from the sale of the information they collect about you and your behavior.
Smart TV’s collect significant amounts of personal data about the user, and so does many of the third-party apps running on them. It’s all but impossible to know where this data ends up since it’s often sold to a third-party or even resold to a fourth.
Since Smart TV’s are constantly connected to the internet, they have become an easy target for hackers. When a hacker breaches a Smart TV, he can record all conversations happening in its vicinity using the built-in microphone, or even record with the built-in camera. The FBI has even issued a warning to consumers telling them to disable built-in cameras and microphones.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
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Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Securing your Kubernetes cluster_ a step-by-step guide to success !KatiaHIMEUR1
Today, after several years of existence, an extremely active community and an ultra-dynamic ecosystem, Kubernetes has established itself as the de facto standard in container orchestration. Thanks to a wide range of managed services, it has never been so easy to set up a ready-to-use Kubernetes cluster.
However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
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Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
To Graph or Not to Graph Knowledge Graph Architectures and LLMs
How to choose a password that’s hard to crack
1. How to choose a password that’s hard to crack
A good password is usually the first and only line of defense for your important
web-services. Choosing a strong and memorable password can be a hassle since
those two criteria don’t always go hand in hand. It’s tempting to reuse an old pass-
word, slightly modifying it, or even write it down on a text-file in the computer.
In this guide, we will show you how to choose a good password, how to remember it
and just how easily bad passwords can get hacked.
2. Personal & Public information
1. Use long passwords
Hackers use special programs to guess passwords; the technique is called “brute force
attack,” a three character password takes less than a second to crack. Never use less
than 8 characters and if possible, try to use 12 characters for a good safety margin.
A good rule of thumb is to use the ”8-4-rule”: 8 characters minimum, 1 lowercase, 1 up-
percase, 1 number and 1 special character (8, 1+1+1+1=4).
2. Use nonsense phrases
Avoid using real dictionary words in any language, and avoid spelling dictionary words
backward. Try to use words that are not grammatically correct, use your own spelling that
you remember; this makes them much harder to crack.
You probably have some funny spelling only you and your friends use, that’s a good word
to use. Don’t use misspellings popular online; don’t use words from memes.
3. Include numbers, symbols, uppercase, and lowercase letters
This is the “8-4-rule” again. The more you mix it up the harder it will be for a computer to
guess. You could substitute the number zero for an “O” or an “@” for the letter “A”.
4. Don’t use personal information
Easily discoverable information, such as your birthday, anniversary, address, city of birth,
high school, relatives and pet’s names, should not be included in your password.
5. Don’t reuse passwords
When there is a large attack and hackers breached a system, the list of compromised
email addresses and passwords are often leaked online. Other hackers will use these
login credentials since many users are unaware of this breach and will often reuse pass-
words on different services. This is why you should never reuse passwords.
6. Don’t tell anyone
This should go without saying, but people still do it out of laziness. Don’t give your pass-
word to anyone else and don’t type your password within plain sight of other people. Don’t
write your passwords on post-its next to your computer; it’s like begging to be hacked.
3. Personal & Public information
• Change your passwords
The more sensitive your information is, the more often you should change your pass-
word. For example, your Google or Facebook password should be changed at least once
a year, and never to be reused.
• Use 2FA when possible
2FA is short for “2 Factor Authentication” and is a second layer of security you can enable
for more sensitive web services like Google or Facebook. For example, with 2FA enabled
on Gmail, the user logs in as usual with his username and password, then a code gets
sent to the user’s cellphone that needs to be verified before login is completed. Since
more than 80 percent of people use the same password across multiple services, en-
abling 2FA is vital to stop hackers.
• Don’t EVER write down your passwords on your computer
You should write down your passwords; you just have to use a pen and paper. Writing
down passwords on your computer or mobile device is just a really bad idea, it’s like
begging to be hacked. If a hacker can compromise your devices, he can easily find your
passwords if stored on the device.
• Use a password manager
Using different passwords for all sites and changing them with regular intervals can eas-
ily become too much to manage. A good solution to this problem is password managers;
it’s an application that remembers all your passwords and automatically logs in to your
services. All your passwords are stored in this app and are protected by a master pass-
word, it’s the only passwords you need to remember to log in to all your services.
A good and highly recommended password manager is KeePassXC
• Open-source and audited
• Uses modern non-NIST crypto (Argon 2 KDF, ChaCha20) (sorry NSA)
• Minimal attack surface (only password manager Tavis Ormandy of Google Project
Zero recommends)
• Immune from commercially pressures that tip security balance
Download: https://keepassxc.org/download
4. How passwords get hacked?
Hackers employ different techniques depending on the situation and the type of password
to be cracked. If it’s a password that can be cracked offline they use Brute Force Attacks or
Dictionary Attacks; if it’s an online password they use Phishing.Delete and Ok.
1. Brute Force Attack
A brute force attack works for shorter passwords up to 8 characters; it’s essentially just
a program that guesses passwords until it gets it right. It’s one of the oldest methods
used to crack passwords but still effective under the right circumstances. One hacker
used a 25-GPU cluster to crack any 8-character Windows password back in 2012, hav-
ing the ability to make 350 billion guesses per second.
2. Dictionary attack
While brute force attacks try every combination of symbols, numbers, and letters, a
dictionary attack tries a prearranged list of words found in a dictionary. A password
consisting of a single English word is fairly easy to guess and even appending numbers
behind that word might not be enough. The only way to survive a dictionary attack is to
use uncommon words, misspellings, and more than one word, preferably eight.
3. Phishing
Phishing is a type of social engineering attack where the hacker masquerades as a
trusted entity, tricking the user into divulging their login details. Usually, the hacker
sends the target a phishing email claiming there is a problem with some of their ser-
vices they need to take action on. The email usually directs the user to a link that leads
to a fraudulent website made to look exactly like the user’s original service (bank, email
etc). Once the user enters their info, it’s stolen.
4. Leaked passwords
After big data breaches, the information from those breaches is usually leaked online
for other hackers to use. These databases contain billions of hacked usernames and
passwords for many of the biggest online services, and for most people, this goes by
unnoticed so they keep using the same passwords.
Using these databases, the hacker can automatically cycle trough all previously hacked
passwords, and more times than not; they find a match. This is why it’s so important to
change your password; the could already be leaked.