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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

Most of us connect our mobile devices to a Wi-Fi router for internet access, but this connection can leave our network and data vulnerable to cyber threats. The protocol protects your incoming and outgoing internet traffic and makes it difficult for cyber criminals to intercept your data or hack your device.

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The Worst Passwords of 2014

Spinone

Here is the annual list of the 25 most frequently passwords found on the Internet appearing to be the Worst Passwords, that will expose anybody to being hacked or having their identities stolen. SplashData has released its annual list of the most common passwords compiled from more than 3.3

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Hacking the Art of Invisibility

ForAllSecure

In 2011, there a was user in a chat room by the name of altoid, like the mint. Anyone talking about it in 2011 most likely had inside information. However, on the internet, nothing is truly deleted. This was before the commercial internet when it was easier to forge documents to create new identities today. And he had.

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If You're Not Paying for the Product, You Are. Possibly Just Consuming Goodwill for Free

Troy Hunt

But this isn't an internet age thing, the origins go back way further, originally being used to describe TV viewers being served ads. How about ASafaWeb in 2011 ? Password Purgatory ? Totally free and designed to solve the common problem of ASP.NET website misconfiguration. I never made a cent from that. So why do it?

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Making Light of the "Dark Web" (and Debunking the FUD)

Troy Hunt

It's probably a scary image, one that's a bit mysterious, a shady character lurking in the hidden depths of the internet. They were particularly effective at wreaking havoc on the web around 2011 and back then, they too were represented as being another bunch of scary dudes. But, of course, we've seen this all before.