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To crack 17-character AES password: 100 years and 1 billion dollars

In my previous ‘Free File’ article, I briefly reviewed the open-source compression-utility 7-Zip. Like most other archiving tools, 7-Zip is also capable of encrypting your files. To do this, it utilizes industry standard AES-256 encryption (a.k.a. Rijn Dael) and recommends a … Continue reading

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'Frightening' XP hack

As I was listening to Dvorak’s 5 minute rant this morning (Tech5 at PodShow) he mentioned this article. He stabbed the life out of it and he was right too. It’s an amusing read, certainly if you keep one word … Continue reading

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First Mac Virus

Computer analysts are going berserk on the arrival of the first virus capable of infecting the Macintosh Operating System. MacOS has always been seen as less susceptible to viruses, in contrast with Microsoft Windows. This illusion has now been unearthed,  … Continue reading

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Security Issues in FF and IE

Mozilla is seemingly addressing security patches a lot faster than its competitor Microsoft. In 2005, it took Microsoft at least 38 days to address a publicly known and actively used exploit. Unused exploits took MS 256 days to patch. Firefox, … Continue reading

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