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What is John the Ripper and How Does it Work?

Tech20202021-01-26T12:13:56+00:00Categories: Computer & Network Concepts|Tags: Brute Force Attack, cryptocurrency wallets, Dictionary attack, Encrypted private keys, GNU-licensed, Incremental, John the Ripper, Kali, Linux, Network traffic captures, Password, Password Checker, Rainbow tables, Rapid7, SSH, Unix, Wordlist|

John the Ripper is a free password cracking software tool. It was designed to test password strength, brute-force encrypted (hashed) passwords, and crack passwords via dictionary attacks. John the Ripper is a part of the Rapid7 family of penetration testing/ hacking tools. Also, John is already installed on Kali Linux. First, we advocate for ethical [...]

Everything About Managing User Accounts in Windows 10

Tech20202020-09-23T09:26:16+00:00Categories: Microsoft|Tags: Active Directory Domain Services, AD DS domian, Authentication, Computer Management Console, Everything About Managing User Accounts in Windows 10, Local accounts, Microsoft, Microsoft accounts, Password, Physical Security Key, Picture Password, PIN, Settings App, sign-in, user accounts access levels, Windows|

Creating and managing user accounts is one of the most important steps in securing a computer. You need to be able to create a work account on your PC and manage its various aspects (such as password and expiration time, access level). The subject of this post is creating and managing user accounts. [...]

Properties of a Strong Password

Tech20202020-09-20T09:07:01+00:00Categories: Computer & Network Concepts, Network Security|Tags: Authentication, Data Security, MFA, Mulfi-factor authentication, Password, Security, Strong password, Two-factor authentication (2FA)|

One of the most important ways to ensure that your online interactions are safe and secure is to protect your passwords. Also, the more powerful your password, the harder it is for a hacker to invade your system. A strong password: Is at least 12 characters long Is a combination of uppercase letters, lowercase letters, [...]

IT Security Baselines

Tech20202020-10-19T08:01:55+00:00Categories: Microsoft, Network Security|Tags: administrative accounts, Anti-malware, Authentication, backup, cisco, Cryptography, Encryption, Firewall, Hardening Baselines, IT Security Baselines, Malware, Microsoft, Network Monitoring, Password, Password protection, PCI DSS, Physical Server, Security Checklist, service account, virtual machine, VM, Windows Server, Wireless Security Baselines|

All organizations are need to keep their apps and devices secure. These apps/ devices must be compliant with the security baselines defined by the organization. A security configuration checklist (lockdown or hardening guide or benchmark) is form a series of instructions for configuring a product to a particular security baseline. IT security checklists are helpful to [...]

Authentication Methods

Tech20202020-09-02T05:32:17+00:00Categories: Computer & Network Concepts, Network Security|Tags: 2FA, Asynchronous dynamic password tokens, Authentication Methods, Biometric, cyber security, Handwriting Analysis, ITperfection, MFA, Mobile Device Location, Multi-Factor Authentication, Network Security, Password, Password Manager, Picture Password, SFA, Single-factor Authentication, Smart card, SMS PASSWORDS, Somewhere you are, Static password tokens, Synchronous dynamic password tokens, two-factor Authentication, Typing Technique, What do you know, What You Are, What you have|

Authentication is the process of verifying the identity of a person or device. In fact, Authentication technology provides access control for systems by checking to see if a user's credentials match the credentials in a database of authorized users or in a data authentication server. The authentication process always runs at the start of the [...]