Category: Secure Computing

In this article I will walk through an example of Steganography, which is the ability to hide messages or other content inside of files. This [Read More…]

A very useful website for validating both individual files and website links is a website called VirusTotal.com This is a free site and you can [Read More…]

Tails is a Linux based operating system designed to boot from a USB drive or DVD. It is available for free and includes many good [Read More…]

Sometimes you will come across a website or an IP address and you may want to check to see if it is legitimate or not. [Read More…]

SMS messaging (text messaging) on phones is not considered secure because it is not end to end encrypted. This means that your phone carrier and [Read More…]

In this article, I would like to highlight a technology found in many corporate environments that most people are not aware of called Wake-On-Lan. It [Read More…]

An interesting technology to take note of is called LoRa (short for Long Range). This technology allows one device to communicate with another device in [Read More…]

My top recommendation for securing your home network (after turning off wireless services such as WiFi and Bluetooth and going with an ethernet setup) would [Read More…]

In a prior article, I provided some detail on the NSA’s ANT catalog which included a wide range of hardware and software hacks. Some of [Read More…]

One option for your home networking setup would be to use fiber optics connections for some or all of your networking needs.  For targeted individuals [Read More…]