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ProtonMail

Active Wirehead — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 09:21:00 +0000

What we really want to provide is privacy for the much larger segment of the population that isn’t sophisticated enough to use PGP. Location: CERN, the particle physics laboratory in Switzerland Founders: Jason Stockman, Andy Yen, and Wei Sun Object: Encrypted Webmail Concern: a more secure and private internet, in part as a response to the Edward Snowden […]

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Surface, Deep and Dark Web

Active Wirehead — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 18:54:00 +0000

I won’t go trough the history of the World Wide Web (WWW) and this post is just a little clarification about what you can find or not in the Web and where to search. Web is huge and continues to grow dramatically and the WEB that everyone usually uses is the tip of the iceberg. Surface […]

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Cyber Attacks in Progress!

Active Wirehead — Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:02:00 +0000

Today I want to show you this specific address which represents Live Cyber Attacks detected by Norse Corp. It is seriously impressive and sometimes you can be the witness of massive cyber attacks! Check this out Netrunners ! About Norse Corp. They define themselves as “the global leader in live attack intelligence“. Norse offers proactive, intelligence-based security solutions […]

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Hacking – Chapter 4 – Create your own virtualized hacking environment

Active Wirehead — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:32:29 +0000

Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice. Netrunner, After these 3 first chapters ( Have a look here: Netrunner/ITKnowledge/Security), it is time to start and create your own virtualized hacking environment. Just put the first bricks. Later we will use this new environment. What do I need to create my own hacking environment? Because you don’t want to […]

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Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking

Active Wirehead — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 04:55:22 +0000

Hacking – Chapter 3 – Phases of hacking The process could be divided in five distinct phases. There are different models but this one is a common one. White, black or grey hackers use the equivalent process. Forget intentions. Here we’ll focus on the method. It is also important to understand the sequence of phases. Indeed, […]

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Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills

Active Wirehead — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 04:12:58 +0000

Being able to break security doesn’t make you a hacker anymore than being able to hotwire cars makes you an automotive engineer. Eric Raymond After a brief introduction in the first post ”what is a hacker?” we will focus on the different skills a Computer Hacker should have. Hacking – Chapter 2 – Skills […]

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Hacking – Chapter 1 – What is a hacker?

Active Wirehead — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 05:58:37 +0000

This is our world now… the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore… and you call us criminals. We seek after […]

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Cyberpunk Soundtracks 2.0 and the Rise of Small-Scale Kickstarter Campaigns

Jay — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:06:26 +0000

Cyberpunk Soundtracks 2.0 is a new Kickstarter collection of ‘retro-futuristic’ cyberpunk-inspired soundscapes for gaming and cyberpunk-related projects. The campaign has already received 55 backers, pledging a total of over $2400 USD. That’s 240% of the initial $1000 USD funding goal and an impressive average of $44 per backer. These soundtracks are meant to provide ambient […]

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HOW TO START A BLOG – Chap 3 – WordPress Self hosted blog

Active Wirehead — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:02:38 +0000

Welcome back for this chapter 3 of ”How to start a blog” I encourage you to read Chapter 1 & 2 if you didn’t it. It will be cool to have a better view of what you want to achieve. Let’s go for the last steps in the installation of your self hosted blog. What […]

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HOW TO START A BLOG – Chap 2 – Available services

Active Wirehead — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 12:18:54 +0000

Welcome back for this chapter 2 of ”How to start a blog” The next step to create your own blog! I assume you have a better idea about your concept now and you want to go further by choosing what tools you want to use. You can still have a look on Chapter 1 if […]

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