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Bagle wederopstanding?, ftpchk3.php in webroot geplaatst via FTP. De afgelopen weken gebeurt het regelmatig dat een klant met een melding bij ons komt dat zijn/haar website is gekraakt. Of erger, als...
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Inleiding – sterke wachtwoorden Het onderstaande is ooit geschreven voor een VEVIDA-nieuwsbrief, maar het kan nooit kwaad dergelijk advies te blijven herhalen. Sterke wachtwoorden Een wachtwoord...
View ArticleDrupal.org hacked! Reset your password
The Drupal.org Security Team and Infrastructure Team has discovered unauthorized access to account information on Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org. Users are advised to reset their passwords. The post...
View ArticleCracking 16 character strong passwords in less than an hour
A team of hackers has managed to crack more than 14,800 supposedly random passwords from a list of 16,449 converted into hashes using the MD5 cryptographic hash function The post Cracking 16 character...
View Article“Statistics Will Crack Your Password”
Think like a hacker and ask yourself how fast your passwords might be able to be cracked based on their structure. This is a very interesting read on Praetorian’s security blog: When hackers or...
View ArticleGenerate pseudo-random passwords with OpenSSL
OpenSSL comes in handy when you need to create (pseudo) random passwords, for example for system accounts and services. In this short post I’ll give you a quick example on how to generate random...
View ArticleUmbraco CMS admin password reset
Umbraco admin password reset: When you’ve forgotten your Umbraco admin password, use the following SQL query to reset your password for Umbarco: Reset your Umbraco password with this SQL statement (in...
View ArticleWordPress CMS admin password reset
How to reset a lost WordPress password: If you’ve lost or forgotten your WordPress admin password, you can easily reset the password. Either use the following MySQL statement to reset your WordPress...
View ArticleA cheat-sheet for password crackers
A cheat-sheet for password crackers that may come in handy sometime, by m3g9tr0n. In this article I am going to share some bash scripting commands and regular expressions which I find useful in...
View ArticleSecurity baseline for Windows 10 v1903 and Windows Server v1903 – final release
Microsoft is pleased to announce the final release of the security configuration baseline settings for Windows 10 version 1903 (a.k.a., “19H1”), and for Windows Server version 1903. This new Windows...
View ArticleBash function to generate a random alphanumeric string
You can use this Bash function in your .bashrc file to generate a random alphanumeric string. This comes in handy when you need to generate a long, secure password for example. Adjust to your needs. An...
View ArticleSecuring privileged access
Securing privileged access is a critical first step to establishing security assurances for business assets in a modern organization. The security of most or all business assets in an IT organization...
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