Tag Archives: password

Why Breaches of Web-Facing Assets are on the Increase

Think of a hacker as an enemy attack submarine.  In warfare, a submarine lurks underwater, seeking victims.  It may be probing the defenses of a shipping harbor to find weaknesses that can be exploited.  Hackers perform a similar strategy today as they probe the web for internet-facing assets to find easy targets to breach and […]

HOW TO CREATE A REALLY STRONG PASSWORD: A PEN TESTER’S PERSPECTIVE

  CREATE A REALLY STRONG PASSWORD: A PEN TESTER’S PERSPECTIVE. Attackers have figured out how to crack even what you and I think are the toughest passwords.  HALOCK pen testers almost always find passwords as a weak spot in every investigation. With so much at stake, it’s a wonder why password safety still isn’t being […]

Understanding and Fixing the Heartbleed Vulnerability

Now that you know that Heartbleed is potentially exposing your secure systems to malicious hackers, you need to know what to do about it. Not only does that mean you need to secure your systems (even the ones you don’t yet know use Open SSL), but you also need to be able to understand the […]