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The Ethical Implications of Data Privacy in the Digital Age

Alright, let’s talk about a hot topic that affects all of us every time we swipe, click, or scroll—data privacy. Sounds techy, right? But here’s the thing: it’s not just about computers; it’s about trust, fairness, and how much of you you’re willing to trade for convenience. XAXAXA The Trade-Off We Don’t Think About Think about this: every time you… Read more →

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Protect Website against hacks

How to protect your Website against hacks? An organisation can adopt the following policy to protect itself against web server attacks. 🌀SQL Injection– sanitizing and validating user parameters before submitting them to the database for processing can help reduce the chances of being attacked via SQL Injection. Database engines such as MS SQL Server, MySQL, etc. support parameters and prepared statements.… Read more →

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Password Salting

What is Password Salting? Password salting is a technique to protect passwords stored in databases by adding a string of 32 or more characters and then hashing them. Salting prevents hackers who breach an enterprise environment from reverse-engineering passwords and stealing them from the database. Password salting increases password complexity, making them unique and secure without affecting user experience. It also helps prevent hash table attacks and slows… Read more →

MAC address spoofing

The device that you’re looking at right now has a network interface controller (NIC), the thing that’s responsible for allowing you to connect to a network, like an internet. All devices capable of networking (smartphones, laptops, routers) have one of these. Each NIC is assigned unique hard-coded MAC addresses that cannot be changed. However, almost all popular platforms such as… Read more →

Tech Security Facts

Below are some fun facts on technology security facts that I have compiled from various resources. 1. How is websites made secure from hackers? Website developers use a technology called cryptography to protect information from unintended audiences and encrypt it. Cryptanalysis, in turn, is the art and science of breaking encoded data. Modern cryptography uses advanced math (algorithms) equations and… Read more →