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Cloud Digest

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Geeker's Cloud Digest – 4/22

Welcome to another edition of Geeker's Cloud Digest, a digest of several cloud related news ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 27, 2023

Internet Globe

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What is an unvalidated redirect?

If you're working with security audits and vulnerability scanners, you might come across the term ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 17, 2022

TLS certificate chain

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How to create and troubleshoot OpenSSL SSL/TLS certificates

Working with SSL/TLS certificates? Need to verify a certificate chain? Need to create a private ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

November 26, 2021

Facebook data leak

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Data from 500 million Facebook users leaked and shared for public download

A massive data leak from Facebook was collected and shared online, which includes data from ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

April 7, 2021

How DNSBL works

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What is a DNSBL (DNS Black List) and how do they work against spams?

A DNSBL, also known as DNS Black Lists or DNS Block Lists or RBL (Real-time ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 4, 2021

Wordpress stats

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How to protect your WordPress site from brute force login attacks

Every WordPress administrator looking at site statistics becomes quickly aware that one of the most ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

February 2, 2021

Windows

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How to kill your Windows machine in one second (critical NTFS vulnerability)

There is a critical vulnerability in Windows which will destroy the NTFS file system when ...

By Michael Aigner

January 16, 2021

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Certbot unable to issue certificate, instead asks for 'Please choose an account'

When trying to add a new Let's Encrypt TLS certificate, certbot failed with the following ...

By Claudio Kuenzler

January 6, 2021