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The Art Of Password Cracking

July 1, 2012August 14, 2012 ~ Prateek Joshi ~ 4 Comments

The elusive art of password-cracking has enticed many a mortal! Everyone has, at one point or the other, contemplated cracking someone's password to get access to their private information. Whenever people hear the term 'hacking', the first thing that comes to their mind is 'cracking passwords'. A lot of people think that password-cracking is the … Continue reading The Art Of Password Cracking

The Linkedin Debacle

June 10, 2012August 14, 2012 ~ Prateek Joshi ~ 3 Comments

If you are following tech news, you might very well be aware of the fact that there was a security leak in Linkedin recently. A Russian hacker leaked around 6.5 million Linkedin passwords along with 1.5 million passwords from a dating website (possibly eHarmony) to get the total to around 8 million. If you haven't … Continue reading The Linkedin Debacle

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