Welcome, intrepid readers, to an exciting expedition into the captivating world of mass storage technologies. This comprehensive guide will unravel the mysteries behind the devices and systems responsible for storing and safeguarding the digital fabric of our modern lives.
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Previously, I showed how you could set up a small network with the support of the Workgroup functionality, which works great at home where you have a small network. It also works in a small organization (< 30 computers), but the more computers there are connected to the network, the more complicated it will be to manage all these devices.
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Zero-Trust is a security framework that defines how users inside and outside an organization must be authenticated. This means that in an organization, measures must be taken continuously to assess when and how users can access applications and data.
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I have been running into the term “brute-force attacks” quite a lot during my journey into cybersecurity. Brute-force attacks are used when you want to crack someone’s password to obtain unauthorized access. I understand what they do but I never invested a lot of time in getting a full grasp of how brute-force attacks work.
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I have been postponing the installation of a decent password manager on my computer for quite a while now. The main reason is that I didn’t really see it as a key priority and installing the one I selected, KeePass can be a bit of a hassle to set up. I think it’s more about procrastination than “priorities” in the end so I decided to stop all the presses related to other stuff and to set up
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A few days ago, news stories appeared about a huge data breach that occurred at T-Mobile. The first reports of last Sunday stated that someone on the dark web was claiming to have the data of 100 million US subscribers/ex-subscribers from T-Mobile servers and was selling a portion of it on an underground forum for 6 bitcoin which is over 220K€. The information that was stolen didn’t only include names, phone numbers and physical addresses but also social security numbers, driver’s license information and IMEI numbers (a unique phone device number you can see as a sort of phone’s social security number).
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