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How do so many vulnerable IoT devices stay alive and online?

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What if IoT devices are fabricated with random passwords?

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Is a router a better device for an IoT botnet than devices within its network?

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What is the difference between active and passive digital footprints?

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Do I need a Gateway Firewall for an IoT network?

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Should the local network be checked first to access IoT devices?

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Can static IP addressing prevent IoT botnets?

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How do I get a list of service accounts in Active Directory?

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How do you check whether the password is strong or not?

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How do you secure IoT devices?

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What are the negative aspects of creating fake security footprints?

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How do I find unused service accounts in Active Directory?

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Can a web server be secured with just a firewall?

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Why trust Nmap's reverse lookup for hostnames during discovery?

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Is there any reason not to salt and hash before using bcrypt?

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How to scan for ports opened by TCP/UDP sockets with Nmap or any other tool?

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Should I allow apps to communicate through Windows Firewall?

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How to exploit LDAP injection?

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How do I remove a service connection point in Active Directory?

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What's the point of salting Double Submit Cookie (CSRF protection)?

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How to map a network passively with Wireshark dumps?

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Should I allow communication on public networks?

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Why do digital signatures need different algorithms?

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Can there be multiple private keys for one public key?

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How do firewalls handle encrypted traffic?

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Why don't we use hash-based digital signatures everywhere?

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Is WebGL a security concern?

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How is the digital certificate sent alongside digital signatures?

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Why use manual testing for web server attacks if scanners can detect vulnerabilities?

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What is the difference between active and passive Digital Footprints?

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How does salting increase security?

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Why do passwords need to be salted?

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How secure is the hashing, salting, and stretching process in this diagram?

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Why don't we use hash-based digital signatures everywhere?

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Does a digital certificate contain a private key?

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How secure is the hashing/salting/stretching process as described in this diagram?

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Why don't digital signatures reveal the sender’s private key?

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Would re-salting passwords regularly in-/decrease security?

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Any reason I shouldn't be salting and hashing before putting through bCrypt?

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Can I protect against password hacking just by salting the previous-hash?

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Is salting a hash more secure than encrypting it?

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Why can I ping a server, but an Nmap normal scan cannot see the host?

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Does obfuscation provide true encryption and is it very secure?

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Is there a reason why legit websites are using this type of obfuscation?

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What are the three most common techniques used to obfuscate data?

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How to best obfuscate a built-in key in an application?

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How to spamproof a mailto link?

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How to avoid key-loggers when authenticating access?

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Is encoding the same as encryption for malware obfuscation?

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Why is XOR used in cryptography?

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