Dictionary and Brute Force Attacks A dictionary password attack is when a list of words is used against the password in order to guess it. These lists of words containing likely passwords can even be downloaded from the Internet. A brute force attack is the use of all possible combinations of characters in order to […]
How Digital Forensics Can Assist in Legal Cases
What is Digital Forensics? The term ‘digital’ relates to the examination of computers, phones, memory cards, USB memory sticks, digital cameras and any other type of device that contains digital storage. The ‘forensics’ aspect relates to the method of examination that, where possible, avoids alteration of the information contained on the digital devices so that […]
How To Access Your iPhone or iPad Backup on Your PC
When you connect your Apple iPhone or iPad to your computer, iTunes automatically starts and you can select to synchronise the device with your PC so that any music, emails, photographs etc that are on one device are transferred to the other. It is also possible to take a full backup of the content of […]
Password Security
A basic security requirement to attempting to ensure the security of a computer system is the user password. There are different aspects of password security that can be used in order to make the unauthorised access of a user account more difficult. Within a Windows based system, these settings are available within the Password Policy […]
Virtual Private Network – VPN
What is a VPN (Virtual Private Network)? A Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides privacy and anonymity online as it provides the user with a private network even when they are using a public internet connection. The VPN provides the online user with a screen making the online actions and activities private. The VPN also provides […]
