How to avoid potentially unwanted programs

Categories: Explained

Categories: News

Tags: potentially unwanted programs

Tags: PUAs

Tags: PUPs

If you’ve ever downloaded software onto your computer, chances are you’ve unknowingly cluttered your machine with potentially unwanted programs.

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Explained: Fuzzing for security

Categories: Explained

Categories: News

Tags: Fuzzing

Tags: fuzz testing

Tags: memory leaks

Tags: runtime errors

Tags: race conditions

Tags: control flow error

Tags: memory allocation

Tags: buffer overflow

Fuzzing is an automated software testing method that uses a wide range of invalid and unexpected data as input to find flaws.

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Explained: Steganography

Categories: Explained

Categories: News

Tags: Steganography

Tags: encryption

Tags: least significant bits

Tags: rgb

Tags: masking

Tags: palette-based

Tags: lossy

Tags: compression

Tags: cropping

Steganography is the prime example of hiding something in plain sight. We look at the basics, some methods, and the hurdles of hiding messages in images.

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