In 2020, Twitter experienced one of the most disasterous attacks from a single hacking figure that caused verified accounts to tweet without knowing and possibly exposed Twitter to more attacks and how strong their systems actually are.
In this post, I discuss the mathematics of Enigma, how tough it was to break and how that compares to modern day computers.
Social Engineering is a technique used in almost all cyber attacks such as phishing, baiting and more. It's an extremely broad topic but with some basic understandings, it's possible to help protect yourself from some of these attacks.
Facebook was one of the first social media companies to come under fire for the way they handle user data and who gains access. More recently though, TikTok has taken this position and has come under fire for how much data it harvests. But how does it really compare to Facebook?
The first step to being safer online is to have a secure password. But it isn't always easy knowing how to generate a secure password and then actually remember it. Let alone why this is so important and if your password is even secure.