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US Federal Government To Prioritize Cloud Solutions Over On-Premise Solutions
A comprehensive analysis of US Federal Government To Prioritize Cloud Solutions Over On-Premise Solutions, covering foundational principles, practical checklists, and operational best practices for Enterprise Web Architecture, Microservices, Node.js API Gateways, Core Web Vitals & Design Systems.
Cracking Passwords In The Cloud: Getting The Facts Straight
My last article about the benchmark on the new GPU Cluster instances in the Amazon cloud had a large impact: Some magazines claimed that: "A German hacker claims to have used cloud computing to crack passwords stored in an algorithm that was developed by the NSA." Well, at this point, I have to get some [...]
Cracking Passwords In The Cloud: Amazon’s New EC2 GPU Instances
Update: Great article about this at Threatpost! This also got slashdotted, featured on Tech News Today and there's a ZDNet article about this. Update: Because of the huge impact I have clarified some things here As of today, Amazon EC2 is providing what they call "Cluster GPU Instances": An instance in the Amazon cloud that [...]
Mailcampaign - 💻 Tech & Development
Update: This is fixed in revision 362 of the SET. The current Social Engineering Toolkit version from SVN (Revision 359) contains a broken java_applet.pde which will result in a compiling error like: 1teensy:20: error: expected ',' or ';' before 'void' A small patch for this (and another) issue is this: You can find a small [...]
mbed.org – Introduction & Improved MbedRPC Module For Python
Today I received my NXP mbed Design Challenge kit. At the first glance it looks like a cool piece of hardware: NXP LPC1768 (ARM Cortex-M3 Core) running at 96 MHz, 512KB flash, 64KB RAM, Ethernet, USB device/host, CAN, SPI, I2C, Analog I/O etc., but the first question was of course: How can I get my [...]
Firesheep: Handlers for SchuelerVZ, StudiVZ and MeinVZ
Update: I was relying on a cookie which only showed up under certain circumstances. This is fixed now, but accounts will show up multiple times in Firesheep. I will fix this soon. Firesheep is a great tool to show 'normal' people how important it is to know how to surf securely. For that reason, I [...]
DIYDA: Lamps, Robots & Finissage
A comprehensive analysis of DIYDA: Lamps, Robots & Finissage, covering foundational principles, practical checklists, and operational best practices for Enterprise Web Architecture, Microservices, Node.js API Gateways, Core Web Vitals & Design Systems.
DIYDA: Stamps And 3D Printing
Today there were two workshops in the rooms of the DingFabrik: Kathrin showed how to make your own stamps and Fabienne and Wim brought their MakerBots. I spend most of the time socializing at the stamps workshop, and also tried to actually make my own 'Pacman' stamp. The amount of visitors really surprised me, there [...]
Why ‘Password Maps’ Are A Bad Idea: Entropy Illusions & GPU Cracking Realities
A cryptanalytic deep-dive into why password maps and keyboard grids create a false sense of security, examining how modern GPU cracking engines weaponize human spatial predictability.
DingFabrik Köln e.V. – It’s growing!
The DingFabrik Köln e.V. is aiming to create a fab lab in cologne. It's still in a very early stage, but the plenum every Monday shows that it's going on: Today we assembled some shelves and packed stuff into them, at the end of the week we'll have tables and the motivation of the members [...]
Getting an ExpressCard Slot on a T400s
Disclaimer: If you try this, you can't make me responsible if you managed to screw up your system. For work I got a Lenovo T400s notebook, 2808-D9G to name the exact type. One thing that bugged me was the lack of an ExpressCard slot, but today, while taking out my keyboard for cleaning, I discovered [...]
