Analyzed: AntiSec Hackers leaked 1 Million Apple Device IDs (Updated)

Introduction: This post contains a quick rundown of information that can be quickly gathered from the released file by AntiSec . From an ana...

Permutation Entropy Plot added to command line tool Ent (Update)

This post discusses the entropy-plotting tool ent   . The post will be updated as its status progresses (see  future ).  Permutation entropi...

Internet security: SQL Injection Attacks - Free Book Excerpt

Internet security primarily involves aspects of browser security and network security. When generalized, Internet security applies to applic...

LinkedIn, Last.fm, Eharmony - Analysis of over 10 Million leaked passwords

Currently, it is high season for password hacking. The victims  LinkedIn , Last.fm and eHarmony , each have millions of users. Speculation ...

Robust import / export of comma separated values or spreadsheets into a web-application

Described herein is a freely available library for importing and exporting any kind of separated values . As such flatfile databases (e.g....

Notepad++ Regular Expression Replace to make a flatfile database from a TAIR FASTA protein sequence file

On Windows I appreciate the free Notepad++ text editor with dozens of free plugins which can be selected and downloaded and installed direc...

Javascript, Python and PHP: Simple security and encryption measures

1. Introduction: The year 2011 emphasized once more the importance of data security even for systems that would previously have been dismiss...