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What is the Difference Between a White Hat Hacker and Black Hat Hacker?

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Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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Black Hat Hacker staring at computer screen wearing hoodie as the room is illuminated by green light. White Hat Hacker conceptual.

Movies are probably to blame for the majority of the public not understanding what a hacker actually does. We all conjure a very specific set of tropes in our brains whenever we hear about hacking. A man in a hoodie, typing late into the night as the green glow of binary code illuminates his Doritos-dust … Read more

What is a Honeypot?

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Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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honeypot sitting on a brown paper on a table. Spoon in honey. Honey jar.

In 1986, systems administrator Clifford Stoll noticed nine seconds of unpaid computer time at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Upon being asked to resolve this, Stoll eventually came to the conclusion that a hacker had illegally gained access to their network by exploiting a vulnerability. Stoll decided he would set up a trap for the hacker. He … Read more

How to Keep your PC From Getting a Virus

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Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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A magnifying glass lays over a PC screen as blue spiked viruses float out of the PC screen.

Stop Replacing your PC Once Every Three Years. It is no secret that PC has a bad reputation. In addition to being viewed as the model that is more likely to receive a virus, PCs are seemingly built to break. According to most companies, when your computer slows down, or behaves unusually, it is simply time … Read more

Child Internet Safety

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Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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Woman assisting young girl who is typing on a computer in a library child internet safety

As a 23 year old, I belong to the very last age group of people who remember a world before internet connection became ubiquitous. My internet connection was dial up. Once I was old enough to start browsing the web, my parents sprung into action. They installed intense internet safety child blocks all over the … Read more

How to use Tor Safely

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Julia Sowells, ,

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Welcome to Tor Browser tab is open

Browsing Anonymously  Tor, as many internet users may know, is a free software that helps establish anonymous communication between computers. The name originates as an acronym for the software project ‘The Onion Router’. ‘The Onion Router’ helps users conceal their location and usage and protects them from people conducting traffic analysis or network surveillance. This … Read more