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That being said, cryptography can be broken under the right circumstances. The first step in breaking cryptography is identifying the cryptographic algorithm in use. This can be accomplished in a number of ways including: Manual reverse-engineering Keyword searches for algorithm names Analysis of an executable’s dependencies Ciphertext analysis (e.g., observing block lengths) With this information in hand, it’s time to start looking for an exploitable vulnerability. Exploiting cryptographic vulnerabilities Modern cryptography is secure by design....

Below, we take a look at 10 browser extensions that are capable of making every ethical hacker’s life easier. Note: Because Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox are the most popular web browsers around, we’ve kept our picks to extensions that specifically run on these platforms. Let’s take a look at the extensions, shall we? Top 10 extensions 1. HackBar When pentesting a web application, it’s necessary to use your browser’s address bar in order to change or add parameters or modify the URL....

We have seen a number of great animated series over the years, but the character who has arguably appeared the most in animation is none other than DC Comics’ Batman. The Dark Knight has been appearing in animated form since 1968, where he appeared alongside Robin the Boy Wonder in Filmation’s Superman animated shorts. His appearance there launched an almost unending presence on television that has seen numerous different iterations of the Batman and his mythology explored in different ways....

The Quinjet is one of the coolest vehicles in the MCU - here are all the variations across the Quinjet’s movie appearances. The Quinjet was actually created by Black Panther in the comics, with the jet earning its name from the 5 jet thrusters that power it. Since every superhero team needs a really cool, special vehicle to travel in the Quinjet made its MCU debut in Joss Whedon’s The Avengers in 2012....

Aquaman has long been an important and powerful figure in DC Comics. Despite the impressive amount of feats on his resumé, including being super strong, reigning over an entire kingdom, and having countless lives saved (at least within in the pages of the comics), Arthur Curry has been the butt of all the superhero jokes for decades. It’s an impression that slowly and surely has started to change, a big factor of which is the DCEU, Justice League and Jason Momoa taking over the role....

Here in this guide, we will help you to flash the magisk to root QMobile S5003. Read our step by step guide properly! Who doesn’t want to get the most of his Android device..?! Getting the superuser access through the root and to be able to control various aspects like clock, access to cache etc. are few of the various possibilities that we can explore. When we mention root access, this means we need to perform a certain modification that will root our phone and we will have access to the root directory of our device....

Elgato makes a lot of great HomeKit hardware and smart home accessories — and now that’s going to be Elgato’s only focus as it tightens up and rebrands. Elgato Systems is changing its name to Eve Systems and going all-in on HomeKit as it shifts its focus totally to its extensive Eve live of smart home products. Eve makes loads of HomeKit compatible hardware including sensors, plugs, switches, and most recently sprinkler controllers....

Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame nearly had a fight scene involving Black Panther’s Okoye (Danai Gurira) and Thor: Ragnarok’s Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) using each other’s weapons on the film’s many baddies. While that scene never made it into Avengers: Endgame, the film did feature an all-woman team-up in the big fight scene with Thanos and his army toward the end, though it was very brief. The proposed scene was also not the only big scene axed, as Sean Gunn revealed that the final battle almost included an elaborate aerial sequence....

Apple last night revealed its immediate withdrawal from the US Chamber of Commerce because of the groups “strident criticism of plans to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions”. In a letter to the Chamber president, Apple VP, Catherine Novelli said: “Apple supports regulating greenhouse gas emissions, and it is frustrating to find the Chamber at odds with us in this effort.” Since then, Clean Production Action and ChemSec have issued a report that highlights Apple as one of seven companies that lead the pack in terms of eliminating toxic substances from electronic poducts....

Epic Games is setting its sights even higher. After snatching the much coveted Metro Exodus right out from under Steam’s nose, it now looks like some Epic Game Store improvements are on the horizon. Valve might want to keep itself on its toes with all these quality-of-life changes that are being shared by the Epic Games team. After shaking up the ecosystem with a successful launch last year, as well as the myriad of issues surrounding both Valve and the Steam store that have been publicized, it looks like the Epic Game Store is looking to outdo its competition by adding a bunch of new features that users have been consistently requesting....

“I think [the anti-trolling Bill] can lend itself to a lot of retaliation, a lot of vigilante-style justice,” Inman Grant said, who was reappointed into the eSafety commissioner post a fortnight ago. “I do worry about what that would mean in terms of giving individuals that kind of information, and that might be an IP address, or MAC address, or a device ID that the everyday person can’t do much with....

EU antitrust regulator Margrethe Vestager is perhaps best known as the woman who instigated the investigation into Apple’s European tax arrangements, resulting in a ruling that Ireland must collect €13B ($14.4B) in back taxes from the iPhone maker. Now Vestager has outlined her remaining concerns with Apple in a new interview today… The dispute over Apple’s Irish tax arrangements was a long-running one that isn’t over yet. Apple had funneled almost the profits from its sales throughout Europe into Ireland, where a sweetheart tax deal saw the company pay an extremely low rate of tax....

Warning: SPOILERS for House of X #6 Even Charles Xavier admits that the X-Men’s dream is dead. The X-Men have always fought for Xavier’s Dream, a vision of peaceful coexistence between man and mutant. As such, they’re seen as representative of the battle for tolerance and equality, and comic book writers - including Stan Lee himself - have frequently compared Charles Xavier and Magneto to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X....

American Horror Story has been delighting and infuriating fans for eight seasons now and the show has reinvigorated television in a number of ways. The series has absolutely rejuvenated anthology shows and reestablished the value in such vehicles. The show has also helped remind audience’s how much they love horror on television and what a fun genre it is. Every season indulges horror in a totally new way and throws in a fun new collection of guest stars, too....

When Schmigadoon! was released in June 2021 as an Apple TV original show, viewers expected whimsical, bizarre things. The premise and the concept of a musical parody are intriguing, and the star-studded cast inspires more than just confidence. The title is a reference and, on its own, a promise to entertain. There were so many ways it could go wrong, but the series manages to stick its landing. One of its highlights is undoubtedly the musical aspect—a reflection of characters’ relationships and growth....

Congrats, iPhone owners: Popular online food ordering service Eat24 has determined that you are healthier than users of Google’s Android. That’s based on data it collected from its mobile app over a three month period, tracking information regarding how ordering habits differed across the rival platforms. To come to its conclusion, Eat24 first looked at its filters used for narrowing down local restaurant choices. Here, the company found that 27% of iPhone users whittle down their options to only the “Healthy” variety before choosing any other filters....

Apple executive Eddy Cue, in charge of the team that developed Apple Pay, recently participated in some holiday shopping with local news station KTLA to demonstrate how the new mobile payments platform works. Cue, alongside tech reporter Rich DeMuro, visited a number of stores in Santa Monica, California, including Panera Bread, Bloomingdale’s and the Disney Store. The video reiterates how seamless it is to make contactless payments with Apple Pay by simply tapping an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus on an NFC-equipped payment terminal....

Last month we reported that Tim Cook would be facing deposition over Qualcomm patent royalties in June. Today, another SVP from Apple is being added to the list. Bloomberg reports that Eddy Cue is now being deposed in the case. Apparently, Apple argued against the move, but San Diego Federal Judge Mitchell D. Dembin ultimately turned that down, favoring Qualcomm’s request to add Cue to the program. Apple argued back in November that Cue had nothing to do with the case as he merely oversees services at the company....

A Browser Focused On Privacy Epic Privacy Browser is based on Chromium (which also powers Google Chrome, be it beta or stable), and is designed to protect your personal data/privacy by blocking tracking cookies and scripts which might collect personal data about you while browsing websites or doing searches on Bing or Google. For example, Do Not Track is enabled at all times and Epic will notify you each time it blocks tracking software from a website (normally advertising cookies, etc…)....

The Eve app for iPhone and iPad is one of the better solutions for controlling your HomeKit accessories through a third-party app. An update to Eve for HomeKit today brings new features for the Eve Aqua, more powerful context menus, and more. For those unfamiliar, the Eve Aqua is a smart water controller that integrates with HomeKit. It allows you to control your sprinkler or irrigation system via the Eve app, Siri, or the Home app....