Software testing lessons from VW
An important lesson about software testing - specifically the importance of testing software "in the wild".
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How did VW trick the EPA?
Over the last week we've learnt that VW perpetrated a massive fraud on the US Environmental Protection Agency, and on other government agencies world-wide.
The dangers of cloud storage part 2
CompleteFTP customers will be pleased to know that CompleteFTP is very suitable for deployment in the cloud - we use it ourselves on Amazon AWS.
How does SSH work – part six - SFTP
The most common subsystem available is SFTP, which provides commands to transfer and manipulate files.
Remote hacking of vehicles a reality
In their rush to Internet-enable their vehicles, some manufacturers appear to have neglected the security aspect of their systems.
Secure your SFTP server: Tip 5 - Strengthen SFTP/SSH configurations
Secure file servers such as CompleteFTP support many protocols, including FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP and SFTP. Previous tips in our series on securing your SFTP server have explained various…
SFTP Public Key Authentication
Using SFTP public key authentication is a great step towards securing your sftp server. In this article, I'll run through our step-by-step instructions for getting SFTP public key authentication working…
How to FTP through a firewall
Firewalls present challenges for users of FTP and (particularly) FTPS. The root cause of the problem is that a single session using these protocols requires more than one socket connection.…
The dangers of cloud storage
Apple's iCloud storage service has been in the news lately. Apparently, numerous celebrities have uploaded nude "selfies" to iCloud and a hacker has managed to gain access and leaked the…
Acoustic Cryptanalysis
This is amazing and scary - computers often emit high pitched sounds, and these sounds can actually leak security-sensitive details about what your computer is doing. In particular, RSA decryption…