The use of software, platforms and services between the USA and China is becoming increasingly difficult. Reasons for these difficulties are among others political pressure but also guidelines and threatening actions. With Gitee, an alternative to the American GitHub is now being promoted by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
M.Sc. Jan Hörnemann
NFC password card – That’s how secure the new password manager is!
Password managers are a very good way to manage passwords and ensure that different passwords can be used on different websites. There is a new method of a password manager and that is an NFC password card.
Agency for Innovation in Cyber Security founded!
There is a new German federal authority, the Agency for Innovation in Cyber Security, which is intended to ensure greater security in the IT sector. 350 million euros will be made available up to 2023 and are intended to ensure better IT security in Germany. Nevertheless there are dissenting voices to this new federal authority, from whom these dissenting voices come and with which arguments against the new federal authority is argued we explain in this blog post.
Download GIFs and videos on Twitter
Videos or GIFs that are published on social networks can also be downloaded to your hard drive. In today’s blog post we show a website that can download GIFs and videos from Twitter.
Identify reputable sources – that’s how it works!
Finding reputable sources that cover current topics has become very difficult. The reason for this is that there are countless sources, some of which include some that distribute false information. You should pay attention to the points presented here, so that you can identify serious sources.
Security gap in learning platform Mebis!
Learning platforms get in Covid19 times more and more attention and win strongly at users. However, not all of these platforms are secure and protect the users’ data sufficiently. This is also the case with the platform Mebis, which was developed by the Bavarian Ministry of Culture. A group of hackers has now published an article in which several vulnerabilities are mentioned that are contained in the Mebis platform.
Virtual Machine – How does the computer in the computer work?
A virtual machine, or VM for short, has a number of characteristics that can be advantageous for a wide range of applications. But what exactly is a VM and why is it very useful to use one in certain situations? What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine is a … continue reading
Mailto-Link can be exploited to grab sensitive files!
Email is still the main means of communication when you are in business. So-called mailto links ensure that the default email program automatically opens and an email with a predefined sender appears. Researchers of the Ruhr University Bochum have now discovered that in such links not only the recipient can be set, but also attachments can be defined.
Task Manager – Shortcuts and Tricks
The Task Manager is a very useful tool in a Windows computer. But what the Task Manager can do and what benefits you can get from this small control center and what Task Manager tricks there are, we explain in today’s blog. Start the program There are two different ways … continue reading
China bans the editor Notepad++!
Notepad++, a very well known text editor, which is widely used by software developers, is no longer available in China. The founder of the free editor supports the protesters in Hong Kong and the Uyghurs. In response to this support, there have been cyber attacks and the editor has been blocked from downloading in China.
