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Private Key Recovery: What to Do When You Forget Your Crypto Access

A private key is essential for accessing a crypto wallet, and losing it can mean permanent loss of funds. A seed phrase acts ...
TechRepublic

Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant

Connect to Amazon EC2 with a private key using PuTTY and Pageant Your email has been sent Nick Hardiman shows you how to set up a secure connection to an Amazon EC2 machine using PuTTY and Pageant to ...
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Bitcoin Security: Trustless Private Messaging With Public And Private Key Cryptography

Message privacy, increasingly important to Bitcoiners, can be achieved with public and private key cryptography. As a Bitcoiner, you’re going to need a secure way to communicate privately, without ...
ZDNet

Linux hit by crypto-ransomware - but attackers botch private key

The crypto-ransomware is aimed at Linux system administrators and demands exactly one Bitcoin to restore access to key files. One Bitcoin was worth about $420 last week but is currently $375.
Linux Journal

Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux: A Lesson in Encryption, Part 2

Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from chapter 11, "Keeping Your Data Private", of Peter van der Linden's Guide to Linux, published August 2005 by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-187284-2. In Part 1 ...
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Attackers Start Scans for SSH Keys After Report on Lack of SSH Security Controls

Crooks are mass-scanning online sites for directories containing SSH private keys so they can break into websites with any accidentally exposed credentials. SSH authentication can work via the classic ...