If you use Truecrypt, migrate to Veracrypt

I’m playing catch-up with this one, but if you’ve been relying on the quasi-open source Truecrypt encryption solution, you need to migrate to Veracrypt as quickly as possible.

For some reason, it doesn’t seem to be common knowledge that Veracrypt is derived from Truecrypt and is, for all intents and purposes, the successor to Truecrypt.

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Retracing the Home Depot attackers’ steps

New details emerged on the Home Depot attack that left 56 million consumers with compromised credit cards. The interesting thing in the new details is that it could have been much worse, but maybe not for reasons immediately obvious.

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