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President-elect Donald Trump said his administration would produce a full report on hacking within the first 90 days of his presidency and accused  “my political opponents and a failed spy” of making “phony allegations ” against him. “Totally made up facts by sleazebag political operatives, both Democrats and Republicans,” Trump said in a Twitter post Friday, adding in a later tweet, “My people will have a full report on hacking within 90 days!’’ In a flurry of early morning messages, the president-elect also suggested that the intelligence community had leaked damaging information about his alleged ties to Russia, after news reports published information about a dossier claiming the Kremlin had compromised him. “Russia says nothing exists,’’ Trump said on Twitter. “Probably released by ‘Intelligence’ even knowing there is no proof, and never will be.’’ In messages sent before many Americans reported to work, Trump took to social media to share with the public his thoughts on a ran...

An essential guide to becoming an ethical hacker I often get a number of people ask for guidance  about how they can become an ethical hacker. I also receive even more requests about how to become a black hat hacker. The latter requests are ignored. below is a definition of an ethical hacker Ethical hacker A person who hacks into a computer network in order to test or evaluate its security, rather than with malicious or criminal intent. So if you want to be an ethical hacker the truth is there is no easy method to become a skilled hacker ……  it’s easy to be a script kiddie and load up Armitage or Fast-track and fire every exploit known to man at a target. But what’s the point at firing Linux exploits at a Windows box!. You need essential prerequisite knowledge If you want to get into the IT  security world as a white hat you must be competent in the following areas: Networking Programming Databases Operating systems (Linux and Windows) Once you have a fairly good kno...

Bored using windows or any other server in your computing experience? Linux has been designed to offer you smooth and effective experience. Whether you want to use it for business or any other home operations, Linux offers the most reliable system to adopt. Linux has become one of the most adopted systems by many users in and around the world. Most of the world’s largest data centers across the globe use Linux. There are various reasons that answer why should we use Linux, keep on reading. Why Should we use Linux? 1. Linux is free of charge and in case you still doubt, then know that it is. In case you want to get rid of all the restrictions in terms of patents of any other form of restriction, then this would be the best switch for you. Linux can be edited in terms of the source code by most of the innovative business owners. It is, therefore, the best system to be adopted by a large number of business owners who want to simplify their business operations. 2.  Linux is more s...

The below commands are important and often used. For more checkout the image at the bottom of the article mkdir  – make directories Usage: mkdir [OPTION] DIRECTORY… eg. mkdir lhn ls  – list directory contents Usage: ls [OPTION]… [FILE]… eg. ls, ls ­l, ls lhn cd  – changes directories Usage: cd [DIRECTORY] eg. cd lhn pwd  ­-  print name of current working directory Usage: pwd vim  – Vi Improved, a programmers text editor Usage: vim [OPTION] [file]… eg. vim lhn.txt cp  – copy files and directories Usage: cp [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST eg. cp sample.txt sample_copy.txt cp sample_copy.txt target_dir mv  – move (rename) files Usage: mv [OPTION]… SOURCE DEST e...

Learning coding  from scratch could be a tough task and it could take years of hard work to master a language. So here I am going to address the biggest problem a beginner faces: How to pick up my first programming language? R ecently I came across with a very enriching infographic that addressed the same question.  Udacity  has utilized the date of the top ten programming languages in the US (provided by IEEE Spectrum) to pick the best programming language for you as a beginner. The basis on which this infographic is made varies from location, your lifestyle and the potential growth in career after selecting that particular language. Based on the flexibility, Python or C++ comes first as it allows you work on the variety of fields such as gaming to making of embedded systems. JS or PHP prepares you for a web development career. Similar observations and trends are made based on the  average pay per year,  geography and popularity. Take a look at the infographic ...

Readability is the path to more interesting projects within a career. Readability is the path to knowing what you wrote 5 years ago, and makes code reuse actually viable Readability is the path to acquiring protégées that can learn from your style. Readability that is understandable by others allows people to appreciate your code at a level of architecture, not just functional. Readability is the path of lease resistance when you have a bug in your code. Readability is the how you put ideas into understandable text and syntax, much like writing a paragraph in natural language. Readability is somehow not a priority for most other developers, however it’s probably pretty important to your development director, if you work for one. Readability is more important than most believe. With moore’s law, it’s even more important to focus on readability than pre-mature optimization. Here’s more: Most schools and colleges teach computer science like trade school skills. How to fix a car. How to be...