Bitcoin’s almost 10 year lifespan so far has subjected the technology and its’ implementation to all kinds of attack and critical inquiry. Meanwhile the value of Bitcoin as a tradable … Continue Reading Hacking Deterministic Bitcoin Addresses
Secure Shell (SSH) is an amazing cryptographic network protocol, and it undoubtedly helps secure a huge slice of today’s Internet – giving sysadmins robust remote access to their servers, but also so much much … Continue Reading Hardening SSH on your Ubuntu Server
I recently finished competing in the AusCERT2016 Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge which ran for 48 hours. Coming in 10th place from dozens of active participants was very rewarding! I entered under the team … Continue Reading AusCERT2016 CTF – 10th Place!
Following on from some recent research into Cryptocurrencies, I’ve been looking at the somewhat unique Huntercoin. It claims to be a so-called “human mine-able” cryptocurrency. I’m not so much interested at … Continue Reading Huntercoin node on Ubuntu 16.04