Avoidance Technology for "Hacking"
Episode-5
Hai friends,
Today we see about the some algorithms used for rectify the hacking technology.In that now we see one of the alogrithm namely "RSA".... RSA is "Rivest-Shamir-Adleman"who developed this alogrithm for security purpose in 1977.
If you use an RSA SecurID keyfob or card for stricter security than a user name and password provides, you may have just become a last line of defense.
RSA Security, a division of EMC Corporation, said on Thursday that it suffered a sophisticated hacker attack that resulted in the theft of sensitive information related to its popular SecurID two-factor authentication products.
These products involve keyfob devices that display pass codes that change every 30 to 60 seconds, which many companies give to employees who access their networks remotely and some financial institutions give to high-net-worth clients as a way to bolster password security. The devices provide a second security factor - ''something you have'' - that is combined with the standard first factor of a user name and password, which is ''something you know.''
While RSA provided few details about what exactly was stolen from its computer systems, it said the information would not, alone, enable a successful attack on SecurID customers, but could potentially reduce the ''effectiveness'' of the system ''as part of a broader attack.''
RSA's system is comprised of three main elements: a proprietary SecurID algorithm, a ''secret seed'' number for each device, and a user pass code. In theory, only by possessing all three could a hacker break in.
The RSA hack's worst case appears to be the theft of two of the three - the algorithm and the secret seeds - says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, director of security at Gilt Groupe, operator of a high-end e-commerce site. However, he notes that the seeds appear to be safe, since RSA has said that no customer data was stolen.
That means the third element - the user names and pass codes - stored away in customer networks, and employees' brains, are still safe. For now, anyway. The next step for the RSA hackers could be to filch them too, either by hacking a company's network or you.
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