by Sourcetoad | Jun 22, 2022 | Education Services, Security, Trends, Viruses
The shift to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the use of digital learning tools across the globe. While K-12 schools have returned to holding in-person classes once again, many e-learning tools that were adopted to accommodate distance...
by Sourcetoad | Jun 7, 2017 | Cool Tools, Security
Apktool is the original Android application package (Apk) decompiler. Released in January 2010, Apktool is still the most prominent and widespread decompiler available, with tens-of-thousands of downloads every month. The tool reverse engineers third-party binary...
by Justin | Jan 18, 2017 | Amazon Web Services, Security, Web Hosting
Perhaps the most important aspect of any system is the backup strategy. All sysadmins would agree that without good backups, it’s hard to sleep at night. Over the years, we have used many different backup strategies at Sourcetoad. My current favorite one is...
by Connor | Dec 6, 2016 | Security
As 2016 draws to a close, and the holiday rush of online shopping is in full swing, I thought it would be a great time to recap some tips to stay safe online. No one should have to deal with the painful aftermath of a compromised online account. 1) Use different...
by Sourcetoad | Aug 8, 2016 | Cool Tools, Security
If you’ve ever used web platforms such as Uber, Kickstarter, or Elance, then you’ve seen split payments in action. Each of these websites use a type of transactional functionality more broadly known as third party payments. Stripe, Braintree, and Paypal are three...
by Greg | Dec 22, 2015 | Security
I don’t want to freak you completely out, but I can most likely read your email. Well, not from here, but if you’re on an unsecured WiFi connection, I can run a little program that can “sniff” the bits of data you’re sending over the...
