Whether it was a billion compromised Yahoo accounts or state-sponsored Russian hackers muscling in on the US election, this past year saw hacks of unprecedented scale and temerity. And if history is any guide, next year should yield more of the same. It’s hard to know for certain what lies ahead, but some themes began […]
A vulnerability scanner is software application that assesses security vulnerabilities in networks or host systems and produces a set of scan results. However, because both administrators and attackers can use the same tool for fixing or exploiting a system, administrators need to conduct a scan and fix problems before an attacker can do the same […]
Organizations are spending vast sums protecting their digital assets, still hardly a week goes by without news of a major security breach. Attacks are larger, more complex and targeted. Sought-after digital assets include intellectual property (IP), and customer and financial data. The average financial impact of each breach is increasing and it’s becoming harder to […]
powerful hacking tools created by the NSA’s elite hacking group known as the “Equation Group” have been released in the public by a hacking group calling themselves “The Shadow Brokers”.
Trump invites Russia to meddle in the U.S. presidential race with Clinton’s emails Republican nominee Donald Trump pleaded directly Wednesday with the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election by finding and releasing tens of thousands of private emails from his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton — an extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented maneuver in […]
A Book Review of “Penetration Testing: A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking”
An organization must choose four basic strategies to control risks such as risk avoidance, risk transference, risk mitigation and risk acceptance. Below these for basic strategies are explained in detail.
Passwords are usually the first line of defense when it comes to protecting computers and information assets. What happens when that first line of defense is not properly created? I think we already know…
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