What are IDS, Firewall and Honeypot? Firewall – A firewall is a network security device that monitors traffic to or from your network. It allows or blocks traffic based on a defined set of security […]
What are Mobile Platforms? Figure1. Mobile Platforms Android – It is the biggest and by far most popular. So it is also the biggest target. iOS – The next biggest platform is Apple’s […]
Every minute, an innocent internet surfer is the victim of malicious cyber-attacks, it for these reasons that internet security tips are essential. With infinite possibilities and unknown loopholes, the internet is wary to a plethora […]
What are Wireless Concepts? Figure1. Wireless Concepts Extension to the Wired LAN – The wireless network could be a standalone network or an extension of the wired LAN. The aim of the penetration tester […]
What is DOM based cross site scripting? Web developers are working hard round the clock to test websites for loopholes that can be exploited, and attackers are working hard to find vulnerabilities in the code […]
With the ever growing threat to online security, it is important for developers to find relevant shortcomings in their code. A File path traversal also known as directory traversal is a type of cyber attack […]
What are Web Server Vulnerabilities? Figure 1. Web Server Vulnerability Default settings – A lot of hacking of web servers happen as a result of system administrator leaving settings as default user names, […]
What are Web Application Vulnerabilities? Figure 1. Web Application Vulnerabilities XSS – It is cross side scripting. It allows a malicious actor to embed a malicious script on a website usually in a comment section […]
What is Clickjacking? How many times have you been redirected to a page you did not intentionally click on? Pop-ups, pages containing obscene images that randomly open up WebPages you didn’t click on; all fall […]
What is Session Hijacking? Figure 1. Session Hijacking Hijacking is a type of network security attack in which the attacker takes control of a communication – just as an airplane hijacker takes control of a […]
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