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Cryptography 101 with SSL

To Start With Whenever you are connecting to a site via HTTPS, the complete session is encrypted and all the application data is sent over

February 08, 2013 General Security
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Implementing Secure Software Development Program – Part 2

Background This is the third article on Secure SDLC (S-SDLC) and the second on the implementation of Secure SDLC. So far we have covered an

February 08, 2013 General Security
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Facebook malware: How do they work, how to protect yourself against them and what to do if you get infected

1. Introduction Social media’s history precedes the 21th century and ever since then malevolent people have attempted to infiltrate the computers of innocent people using

February 07, 2013 General Security
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Introduction to Secure Software Development Life Cycle

Objective: The objective of this article is to introduce the user to Secure Software Development Life Cycle (will now on be referenced to as S-SDLC).

February 01, 2013 General Security
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Social Media use in the Military Sector

Introduction Social media has assumed a fundamental role in today’s society. It is a technology with the highest penetration level, as billions of people are

January 31, 2013 General Security
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MetaData and Information Security

Information security and penetration testing is not limited to find the vulnerabilities on the website and network; it is an interesting profession that covers every

January 31, 2013 General Security, Hacking
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Linux Hardening

This article aims to provide a general list of security issues that should be considered when you are auditing a Linux system or when you

January 30, 2013 General Security
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Invoking Article 51 (self-defense) of the UN Charter in Response to Cyber Attacks – II

Cyber attacks through the perspective of the armed attack notion A cyber attack cannot rise to the level of an armed attack as prescribed in

January 28, 2013 General Security
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Introduction to Blackberry Balance Technology

Blackberry is known for its email and security rather than a company which produces fancy mobile phones. This is one of the reasons why Blackberry

January 28, 2013 General Security
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Invoking Article 51 (self-defense) of the UN Charter in Response to Cyber Attacks – I

Introduction Among the series of problems with regard to the legal regulation of cyber attacks is how the self-defense doctrine applies to them. In itself,

January 25, 2013 General Security
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Restricting social media at work

Introduction Employees using social networks such as Facebook and Google+ may not only waste a lot of their working time, but also spread viruses on

January 25, 2013 General Security
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To Trust or Not To Trust?

While taking a knowledge management course in school, one thing that struck me was the common theme among classmates of, “…as long as the knowledge

January 24, 2013 General Security, Hacking
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Managing insider threats

The number of annual security incidents caused by insider threats is increasing. In The CERT Guide to Insider Threats, Capelli et al write, “Insider threats

January 22, 2013 General Security
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Tips and Tricks for Using Two-Factor Authentication Technology

Large corporations have been employing two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication for years to protect against customer identity theft, fraud, data theft, phishing and other cybercrimes.

January 22, 2013 General Security
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Using Technology To Enhance Public Safety

This article is focused on the sport football (or soccer in the USA). Nevertheless, the same technology and security measures can be applied in virtually

January 16, 2013 General Security
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Android Security

Android is an open source mobile platform that includes an operating system, middleware and applications. Android has revolutionized the mobile world in a big way.

January 15, 2013 General Security
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Cybercrime and the Underground Market

Introduction Technology is invading our lives. Every day we perform a multitude of operations using computing devices; we check out bank account balance, we pay

January 15, 2013 General Security
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Identity Theft: The Means, Methods and Recourse

Introduction Identity theft occurs when a person uses the identity of another person with the intent to obtain benefits illegally. The victim of the identity

January 14, 2013 General Security
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Hide your Online Identity with Whonix

Going through Infosec articles provides us with useful insights into today’s real world scenarios. This article can be treated as an extension of the previously

January 14, 2013 General Security
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NMAP Scripting Engine and Categories

1. Introduction We all know what Nmap is and what we can do with it, but for those of you who don’t, here’s a short

January 09, 2013 General Security, Hacking
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