Phishing techniques: Asking for sensitive information via email
Email has been a critical part of our everyday communications since the 1990s. Thanks to its affordability and ease of use, email allows users to conduct business...
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Industrial Ethernet
Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are different from conventional IT systems. ICS typically source data from remote sensors and transmit commands to machines...
Ethical hacking: IoT hacking tools
IoT (Internet of Things) and embedded devices present a new challenge to ethical hackers hoping to understand the security vulnerabilities these devices contain....
4 Times a Security Breach Was Narrowly Avoided
We’ve all heard of prominent companies who have been a victim of a data breach. Little to no attention, however, is given to organizations that narrowly...
What is Malware Obfuscation?
Malware has been a threat to companies and individuals since the 1970s, when the Creeper virus was first discovered. Since then, the globe has faced threats...
Ethical hacking: BYOD vulnerabilities
With the influx of millennials and rising demand for flexible employment, the transition from using corporate devices to personnel bringing their own devices...
Debugging Basics
The journey to coding mastery will come with a few bumps in the road. Some can be easily resolved by taking a closer look at the code. Others, however, give...
Abusing email rules
For the average email user, setting up rules like automatic email forwarding is a harmless exercise. But for the individual whose role it is to prevent security...
Ethical hacking: Top 10 browser extensions for hacking
When it comes to ethical hacking, one of the critical skills you need to succeed is the usage of various tools to start your penetration testing process. While...
Be aware of these 20 new phishing techniques
Most of us have received a malicious email at some point in time, but phishing is no longer restricted to only a few platforms. The evolution of technology...