10 Most Popular Password Cracking Tools [Updated 2020]
Passwords are the most commonly used method for user authentication. Passwords are so popular because the logic behind them makes sense to people and they’re...
Howard Poston
Howard Poston is a cybersecurity researcher with a background in cryptography and malware analysis. He has a Master’s degree in Cyber Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology and two years of experience in cybersecurity R&D at Sandia National Labs. He currently provides consulting and technical content writing for cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and blockchain.
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Understanding DoS attacks and the best free DoS attacking tools [Updated for 2020]
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is designed to cause service outages. These attacks can easily cost an organization a significant amount in damages and wasted...
Zero-day Sophos XG Firewall vulnerability: An exploit guide for pentesters
The Sophos XG Firewall recently had a publicly-reported zero-day vulnerability. The vulnerability in question was an SQL injection vulnerability that, if exploited,...
8 Best WordPress Security Plugins
Over a third of websites (37%) are hosted on WordPress, making it the world’s most popular content management system (CMS). This includes everything from...
Top 7 cybersecurity books for ethical hackers in 2020
Ethical hacking is a huge field with a number of different specializations within it. Since ethical hackers are expected to perform an assessment of the security...
Linux vulnerabilities: How unpatched servers lead to persistent backdoors
Humans make mistakes, software has bugs and some of these bugs are exploitable vulnerabilities. The existence of vulnerabilities in software is not a new problem,...
Exploiting leading antivirus software: RACK911 Labs details vulnerabilities
Antivirus programs are designed to keep your computer safe from malware and other malicious content. In order to minimize the damage that a potentially malicious...
Blockchain: Beyond the Basics
The core blockchain protocol implements a distributed ledger capable of performing cryptocurrency transfers. Smart contract platforms add additional functionality...
Cloud Pentesting Certification Boot Camp: The ultimate guide
The CCPT certification is offered by the Information Assurance Certification Review Board to validate an applicant’s skills in cloud hacking and penetration...
Android app security: Over 12,000 popular Android apps contain undocumented backdoors
When many people think about malware and other malicious or suspicious software, they focus on computers. It is common best practice to have an antivirus program...