Ashiq JA
Ashiq JA is a Cyber Security Researcher and Writer passionate about Web Application Security, Security research using Machine Learning and Big Data, Deep web, technologies and Threat Analysis. He is currently working as a Security Consultant. He believes in knowledge sharing as the best source for information security awareness. Follow Ashiq JA on Twitter @AshiqJA to get the latest updates on infosec.
Hacking
Anatomy of an APT attack: Step by step approach
This article will explore the technique, design and the inner workings of an APT (Advanced Persistent Threat) attack. It will also relate various stages of a
Management, compliance & auditing
Challenges Faced By CISOs: Balancing Security versus Manpower
Cybersecurity is not about buying the latest security monitoring and automation tools to solve the day-to-day problems. Government and banking organizati
Healthcare information security
Hackers Selling Healthcare Data in the Black Market
With the drastic increase in Cyber Crime, the healthcare industry is a potential target for data hungry hackers. Patient safety may not directly relate to da
Application security
HTTP/2: Enforcing Strong Encryption as the De Facto Standard
HTTP Protocol, which serves as the communication channel for HTTP requests and responses on the Web, has received its first major revision since introduction
Insider threat
Insider vs. outsider threats: Identify and prevent
In my last article, we discussed on a step-by-step approach on APT attacks. The origin of any kind of cyber-attack is through an external or an internal sour
General security
The importance of cyber hygiene in cyberspace
The drastic increase in the frequency of cyber attacks on financial systems and the healthcare industry (both large and small scale industries) have raised c
Cryptography
DNA cryptography and information security
What is cryptography? Cryptography is the science of study of secret writing. It helps in encrypting a plain text message to make it unreadable. It is a ver
General security
Digital Dark Age: Information Explosion and Data Risks
"Old formats of documents that we've created or presentations may not be readable by the latest version of the software because backwards compatibility is n
General security
Digital footprints and privacy concerns
"It is too difficult to give exact statistics on the amount of data people leave, but confirmed every time we perform an online action, we are contributing