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The Growing Popularity of the Snort Network IDS

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  Let’s have a look at the premier, free, open source, network intrusion and detection system called Snort. It is an amazing tool that lives...

Make Your Android Smartphone Work For You!

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In recent years, there has been phenomenal growth in the use of smartphones. With the increasing popularity of the Android platform, the open source...

Build Your Own Web Page With QForms

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QForm is the state-conscious, event-driven object management system for creating Web pages. QForm is the C and V of the MVC architecture of QCubed. It...

Cyber Attacks Explained: DNS Invasions

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We often read about defaced websites whose pages get changed to some malicious content. How do hackers do it and how do we protect...

SYN Flooding using SCAPY and Prevention using iptables

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DoS (Denial of Service) attacks against Web services make them unavailable for legitimate users, affecting the website owner's potential business. These involve intentional consumption...

Best Practices in Network Security Monitoring

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This article details the best practices organisations can follow to strengthen their network monitoring procedures, and also talks about a few FOSS products that...

Securing Apache, Part 8: DoS & DDoS Attacks

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In this part of the series, we focus on DoS/DDoS attacks, which have been among the major threats to Web servers since the beginning...

Advanced Nmap: FIN Scan & OS Detection

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Nmap is a fantastic tool, and I just can't refrain from praising it, every time I use it. The earlier articles in this series...

The Importance of Intrusion Prevention Systems

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In today's fast-changing IT world, even the best available security is insufficient for the latest vulnerabilities in various products, and against malware/attacks created to...

Learning Nmap: The Basics

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Nmap, the network mapping tool, is the starting point when analysing any network. It is an exciting tool -- compact and power-packed. This article...