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Attacks On Open Source Software Are On The Rise

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Attacks on open source repositories are becoming more frequent. According to recent research, cybercriminals are profiting from the fact that more businesses are using open...

What is Penetration Testing and Why is it Important?

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Penetration testing, also known as pen testing or security testing, is a form of ethical hacking. It’s an authorised cyber attack on any computer...

Try Scapy for Cyber Security

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Cyber attacks are on the rise. Scapy is a powerful and flexible packet crafting all-in-one tool that can help prevent these attacks. Cyber security is...

Emergence of Pen Testing in Cyber Security

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A penetration test is basically a simulated cyber attack against the system in order to check it for vulnerabilities. It is also called ‘ethical...

Cyber Attacks Explained: Packet Crafting

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  Protect your FOSS-based IT infrastructure from packet crafting by learning more about it. In the previous articles in this series, we explored common infrastructure vulnerability...

Cyber Attacks Explained: Web Exploitation

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Websites are no longer merely about having an "Internet presence" today, but are also used for commercial transactions and to transfer sensitive data. Such...

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...

Cyber Attacks Explained: Packet Spoofing

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Last month, we started this series to cover the important cyber attacks that impact critical IT infrastructure in organisations. The first was the denial-of-service...

Cyber Attacks Explained: DoS and DDoS

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With this article, we begin a new series on the major kinds of cyber attacks that weaken the IT security infrastructure within organisations. With...