Advanced persistent threats refer to the type of attacks in which the perpetrators gain unauthorized access to the target system or network. This type of attack can remain in effect for a long duration without being detected.
Enterprises are at greater risk from this type…
The Internet of Things (IoT) has connected the world today in a smarter way and revolutionized all sectors of businesses and impacted most sectors of livelihood in a beneficial manner. On the other hand, cybersecurity threats have also increased exponentially because of the…
Have you ever faced a backdoor attack on your system? These are extremely hard to detect and therefore difficult to get rid of easily. What are backdoor attacks and how can we stay protected against them?
Backdoor attacks generally refers to the installation of a certain…
The easiest description of a fileless malware: a type of malicious software which uses legitimate programs to infect a computer system. The malicious software does not depend on files for corrupting a device and leaves no trace for detection. Hence, these are believed to be…
Computers worms are one of the most common types of malware. The primary function of these types of malicious programs is to infect other targeted computers while remaining active on infected systems. Let’s discover a few things about protection against computer…
Domain Name Server (DNS) hijacking, also known as the DNS poisoning, is a practice of intercepting DNS queries in an attempt to redirect users to malicious, third-party websites. So, how can we detect and prevent it?
In order to carry out an attack, cybercriminals…
A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is one of the most notorious forms of cyber-attacks. The DDoS attack is a malicious attempt to take down the machines, online services or networks by overwhelming the targeted servers with a flood of fake Internet traffic. How…
The term man-in-the-middle attack (MITM) – in cryptography and computer security – refers to the kind of attack where the attacker is in the middle of two communicating parties. The two parties are unaware of the presence of the middleman. So, this middleman acts…
The term “spyware” is defined by a kind of malicious program that’s meant for spying on the target system.We’ll have a closer look at what is spyware and how can we remove it.
Typically, spyware infiltrates a system to steal the Internet usage data…
Named after the mythical Trojan horse (which was designed by the Greeks to ambush attack the citizens of Troy), Trojans are a kind of malware that gain full control over your system in order to damage, disrupt, steal, or harm the system or network.
Though they masquerade…
