Staying safe on Social Media has become essential, as we all use such channels all the time. But staying safe is not as easy as scrolling on Facebook, or tweeting. It involves a lot of care and action. Still, it is doable, and we are going to show you how to do it.
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The way you secure your internet connection can make the difference between a happy online life and a nightmare. Hackers’ techniques evolve at almost the same pace as security software. So, the right measures can keep you safe.
Although it might seem overwhelming for…
The Teardrop Attack belongs to the family of DoS (Denial of service) attacks and aims at causing a system crash by putting excess load.
TCP/IP fragmentation codes are the main targets of a Teardrop Attack. Its working methodology involves overlapping the fragmented…
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…
A network sniffer is a software that is programmed to monitor data flowing over a network. The scope of these tools is to monitor data, analyze the network traffic, detect bottlenecks and other problems so that the network manager can keep the flow of the traffic smooth and…
Social engineering is a term used to describe the act of tricking people into revealing private information or directing them subtly to take some action through the use of technology. It is a shrewd method to take advantage of the innocent human nature to exploit people. How…
Keylogger is a brief definition for the concept and practice of digital surveillance. Alternatively, it is also known as keystroke logger and is a form of spyware. Let’s look into some measures of protection against keyloggers.
Keyloggers keep track of all your clicks…
The term spoofing, in cybersecurity, means some kind of impersonation attempt made by cybercriminals pretending to be a name or personality that is easily trusted by the victims. This way, targets willingly reveal confidential information to the scammers.
The scammers…
Daniel Kahneman, a notable psychologist and winner of the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences introduced the concept of “WYSIATI.” It means “What you see is all there is.” Fact-checking is the process of investigating an issue to verify the facts…
SQL Injection involves the execution of malicious SQL statements in applications using SQL databases like MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc. Criminals and attackers inject malicious SQL statements to gain control over a database server of a web application. The SQL Injection…
