What Is Brute force And Dictionary Attacks?
Brute force attack means a repeated login attempt by criminals using every possible method like; letter, characters, number, and other combinations to guess a password. The attacker uses this technique to get one of the three things: an administrator password, a password hash key, or an encryption key. Getting a short password can be easy
[ Read More ]How to Ensure Protection Against Phishing Attacks
In today’s world, everyone needs to understand the dangers of phishing attacks. Every single individual who uses the internet in one way or the other needs to know how to ensure protection against phishing attacks. What is Phishing? Almost every one of us is targeted by phishing attacks regularly. Phishing attacks comprise sending fraudulent communication,
[ Read More ]Why a Digital Technology Company Should Go Global
Many digital technology companies today show the tendency to go global. There obviously are many advantages of going global, and that’s what makes companies take such a step. For technology companies, unlike companies that deal with physical products, it’s rather easy to have a global presence. Choices, at all levels, are multifaceted while there is
[ Read More ]24 Northeastern Ontario Hospital Hacking Incident, The Aftermath
Twenty-four Northeastern Ontario hospitals were victims of the latest cyber attack with the use of zero-day exploits. Zero-day exploits are unknown security bugs in software that are actively exploited by hackers in order to gain control, launch malware or open other vulnerabilities in the target system. The attack estimated to have occurred last January 16,
[ Read More ]Cyber Security Hacking Tools You Must Be Aware Of
Not all cyber attacks are caused by newly developed tools, nor by advanced hackers using zero-day exploits. Many of the hacks occur due to the use of off-the-shelf hacking tools and exploits, which are available for download on the Internet today. A pattern for use of off-the-shelf hacking tools was detected 5 African states: Ivory
[ Read More ]The Importance of Security in Mergers & Acquisitions
Mergers and Acquisitions- big things happening in the world of business. M&As have yielded wonderful results and have even resulted in the genesis of some of the most successful of business firms. Well, let’s look at another aspect of the M&A process. Typically seen as a mere boardroom thing, there are other aspects of M&A
[ Read More ]How to Secure Your ACS (Access Control System)
We live in a world where cybercrime has become a very common thing. Cybercriminals, who are turning more and more sophisticated with evolving technology, are always on the lookout for security holes that they can exploit to access systems, devices and networks to steal all kinds of data, ranging from corporate data to sensitive personal
[ Read More ]Story Behind the DDoS Attack VS Boston Children Hospital
A man from Massachusetts was found guilty of a cyber attack against a healthcare institution and sentenced for 10 years in prison. His name is Martin Gottesfeld, found guilty by the U.S. District Court under Judge Nathaniel Gorton. “It was your arrogance and misplaced pride that has been on display in this case from the
[ Read More ]Phone Call-Based Spear Phishing: Bank of America Alerted
The Better Business Bureau has warned banks, especially Bank of America and their depositors/creditors to be alert of a new phishing attack using a newer social engineering technique. Some victims of the new phishing attack suddenly realized that their bank accounts were totally wiped-out of funds, even without remembering if she gave her banking information
[ Read More ]Amazon’s Ring Security System, Beware! You Are Being Watched
An interesting saga that is making rounds on the internet is that Amazon’s Ring devices granted the company’s Ukraine-based research and development team as well as U.S. executives and engineers a free round the clock access to live feeds from some customer’s cameras, obviously, Ring denies the claim. Regardless of whether they needed the information
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