Security is paramount for modern networks, and a Firewall helps inject security by filtering the traffic passing back and forth to a network or a system. This is the reason that Firewalls are widely regarded as the first line of defense. Modern Firewalls provide multiple security features and help organizations …

Fuzzing or Fuzz testing is increasingly getting popular and is used and advocated by some of the most reputed organizations, including Apple, Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and IBM. In this post, we will do a deep dive around what is Fuzzing, its advantages, disadvantages, and the tools used for Fuzzing. Industry …

Cookies, also known as “Web Cookies” or “HTTP Cookies”, are widely used across the Internet since their inception in 1994. They were invented by a 23-year-old computer programmer Lou Montulli in 1994 when he was working with Netscape. In this post, we will take a deep dive into the functioning …

An attacker can remove the encryption from a client-server communication by using SSL stripping, aka SSL Hijacking. In this post, we will discuss SSL stripping and some related topics in detail. While SSL is used to secure the communication between the client and the server across the Internet, SSL can …

ARP Spoofing consists of a hacking technique created to impersonate entities or people on the network to obtain private information or gain access to websites and applications with a stolen session-id or credentials or launch a DoS attack. To understand what ARP spoofing is and how it works, we need …

DLP, as you might be aware, stands for Data Loss Prevention or Data Leaks prevention. It’s a purpose-built solution to protect sensitive information from moving out. DLP solutions have been around for over a decade and a half and have come a long way, yet it’s surprisingly easy to bypass …

A smurf attack was initially a C-based code written by renowned hacker Dan Moschuk, aka TFreak, in 1997. The attack got its name from the 1980s cartoon “The Smurfs” since Dan Moschuk saw the flood of packets, like the tiny Smurfs, overwhelming a mammoth opponent through sheer numbers. He named …

APIs are the backbone of today’s web and mobile development, and REST API accounts for around 80 percent. However, a recent analysis from Salt security shows that more than 90 percent of the organizations had an API security incident in the year 2020. Read on to learn how to secure …

It’s been close to two decades since the Internet first noticed the existence of Botnets. They not only stand the test of time but still act as one of the most powerful tools for threat actors. In this article, we bring you all the information you need to know about …

Legacy systems have long been a major concern for organizations across the globe. We have conducted thorough research and collected opinions from experts to bring you the most effective ways to secure your legacy applications and systems. As a general rule, the six-step process to Identify, Isolate, Assess, Secure, Monitor, …