Skimming the surface The “Web” aka Internet can be a dangerous place. In the modern world full of cybercrimes, cybersecurity plays an important role to protect computers, networks, and software. Data extraction is a powerful tool enabling us to stay up-to-date with market developments, gain market intelligence, and become competitive …
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Doxing (Doxxing): Defined, Explained and tips to Stay Protected
What is Doxing? ‘Doxing’ popularly known as doxxing gets its name from the term “dropping dox,” or “documents.” It is a form of cyberbullying that uses sensitive or secret information, statements to harass, expose or cause financial harm or other exploitation to the intended victim. It is also an online …
Read More »What are Web Cookies: Privacy, Security & Compliances
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 …
Read More »Types of Encryption: Defined, Explained & Explored
Cybercrimes are on the rise, and it’s comforting to know that there are methods to protect network security from the prying eyes of Cybercriminals as there are ways of trying to penetrate it. In this post, we will delve deeper into what is encryption and the types of encryption. Cybersecurity …
Read More »What is SSL Stripping: Defined, Explained and Explored
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 …
Read More »What is a Smurf Attack: Defined, Explained & Explored
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 …
Read More »How to secure Docker Containers: Tips and cheats
While Docker containers are assumed to be secure, not following the best practice can put you in the way of harm. To keep you protected, we have prepared a cheat sheet on how to secure Docker containers in your organization. Following are the best practices that you should be following …
Read More »What is Web Scraping: security tips and how to?
In recent times threat actors used data scraping methods to extract confidential data in a faster and efficient way like it was observed in the case of Facebook and Linkedin which was later put to sale on Dark Web.
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