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Today, most companies are deeply concerned about how to prevent ransomware. News stories abound and Infosec professionals are scrambling to keep themselves and their users out of the fire.Below, you'll find a compilation of content to understand this important topic - from a 360 perspective.But, first a quick definition. According to Wikipedia: "Ransomware is a type of malware that ...

CyberPop is a quick way to learn more definitions and facts about cyber security.  Today’s Question: What's Penetration Testing or Pentesting?   Answer: “Penetration Testing or Pentesting refers to techniques for actively testing an organization’s computer or network security, usually by identifying potential vulnerabilities and weak spots and trying to exploit those and/or break in.” Browse courses and topics ...

Technology - and most importantly, the internet - is a major part of our daily lives. Some use and rely on it for almost all of their day to day tasks. But, despite it's many wonderful qualities and uses, it can be a dangerous place for those who aren't educated in the safety measures one must take in order ...

Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux – Part 6: Nmap (Network Mapper) > > ‘Nmap’, basically Network Mapper, is a port scanning utility/tool. It helps determine whether ports are open or closed. It also helps find out the operating system running on the host or target machine (along with services of ports).> > We can ...

What's a Man in the Middle Attack (MITM)? A MITM is a kind of cyber attack where a Hacker/ Penetration tester compromises your network and starts redirecting all the network traffic through his own device (Laptop, Phone, Raspberry Pi, etc.).What's bad in these attacks is that the hacker, between ...

In the pentesting and security scenes, one of the more popular methods of securing servers and websites is by obfuscation and/or mis-information. If you can't find the real IP of a backend server, it's harder to accurately test for vulnerabilities, brute force resistance, bandwidth limits or the impact of a DDoS.This is becoming more and more common with services ...

Got burgeoning hacking skills? Growing cyber security talents? A compelling mission to join or continue working in the cyber security industry? A cyber security degree is something to seriously consider: Cybercrime continues to grow into more of a global threat – just read the news. Small, medium and large companies desperately ...

Changing or hiding your IP address is one of the biggest concerns of all hackers. The IP Address can reveal your identity; it's your online address.If anyone can find your actual online address (IP Address), tracing it back to you wouldn't be that difficult. Thus, it's very important to hide or change your IP address before doing any kind ...

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Hello Friends!!This is my first article for a Man-In-The-Middle Attack series.In this article, we'll see how to sniff passwords using a MITMF framework. I use a framework tool for Man-In-The-Middle attacks and you can read more about it here.   So, let's get started... 1. It's good habit to first read the Man Page or Help Page about ...