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Users are receiving increasing numbers of  phishing emails  containing  ransomware , both at home and at work. Some users can accidentally activate the virus and as a consequence, their colleagues at work might be seriously impacted. This short communication will teach your users what ransomware is and how to defend yourself. Please read it carefully.  Ransomware  is a type of computer ...

The term hacker has been misunderstood, misused and represented in the press as a malicious person.  The mainstream media uses these terms interchangeably, and this has led to confusion when communicating to others about security issues and techniques.  Unfortunately the misunderstanding and use of the terms in the press  has this  misconception implanted in the minds around the globe, ...

VLAN Maps are used to filter or redirect traffic in a VLAN, giving you more granular control over the traffic.   Steps to Configuring a VLAN Map   Determine what you want to accomplish : It is vital to know what you want to achieve prior the configuration. This will save you lots ...

In this article we are going to look at steganography, or how we can hide common notes and files into images and audio files. Steganography is a fascinating topic and tool that can be used and studied for various reasons. Using these tools are incredibly easy, and this guide is intended to help introduce people to steganography. ...

Wifi is everywhere these days. From homes to large enterprise corporate networks, wifi is quick and easy to install, easy for employees to use, and more constantly supported on mobile. However, the greater availability of Wifi means increased danger from attacks, and increased challenges to an organization, and IT security professionals. The main ...

v3n0M v4.0.6 – Popular Pentesting scanner in Python3.5 for SQLi/XSS/LFI/RFI and other Vulns V3n0M is a free and open source scanner. Evolved from baltazar’s scanner, it has adapted several new features that improve fuctionality and usability. It is mostly experimental software.This program is for finding and executing various vulnerabilities. It scavenges the web using dorks and organizes ...

We’d like to invite you to OWASP ’s 13 th Annual AppSecUSA Conference taking place in Washington, DC, October 11-14. The event is comprised of two days of training sessions followed by a two-day conference where software security leaders, researchers and technologists discuss cutting-edge ideas, initiatives and technological advancements to secure web applications. This is ...

Today, we will create our first interactive program in Juliar . First we will need latest version of Juliar We can get this by going to www.juliar.org/downloads.ju  and downloading the Linux or Windows version.Open notepad or your favorite text-editor program and copy and paste the following:  How old are you?ask x condition=>= 18 *get ...

[clear] This particular list is due to the seriousness of mobile security testing which is a grossly overlooked and ignored area and probably one of the if not the most important.  As I predicted in my 2014 article "Security Testing for Critical for 2015" - security is still in it's infant stages.  Seems we are still in the reactive ...

Using the Cybersecurity Framework Organizations can leverage the Framework to assess, identify, and manage risk associated with cybersecurity.  The Framework can be used to develop a new security program or to supplement an existing cybersecurity program. Basic Review of Cybersecurity Practices The organizations current cybersecurity state can be compared with the ...