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The modern understanding of computer science is a constantly mutating beast. The individuals who've been driving the Information Age's technological innovation are known as "hackers." Most people understand a hacker as someone who breaks into computers and commits data-theft. This is a gross misconception that I intend to ebb and erode away, slowly, like waves ...

Let's continue with more information on Networking Sniffing and How to Defend Against It...  UDP Scanning [-u] UDP is connectionless. Open ports may not respond to connections - ports and farms may not respond, either. But most systems respond with a ICMPPORTUNREACH when sending a packet on port closeure. ...

Ethical Hacking with Kali Linux – Part 5: Rogue Wireless Access Points Got free WiFi in the airport? At college? In motels? Or anywhere else?... Before connecting, we must make sure the access points are really broadcasted bycompanies/offices/colleges themselves. Maybe the AP is fake (and not really associated with airport/college/motels). Someone might have created a fake AP, ...

One of the first dangers on networks is that some people can "play" content that's not intended for them. In a network in broadcast mode (WiFi or Ethernet using a hub), anyone can read the packets of all. As with Ethernet, promiscuous mode for the network card does not filter packets that do not match the ...

Protect Servers with 'Entire Drive Encryption' Via BitLocker Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption is a new security feature that provides better data protection for your computer, by encrypting all data stored on the Windows operating system volume. (In this version of Windows, a volume consists of one or more partitions on one or more hard disks. ...

Welcome back, Cybrarians, Today, we're going to create a custom Kali Linux distribution. We'll go through the steps of building a customized ISO that can be run Live or on VirtualBox machine. First, you might wonder why we're going to create our own distro when there is an existing one already? The answer ...

Introduction A lot of ordinary computer users understand what a password is. It protects their sensitive data and it's all they need to get access to a majority of accounts. It's also that all-important word that will allow them to access their significant other's Facebook profile while they're away to make sure they haven't ...

[embed]https://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2016-013-michaelgough-the5Ps.mp3[/embed]Direct Link: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2016-013-michaelgough-the5Ps.mp3 iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brakeing-down-security-podcast/id799131292?mt=2 (look for the episode starting with "2016-013") We discuss a model that Michael Gough used while he was at HP. The Information Security and Service Management (ISSM) Reference model can be used to help companies align their IS and IT goals with the businesses goals... If you've been a listener ...

[embed]https://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2016-012-BenCaudill-ApplicationLogic_Flaws.mp3[/embed]Ever bought "-1" of an item on a retail site? Or was able to bypass key areas of an application and get it bypass authentication, or you were able to bypass a paywall on a site? This is only one example of a class of vulnerabilities called "logic flaws".Application logic flaws are often insidious and not easy to find. they ...

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