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Before we start, here’s a fun fact: It wasn’t a researcher or an analyst to first use the term ‘Cyberspace,’ it was a science fiction author named William Gibson. It was used in 1982 in a short story; he later elaborated on the term in his novel ‘Neuromancer.’  Ironically, whatever he wrote as a fiction, is anything ...

Hey hey everyone. We at CyDefe have released another awesome episode of our cyber security podcast. On this week’s episode we discuss fake blue screen of death, ad blocking, a critcal WinRAR vulnerability, and a shortage of cyber professionals.You can check out the episode on iTunes or check it out on our website . Have a listen and enjoy.

Stop ISP Espionage and Transparent Proxies Using DNS Cryptography Hello,Today, I'll show you how to properly setup a DNSCrypt to prevent monitoring and logging on your DNS by your default provider. We'll do this by changing our DNS provider to an off-shore or other DNS service that does NOT log our requests, and encrypts DNS queries and responses. Before we explore ...

Have you ever wanted to have a webtool that can help with security?I created a simple language written in JavaScript that can be used to get you started with programming. One of the features of the language is its support for modules. There are two modules that I will go into: l33t.juliar and security.juliar, which are made specifically for ...

Sure, maybe you'd like to think you possess the manpower to monitor your computer networks 24/7, but we all know that's simply impossible.  Thus, threats come as they may, and you might be sleeping when one attempts to overthrow your data system.So what can you do to prevent this from happening? Enter the Honeypot---a security mechanism that detects and deflects threats ...

Cybrary would like to announce a really cool Java programming competition by our friends at NextHacker. Check it out:   Java Programmers Competition IPPC: SHOW ME YOUR SPEED!  We are already convinced that there are many gifted programmers and ingenious hackers.Now we want to know who the fastest and most ...

Q and A: What are DOS and DDOS Attacks?   Q1. What is a DOS attack? Ans: DOS attack is short for Denial of Service attack. An attacker sends a lot of garbage traffic to a server, such that it consumes all the resources on the server, rendering it unusable to the legitimate users. In the ...

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I am presenting to you, the Cybrary members, a Firewall/gateway configuration that's used here in my home/HQ for Twisted Security.It's recommended that you learn the basic Linux Command Line operations and know how to use the tools provided to scan and monitor your firewall.  1. Install Latest Debian Distro a. Absolute minimal install b. ...

Hello Readers... DNS Hijacking (sometimes referred to as DNS Redirection ) is a type of malicious attack that overrides a computer’s TCP/IP settings to point it to a rogue DNS server, invalidating the default DNS settings. When an attacker takes control of a computer to alter its DNS settings, the system has been DNS Hijacked.The “Domain Name ...