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Cybersecurity offers the protection of data and information systems from outside sources. For us to efficiently combat evolving cyber threats, information sharing is unquestionably a valuable resource. When malicious attackers scoop out innovative methods to exploit vulnerabilities, many organizations are facing becoming victims of the same exploits multiple times. Albeit new cyber threat detection technologies are continually emerging and Darknet ...

There’s a lot of speculation and mystery around the dark web. Often, when the dark web is mentioned, people presume it is mainly about criminal activities and that what goes on, on the dark web, is shady (pun intended). Although there’s some truth to it, the dark web has many excellent and useful things also. To access these useful resources, ...

What is Assembly? Assembly language, often abbreviated asm, is a low-level programming language designed for a specific processor. An assembly language may be produced by compiling source code from a high-level programming language (such as C/C++), or it can be written from scratch. Assembly code is converted to machine code using an assembler 1 . This program translates combinations ...

What are Cyber Threats? The definition of “Cyber” has seen multiple transitions from the late ’90s to the current era. It was referred to as the science of understanding machines and animals' movement in 1950, or, more commonly, “Cybernetics.” The new definition of “Cyberspace” evolved in 1990, when people believed in the existence of a physical space beyond the electronic ...

Technology and surveillance With the increased use of smartphones and growing technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), the public has become an easy target for mass surveillance. Also, the smartphone industry is increasingly less focused on user privacy and security. As smartphones are always active, they are susceptible to various tracking forms, like cellular signals, GPS, Bluetooth, and Wifi. In today's ...

This blog post covers some important topics about being a web penetration tester, such as: Fundamental concepts Methodology Common web vulnerabilities Helpful study materials As it’s not a comprehensive article, it doesn’t dive too deep into an individual topic. Hopefully, you’ll find some useful nuggets that will help you on your path to specialization. Fundamental Concepts A good penetration tester understands the ...

Establishing impenetrable security is by no means an easy task. Hence, several avenues for erroneous decisions are possible. According to HelpNetSecurity, about 68% of organizations were victims of endpoints attacks in 2019. This brings to light the failure to realize the potential vulnerabilities caused by overlooked entities such as endpoints. Milan Cetic, the course instructor, hopes to educate the importance ...

Organizations today are faced with a threat landscape that continues to evolve, including cyber-attacks that have become much more sophisticated. Cybercriminals are highly motivated and tend to use a wide range of tactics, tools, and techniques to achieve their goals. IBM Security (2020) found that the average time it took for organizations to identify a data breach attack was 207 ...

As a Cybrary user, I bet you'd agree that the cloud is the most disruptive technology many current IT professionals will encounter over the course of their entire careers. The benefits of embracing the cloud are many, and to compete successfully in today’s marketplace being 'in the cloud' must be a part of an organization’s approach to IT. But, as ...

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