Article General HTML5 Security, Part 2 To read the first part of the General HTML5 Security series, please visit: /general-html5-security/ In the second part of the General HTML5 Security…
Article Cyber-Attack on Worldwide Nuclear Facilities Critical infrastructure under attack The protection of critical infrastructure is a pillar of the cyber security strategy of any government.…
Article Ashley Madison Revisited: Legal, Business and Security Repercussions Forward Timeline of Ashley Madison data breach For Ashley Madison, the whole mess began on the morning of July 12, 2015, when several employees…
Article Windows exploit suggester – An easy way to find and exploit windows vulnerabilities During our penetration testing engagements, we often come across the situations where we need to find the right exploits to escalate the privileges…
Article Checklist for Hiring a Good Web Penetration Tester or Web App Security Consultant The task of a web security tester or penetration tester is of course to audit the security of the web applications, web services, and web servers in…
Article MES Security: What can we learn from the Volkswagen Recalls? [download]Download the BEST PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPING AN ENGAGING SECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAM whitepaper[/download] I decided to write this article…
Article Privacy Risks of Household Robots: 5 Security Risks and 10 Steps to Protect Yourself Section 1. Introduction As a result of the rapidly developing robotics industry, more and more families worldwide integrate robots in their…
Article How to prevent web scraping Web scraping is a widely used technique that transforms unstructured data on the web (HTML) into structured data which can be stored in a database…
Article Hacking ZigBee networks What is ZigBee? Internet of Things (IoT) is what most experts consider as the next step of the Internet revolution where physical objects are…
Article LibreSSL: The Secure OpenSSL Alternative This paper seeks to compare OpenSSL and LibreSSL as the main encryption library for production environments
Article Smartwatch – A Fashionable and Dangerous Gadget 10 Tips to Protect Your Smartwatch Section 1. Introduction Although the market for smartwatches is still in its infancy, there has been a steady…
Article EMV and Threat Intelligence in the Prevention of Payment Card Frauds Current Scenario Credit card data are a precious commodity in the criminal ecosystem, the number of data breaches involving payment card data…
Article Windows 10 Security Windows 10 was launched on July 29th of this year and had been adopted by 75 million users by the end of August. Despite its initial popularity, the…
Article Virtual Assistants: Here to Stay or Data Security Risks? Cardiff University and IBM have been working on creating a new virtual assistant (VA) software that can interact with its owner in a more human-like…
Article American Government Cyber-Insecurities and Initiatives Digital telecommunications represent a real danger today for governments, as their systems are being probed for weaknesses daily by a number of…
Article Vulnerability Management Vulnerability management plays an important part in establishing a secured network. It includes identifying, analyzing and rectifying the flaws that…
Article Password Security: Efficient Protection of Digital Identities Section 1. Introduction Almost all devices we own and online accounts we create deploy an authorization system, a crucial element of personal data…
Article SpyderSec Challenge Here is another interesting challenge we are going to solve. The vulnerable machine's name is SpyderSec. We hosted the machine in VirtualBox and…
Article Reporting of Cybersecurity Incidents This article is about the reporting of cybersecurity incidents in the USA. While it covers three main types of reporting—corporate, institutional…
Article The Most Popular Social Network Phishing Schemes 1. Introduction Social networks have become a trusted communication medium for both personal and professional communication. However, hackers…
Article Security Awareness – Judge the Impact to Justify the Effort [download]Download the BEST PRACTICES FOR DEVELOPING AN ENGAGING SECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAM whitepaper[/download] Learn the best practices for…
Article Pentesting SAP applications : An introduction SAP (Systems-Applications-Products) is a software suite that offers standard business solutions; it is used by thousands of customers across the…
Article Database Security Database security is one of the most important topics that have been discussed among security personnel. The growing number of incidents proves that…
Article CISA is law: Now what? The CISA cybersecurity bill passed U.S. Senate despite the fact that privacy advocates, private companies and civil liberties groups have expressed…
