Article Mobile forensics: Investigation process model From the newly-published Mastering Mobile Forensics by Soufiane Tahiri. Smartphone forensic is relatively new and quickly emerging field of interest…
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Article Ransomware Attacks on Law Firms 1. Introduction Since 2015, information security specialists have been stressing that the number of ransomware attacks against law firms has…
Article Ransomware Authors Flunk Again and Again It turns out that some crypto ransomware samples are not as sophisticated as they appear. The black hat hackers are just as error-prone as everyone…
Article Why Security Awareness Training in Healthcare Must be Part of Your Security Strategy 1. What is Security Awareness Training? The healthcare industry is arguably one of the most information-intensive. Personal health data is part of a…
Article DLL hijacking attacks revisited This article is all about different DLL hijacking attacks techniques used by malware to achieve persistence. We will be discussing DLL search order…
Article Entry Level Risk Management: Creating a First Security Risks Register Organizations of all sizes apply risk management to their operations. In larger ones, this will normally be through a formal Enterprise Risk…
Article Introduction to debugging Android apps using AndBug Introduction: In the previous article of this series, we discussed how to write Cydia substrate extensions to hook into Android Applications. In…
Article The Cyber Enemy within: Rise of Insider Threat Around the world, many countries are spending millions of dollars to protect themselves from cyber crime/fraud. Unfortunately, attackers seem to be…
Article Riffle Anonymity Network Everyone wants to maintain privacy while surfing the internet and most of them rely on TOR network to achieve anonymity while online. As we all know…
Article Law Enforcement and the Dark Web: A Never-Ending Battle Illegal activities in the Dark Web continue to grow The Dark web is a privileged place for cyber criminals that, under specific conditions, could…
Article Bitcoin May Turn from Cybercriminals’ Biggest Asset into Their Biggest Liability Why is Bitcoin the cybercriminals' most favorite payment method? Adam Kujawa is the head researcher at the antivirus company Malwarebytes, and he…
Article Petya Ransomware Analysis Part I Introduction What makes Petya a special ransomware is that it doesn't aim to encrypt each file individually, but aims for low-level disk encryption.…
Article BioCryptography and Biometric Penetration Testing Introduction In the world of security, there are many tools at the IT Staff's disposal which can be used to fight Cybercrimes of all types and…
Article Penetration Testing Resources: CTFs and Contests Introduction Our last article provided a substantial background into what Penetration Testing is all about. Specifically, the following topics were…
Article Pokemon Go: A new Rising Cyber Threat Earlier this month people have encountered the new mobile gaming pop culture phenomenon that is Pokemon Go. It is being downloaded by millions of…
Article Attacking Gaming Systems: A Dangerous Trend Introduction The gaming industry is one of the most lucrative markets, for this reason, is becoming even more attractive to cybercriminals. Hackers…
Article Purple Teaming: A Security-Testing Collaborative Introduction The Red Tem term was born in the military environment to represent the highly specialized groups, able to play the role of opponents in…
Article Phishing Test for Employees Businesses and organizations today face a barrage of threats. They range from economic concerns to physical security worries to sabotage and…
Article How to Become a Penetration Tester - Resume and Interview Questions Looking for a job as a penetration tester? If so, this article is for you. Searching for a job is a process which can sometimes be a lengthy one as…
Article SDL for C/C++ code in Visual Studio 2013: overview Introduction Over the years Microsoft had invested heavily into security, successfully changing market perception of own products from one of most…
Article Privacy concerns about Pokémon GO Section 1. Introduction Pokémon Go, an augmented reality smartphone game which has recently become a sensation, is created and operated by the…
Article Biometrics in the Cloud and Penetration Testing Introduction Our last article provided a review into what Biometric Technology is generally about. There is no doubt that there are a lot of…
Article US Presidential Elections: Hackers - the Third Actor Between Contenders Introduction In February of this year, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told Congress that intelligence officials were already seeing…