Any deployment, no matter its protections, may be exposed to further hacking attacks. Ethical hacking experts have found a way to extract information contained in Portable Document Format (PDF) files encrypted or password-protected. The group of researchers at Ruhr-Bochum University in Germany published a research entitled “Breaking PDF Encryption”, which reveals two variants of a […]
What is DNS and How Does It Work A Domain Name System, or DNS, takes a familiar and understandable website name like Hackread.com and turns it into an IP address. Whenever you enter Hackread.com or any other web address, your browser automatically does a DNS Query against a DNS server, which supplies the hostname. Next, […]
A severe incident has been confirmed by IT system audit specialists. Scotiabank has mistakenly leaked some of its internal source code as well as confidential login credentials for its back-end systems. The bank’s security teams have spent the last twelve hours deleting repositories on GitHub that stored sensitive information, which were available to any user […]
The massive data breach at Capital One – America’s seventh-largest bank, according to revenue – has challenged many common assumptions about cloud computing for the first time. Ironically, the incident, which exposed some 106 million Capital One customers’ accounts, has only reinforced the belief that the cloud remains the safest way to store sensitive data. […]
Web application security specialists have discovered a set of vulnerabilities in D-Link and Comba WiFi routers that, if exploited, could leak the passwords of the owners. The researchers, from security firm Trustwave, discovered these five flaws, which could be considered critical. Experts discovered two flaws in the firmware of D-Link DSL-2875AL and DSL-2877AL wireless routers. […]
Hackers using Captcha to hide the presence of malware and to evade email security gateways. By using this technique attackers show that email is sent human and evades detection. Attackers use various social engineering methods to trick the users to believe the emails is from a legitimate source, here the email’s are from a compromised […]
Another day, another privacy disaster hits Facebook users. To add insult to the already enraged privacy advocates, Facebook has yet again disappointed its user base. It has been revealed that 419 million phone numbers belonging to Facebook users have been exposed due to a breach in an online unsecured database. The database contained 133 million records […]
Keeping data and information secure is one of the biggest problems businesses face. Cybercrime is a big issue for many because of the amount of personal data they hold regarding their customers. No amount of security can guarantee 100% that they will not be hacked, but here are a few things that can help to […]
Concerns do not stop appearing for Microsoft Windows 10 system users. Although most users of this system don’t care too much about the security of their information, ethical hacking experts claim that multiple malicious actors spend a lot of time waiting for the right time to exploit vulnerabilities or take advantage of bad security practices […]
Due to the detection of an unauthorized access to the database that stores its customers’ information, and as a measure of preventing future cyberattacks, the web hosting company Hostinger forced a massive password reset of an important part of its 14 million users, digital forensics experts report. Through a statement, the Lithuania-based company mentioned: “An […]
Recent research by ethical hacking specialists from Check Point Research revealed the existence of dozens of vulnerabilities in a commonly used protocol in Microsoft Azure. These flaws expose multiple cyberattacks to Microsoft cloud users. During their presentation at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference, experts noted that Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) flaws, used to access other […]
The developers of the VLC media player have been involved into a new controversy. Recently, an alleged report by information security audit experts stated that this software had increasing security flaws that exposed users to malicious activities such as remote code execution. The report, revealed in past days, even claimed that, using a video loaded […]
According to Matt Miller, a security engineer with the Microsoft Security Response Center, many zero-day vulnerabilities are ineffective against the newest versions of Windows 10. Miller analyzed zero-day attacks from 2015 to 2019 — focusing on how exploitation attacks have become less frequent since the release of Windows 10. The report concluded that over 40% […]
There’s nothing more frustrating – especially for small and fledgling businesses – than making a huge investment in a sleek, modern website, only to see the traffic trickling in at alarmingly low numbers. Not only will this leave you feeling like you’ve wasted a huge amount of time, cash and energy, but you’ll be tearing […]
There are many open source developers who want to show their skills by developing web applications. Every developer tries to show something new. Or some developers try to automate their tasks. According to ethical hacking researcher of international institute of cyber security there are many phases from developing web application to deploying it. But in […]
And Again About Hosting Security! Today, there are still many people who think that the Internet is as a comprehensive encyclopedia of the world. However, their number is decreasing. There are more and more people who rightfully consider the Internet as a means of earning money. It can attract a large number of new customers […]
Have you ever received emails from unknown sources claiming to offer insurance, lottery tickets or advertisements? You may have noticed that such emails always have a link that they prompt you to click. What lies on the other side of the link can be any one of many ways to phish users into giving away […]
Your data is a big part of your company. There are a hundred ways to immediately lose all of them and that could get you out of business. Even more so if you’re holding the personal information of your customers. Data protection should be applied to all forms of data. That’s why I’ll teach you […]
Network security experts from the firm SafeBreach reported a severe vulnerability in Dell manufacturer’s SupportAssist software. According to the report, the flaw affects not only the devices of this company, but other OEMs that use this software. Dell has just released a patch to fix the vulnerability, so users are advised to update as soon […]
Proactive Controls for Software developers describing the more critical areas that software developers must focus to develop a secure application. The OWASP Top 10 Proactive Controls 2018 contains a list of security techniques that every developer should consider for every software project development. “OWASP Top Ten Proactive Controls similar to OWASP Top 10 but it […]
Cloud migration is the process of moving applications into the public and private cloud infrastructure to achieve cloud’s agility, resiliency and scalability drive business growth. Migrating to the cloud infrastructure provides the ability for the business to change the IT infrastructure as per their requirements. The cloud model is composed of three service models (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) […]