Multiple rogue web applications can be used to attack vulnerable browser extension and exploiting private data becomes easier for adversaries post the access is granted. This is alarming mainly because a normal person browsing the internet is caught unaware of something like this even exists. Various browsers – Chrome, Firefox, Opera extension have been tested […]
It is definitely surprising that most people take penetration testing for vulnerability testing and vice-versa, sometimes even forego one for the other. Penetration testing exploits vulnerabilities in your system architecture, while vulnerability assessment checks for known vulnerabilities and generates a report on risk exposure. Both penetration testing and vulnerability assessment depend mostly on three factors: […]
Network storage devices (NAS), are critical for small and medium businesses as it adds to the extra storage space when these business are running out of space. Critical shortcomings have been discovered in the NAS devices such as WD my book, SeaGate home, Medion Lifecloud, Netgear Stora. This critical vulnerability allows actors to exploit the […]
Malware can enter your machine through corrupted images on any website. Malware is stored in Exchangeable Image File Format (EXIF) data. Recently instances have occurred where in hackers are hiding malware in the images and uploading such images to the Google’s official CDN (Content Delivery Network) – googleusercontent.com. How malware is embedded in an image? […]
How can you identify if the domain is authentic or impostor? The answer may depend on your knowledge of Domain Spoofing and your familiarity with the IDNs International Domain Names. But there is one more point where you can take care to authenticity of DNS, your web browser. Using punycode, registration of domains in foreign […]
Google has announced that starting in July, it will mark all HTTP sites as ‘not secure’. With the release of Chrome 68 in July 2018, this is the way HTTP sites’ address bars will look like: Here is how Google explains the steps being taken by them: Chrome’s new interface will help users understand that all […]
Ever higher than before, the frequency and scale of cyber breaches continue to startle everyone. In this case, cyber thieves, via Equifax breach, made off with highly sensitive personal information including social security and credit card numbers of about 143 million users. However, one interesting information has surfaced that Equifax knew about the breach much […]
India is one of the top target countries for DDoS attacks. With 11.1 million attacks, India ranked 4th while US topped the list with 242 million attacks. Akamai technologies claims that there has been a 27% rise in total web application attacks in Q4. This was Q4 and the good news is we have ranked […]
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