Amrita Mitra - Author

Security Risks Of Peer-to-Peer File Sharing

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, End Point Protection, Malware Prevention, Online Banking Security

What is Peer-to-Peer File Sharing? Peer-to-Peer File Sharing is the distribution and sharing of digital media using Peer-to-Peer networking technology. It allows users to share almost any form of digital media, including MP3s, videos, PDFs, or software, with one...

What is DHCP snooping?

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, Network Security, Security Fundamentals

What is DHCP? The DHCP or Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol is a standardized network protocol that is used to dynamically distribute network parameters such as IP addresses to network devices. For example, when a network device in a network needs an IP address, it...

Security issues with DNS

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, DoS and DDoS Prevention, Malware Prevention, Securing DNS

It is inconvenient to remember the IP addresses of all servers connected to the Internet. So, we use the DNS or Domain Name System. We type the domain name in the address bar of the browser, and DNS does the rest of the job to get the IP address of the server. But the...

What are the security issues of an Internet TV?

CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, IoT Security, Malware Prevention, Privacy

Till now, we have used terrestrial television, cable TV, or satellite TV. They use different media to distribute the content. For example, terrestrial television uses radio waves and antennae to send and receive content. Cable TV uses radio frequency signals...

How secure is RDP?

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, DoS and DDoS Prevention, End Point Protection, Malware Prevention

I think almost all of us have used the Remote Desktop Protocol or RDP at some point in our lives. It is a proprietary protocol developed by Microsoft to enable the connection between hosts over the Internet through a graphical user interface. If you want to connect to...