What is adware? Adware is advertising-supported software that displays advertisements to users to generate revenue. Some adware may be legitimate. They may display ads to a user as per the user’s consent. But, attackers use adware to display unwanted advertisements to...
What is Split Tunneling? Split tunneling is a networking concept that allows a user to direct a part of his Internet traffic through an encrypted VPN, and the rest of the traffic is sent to the open Internet without using the VPN. For example, if a user accesses a...
What is the Fraggle Attack? The Fraggle attack is a type of Denial of Service or DoS attack in which attackers use spoofed UDP traffic to make a target system or network resource unavailable for its intended users. This attack can suspend a network or service...
What is traceroute? When a source host sends data to a destination host, the data packets travel through a route or path. The packet travels through a number of routers and devices before actually reaching the destination. Traceroute is a command that is used to...
What is NAT? Using Network Address Translation or NAT, IP addresses in a private network are mapped to public IP addresses. Let’s say an organization has a private network. The hosts in the private network communicate with each other. Now, assigning public IP...
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