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What is the watering hole attack?

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, End Point Protection, Malware Prevention, Most Common Vulnerabilities

What is the watering hole attack? The watering hole attack is an attack in which an attacker targets a particular group, such as an organization, industry, or region, to perpetrate the attack. The attacker first observes the visitors of a target website and the...

How do outdated mobile apps pose a security threat?

CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, End Point Protection, Information Security, Malware Prevention, Mobile Phone Security

What are outdated apps or zombie applications? We usually download applications for our mobile devices from app stores. Many a time, an application gets discontinued from app stores for various reasons. But, users who have already downloaded the application on their...

How to create a strong password?

Data Breaches and Prevention, Email Security, End Point Protection, Securing Authentication

Passwords are indispensable today. And making passwords strong is an absolute necessity. Sensitive data of various user accounts are at risk. Cybercrimes are increasing like never before. Though we cannot stop cyber crimes beyond a certain limit, we can protect...

What is HSTS or HTTP Strict Transport Security?

CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, Encryption, End Point Protection, Exclusive Articles, Malware Prevention

What is HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS)? HTTP Strict Transport Security or HSTS is a web server directive that informs a browser that the website should be accessed only using HTTPS and that HTTP should not be used. Why do we need HTTP Strict Transport Security...

What is the BlueBump attack?

Bluetooth Security, CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, Data Security, End Point Protection, Exclusive Articles, Malware Prevention, Mobile Phone Security, Most Common Vulnerabilities, Wireless Network And Security

What is the BlueBump attack? The BlueBump attack is an attack in which an attacker first connects to a victim's Bluetooth device and exploits that to delete the link key of the victim's device. As a result, the attacker gets unlimited access to the device thereafter....