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What is the BlueSmack attack?

Bluetooth Security, CompTIA, DoS and DDoS Prevention, End Point Protection, Mobile Phone Security, Most Common Vulnerabilities, Wireless Network And Security

The BlueSmack attack is an example of a Denial of Service Attack for Bluetooth-enabled devices. It works like the Ping of Death (What is the Ping of Death attack?) attack. In this attack, an attacker uses the L2CAP layer to transfer an oversized packet to...

What is the Cabir Worm?

CompTIA, End Point Protection, Malware Prevention, Mobile Phone Security, Most Common Vulnerabilities

What is the Cabir Worm? The Cabir Worm is the first computer worm that was designed to infect mobile phones. It was first found in 2004, and at that time, it affected many mobile phones with the Symbian OS. It is also known as the Caribe Worm. Who developed the Cabir...

What is the CRIME attack?

CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, Data Security, End Point Protection, Most Common Vulnerabilities

What is the CRIME attack? The CRIME Attack or Compression Ratio Info-leak Made Easy attack is an attack in which the attacker manages to decrypt the HTTPS cookie placed on the computer of a user and exploits that to impersonate the user in a web application and steals...

What is the BREACH attack?

CompTIA, Data Breaches and Prevention, Data Security, End Point Protection, Most Common Vulnerabilities

In 2013, a new attack named BREACH Attack, or Browser Reconnaissance and Exfiltration via Adaptive Compression of Hypertext, caught our attention. It affected many by stealing sensitive data transferred over the Internet, even when SSL/TLS (How does TLS protocol...

What is BlueSniping?

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

What is BlueSniping? Attackers often find numerous ways to steal sensitive data from devices. Even Bluetooth-enabled devices are not safe from attackers. And, BlueSnarfing is an example of such a threat. As discussed in BlueSnarfing (What is BlueSnarfing?), using this...