What is the Extended Validation (EV) certificate? We need to use encrypted communication protocols like SSL/TLS and SSH to transfer sensitive data between two hosts. And, public-key cryptography is used to initiate communication in those protocols. In a secured...
Nowadays, we often use public Wi-Fi - in restaurants, malls, or other public places. But how safe is it? The evil twin attack is one very common threat that we need to consider before we use public Wi-Fi. What is an evil twin? An evil twin is a rogue Wi-Fi access...
What is the LastPass phishing attack? The LastPass phishing attack is a phishing attack that became widely known in early 2016 and affected many users of the LastPass password manager. The sensitive passwords of lots of users were compromised, and it gave a wake-up...
What is page hijacking? Page hijacking is a very common technique using which cyberattackers compromise a legitimate website or create a duplicate of a popular website. And then, they take advantage of that to redirect traffic to a malicious website for malicious...
What is typosquatting or URL hijacking? Sometimes, we misspell a website URL in the address bar of the browser. And the browser takes us to a similar-looking but different website altogether. In most cases, these similar-looking websites are controlled by attackers,...
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