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There are plenty of free softwares available online. Why not are all individuals opting those to secure their systems? How useful they are? In this technology phase, there are 2 modes to make your system threat free which are as follows: By installing free security software. By installing subscription-based software that needs to be renewed after a particular time period. Just imagine if something is available for free, then how the company would take benefit? Yes, this sounds strange. Actually what they do is; they gather the data of the user and then sell it to the bidder who will…

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Cookies are small text files which get stored on the device by the websites that one visited. These are mainly used for storing website information, browsing details in any web browser and for authentication. These are also known as browser cookies, web cookies, and HTTP cookies. Some websites make cookies compulsory to enable, while some do not. Their main function is to increase the efficiency of websites. They also lend a helping hand in providing you the content based on your previous searches such as geographical region. There are different types of cookies for different actions. Session cookies- As long…

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First of all, What is POS breach? POS stands for point-of-sale. It is an attack where the criminal steals the 16 digit credit card number of customers. Once these have been stolen, they are sold for some pennies per piece. This information can be used for fake credit cards. Attackers mostly target small or medium-sized business for committing POS breach because these are less secure. It is a multi-stage process: Gain access to the targeted network By finding weak points of the network Or By forwarding a malicious link to anyone in the firm so that his computer may get…

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Do you remember the previous blog that I have written about brute-force attack (part 1)? This blog is the continued part of brute-force attack i.e. part 2. Here, I will be discussing the remaining password cracking tools, since some tools have been analyzed earlier. So, let me bring forth the other tools: 7. Ophcrack It is another special tool to crack windows password by using LM hashes through rainbow tables. This can crack the password in very less time and it is also free and open source tool. 8. SAMInside It is similar to the above two tools and is…

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In the last blog, I discussed another crime in the world of technology i.e. Brute-force attack. As now we all are well aware of this particular form of cyber attack; it’s time to move onto its numerous tools which are used to crack the password and are commonly called as password cracking tools. 1. Aircrack-ng The most promising feature of this tool is that it is available for free. It has WEP/WPA/WPA2-PSK cracker. Moreover, it has the potential to harm Wi-Fi 802.11. It can work on platforms such as Windows, Linux, IOS, and Android. To crack the password, it carries…

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Cybercriminals are stepping forward in committing crime each and every day. They find numerous ways to perform such malicious activities. So far, I have discussed many of them and in this blog, I am going to discuss the brute-force attack. What does it mean? It is referred to as a hit and try method or trial and error method where a hacker keeps on trying different passwords to break the privacy of any account until he becomes successful. This process may take several minutes, several hours, several days to several years. However, the success rate is pretty higher and depends…

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Cyber attacks appear in various forms, a Man-In-The-Middle is one of them. It is abbreviated as MITM, MIM, MitM, and MiM. In a normal conversation, a server is directly linked to the client while when a man in the middle comes, it breaks the direct link of server and client and passes the false information to the client and server in order to hack his account or commit any sort of cybercrime. For instance, we often come across situations like receiving an e-mail from a bank that ask your personal information including account no. and all. However, that e-mail is…

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Security processing involves numerous ways to secure user’s credentials and their accounts. Today, in this blog, I am going to shed light on another cybersecurity process called 2-factor authentication; which is also christened as 2-step verification or 2FA. 2FA is a security process in which a user gives 2 authentication factors in order to verify themselves and this serves to be the best method than single authentication factor. It involves two factors; hence, it becomes difficult for criminals to break the lock and hack the accounts since a password would not be sufficient to break the privacy. This is mainly…

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When it comes to security, we make sure that our crucial data or information is safe from hackers. And, for this reason, we build strong to strong passwords for any private file or folders. However, do you know that even passwords are not enough to secure the files and folders?… So, how to build a password that is complex enough to break. Further, I will move onto the various tips and tricks in order to generate a secure password. How to create the strongest passwords for your accounts? Think of any sentence that you can remember very easily. For instance:…

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Ethical hacking is rising at an alarming rate in this modern era. Therefore, it is the need of the hour to establish various ways to avoid such circumstances. In this blog, I will shed light upon some rules that one must follow against hacking.To have full proof protection from various cyber crimes; there must be a good list of rules, measures, techniques, and adaptive team. Today, I have come upon with 4 rules/4 point approach to maintain cybersecurity which are as follows: 1. Analyze the risk- The first point of prime importance is that one must conduct a risk assessment…

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