How to Crack a Password

How to Crack a Password What is Password Cracking? Password cracking is the process of attempting to gain unauthorized access to restricted systems using common passwords or algorithms that guess passwords. In other words, it’s the art of obtaining the correct password that gives access to a system protected by an authentication method. Password cracking … Read more

Cryptography: What is Cryptanalysis, RC4 and CrypTool

Cryptography: What is Cryptanalysis, RC4 and CrypTool Information plays a vital role in the running of businesses, organizations, military operations, etc. Information in the wrong hands can lead to loss of business or catastrophic results. To secure communication, a business can use cryptology to cipher information. Cryptology involves transforming information into the Nonhuman readable format … Read more

Social Engineering : Attacks, Techniques & Prevention

Social Engineering: Attacks, Techniques & Prevention Social engineering is the art of exploiting the human elements to gain access to un-authorized resources. Social engineers use a number of techniques to fool the users into revealing sensitive information. Organizations must have security policies that have social engineering countermeasures. What is Social Engineering? Social engineering is the … Read more

Programming languages that are useful to hackers

Programming languages that are useful to hackers Why should hackers learn how to program? Hackers are problem solvers and tool builders, learning how to program will help you implement solutions to problems. It also differentiates you from script kiddies. Writing programs as a hacker will help you to automate many tasks which would usually take lots … Read more

Potential Security Threats To Your Computer Systems

Potential Security Threats To Your Computer Systems Knowing how to identify computer security threats is the first step in protecting computer systems. The threats could be intentional, accidental, or caused by natural disasters. In this article, we will introduce you to the common computer system threats and how you can protect systems against them. A … Read more

ifconfig

ifconfig in short “interface configuration” utility for system/network administration in Unix/Linux operating systems to configure, manage and query network interface parameters via command-line interface or in a system configuration scripts. The “ifconfig” command is used for displaying current network configuration information, setting up an IP address, netmask, or broadcast address to a network interface, creating an alias for the network … Read more

Install MySQL / MariaDB Server with PhpMyAdmin Centos 8

Install MySQL / MariaDB Server with PhpMyAdmin Centos 8 Install PHP, MySQL support package for PHP, and other PHP packages on your system for phpMyAdmin to connect with the database. dnf install -y wget php php-pdo php-pecl-zip php-json php-common php-fpm php-mbstring php-cli php-mysqlnd php-xml tar Install below PHP packages for phpMyAdmin to connect with the … Read more

Kubernetes – Labels & Selectors

Kubernetes – Labels & Selectors Labels Labels are key-value pairs that are attached to pods, replication controllers,s and services. They are used as identifying attributes for objects such as pods and replication controllers. They can be added to an object at creation time and can be added or modified at the run time. Labels are … Read more

Kubernetes Architecture

Kubernetes Architecture Kubernetes follows a client-server architecture. Wherein, we have master installed on one machine and the node on separate Linux machines.   The key components of master and node are defined in the following section. Kubernetes – Master Machine Components Following are the components of the Kubernetes Master Machine. etcd It stores the configuration … Read more