LANs (Local Area Networks) A network is any collection of independent computers that communicate with one another over a shared network medium. LANs are networks usually confined to a geographic area, such as a single building or a college campus. LANs can be small, linking as few as three computers, but often link hundreds of … Read more
computer Network A network is any collection of independent computers that communicate with one another over a shared network medium. A computer network is a collection of two or more connected computers. When these computers are joined in a network, people can share files and peripherals such as modems, printers, tape backup drives, or CD-ROM … Read more
Network penetration testing is the first penetration testing that we are going to cover in this section. Most of the systems and computers are connected to a network. If a device is connected to the internet, that means the device is connected to the network because the internet is a really big network. Therefore, we … Read more
There is often some confusion between penetration testing and vulnerability assessment. The two terms are related but penetration testing has more of an emphasis on gaining as much access as possible while vulnerability assessment places the emphasis on identifying areas that are vulnerable to the attack. An automated vulnerability scanner will often identify possible vulnerabilities … Read more
Develop a penetration test plan Establishing the test ground rules is a particularly important part of penetration analysis. The rules are captured in the penetration test plan, which defines the test objective, the product configuration, the test environment, test resources, and schedule. It is important that penetration testing use ethical evaluators who are no antagonistic … Read more
Testing is about variation—finding the things in the software and its environment that can be varied, varying them, and seeing how the software responds. The goal is to ensure that the software performs reliably and securely under reasonable and even unreasonable production scenarios. So the most fundamental planning a tester can do is to understand … Read more
INTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY Penetration testing is the process of attempting to gain access to resources without knowledge of usernames, passwords and other normal means of access. If the focus is on computer resources, then examples of a successful penetration would be obtaining or subverting confidential documents, pricelists, databases and other protected information. Near flawless penetration … Read more
THE CHALLENGES OF VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS Network vulnerability assessments are widely recognized as a crucial component of network security and a key component of any overall Network Security Assessment Service. Vulnerability Assessments are performed to determine the actual security posture of a network environment. They are designed to explore whether or not a malicious attacker can … Read more
Computer networks that are currently connected to the Internet are vulnerable to a variety of exploits that can compromise their intended operations. Systems can be subject to Denial of Service Attacks that prevents other computers from connecting to them for their provided service (e.g. web server) or prevent them from connecting to other computers on … Read more
There are some solutions to secure our different types of mobile phones. Since new technologies are coming up we also need to be careful from our side to secure our mobile phones. ANDROID The most important steps you should take to sure your data is secure are: Keeping it private: The easiest way to keep … Read more