There are four main techniques hackers can use to get hold of your password: 1. Steal it. That means looking over your should when you type it, or finding the paper where you wrote it down. This is probably the most common way passwords are compromised, thus it’s very important that if you do write … Read more
It is a process of identifying an individual and ensuring that the individual is the same who he/she claims to be. A typical method for authentication over internet is via username and password. With the increase in the reported cases of cyber crime by identity theft over internet, the organizations have made some additional arrangements … Read more
he cyber criminal could be internal or external to the organization facing the cyber attack. Based on this fact, the cyber crime could be categorized into two types: Insider Attack:An attack to the network or the computer system by some person with authorized system access is known as insider attack. It is generally performed by … Read more
The internet was born around 1960‟s where its access was limited to few scientist, researchers and the defence only.Internet user base have evolved expontinanlty. Initially the computer crime was only confined to making a physical damage to the computer and related infrastructure. Around 1980‟s the trend changed from causing the physical damaging to computers to … Read more
Internet is among the most important inventions of the 21stcentury which have affected our life. Today internet have crosses every barrier and have changed the way we use to talk, play games, work, shop, make friends, listen music, see movies, order food, pay bill, greet your friend on his birthday/ anniversary, etc. You name it, … Read more
Ongoing patching is perhaps the best thing you can do to enhance and maintain the security of your Linux systems. Regardless of the Linux distribution you use, using a tool to assist in your patching efforts makes your job a lot easier. Distribution updates The distribution process is different on every distribution of Linux. You … Read more
You can assess critical, and often overlooked, security issues on your Linux systems, such as the following: Misconfigurations or unauthorized entries in the shadow password files, which could provide covert system access Password complexity requirements Users equivalent to root Suspicious automated tasks configured in cron, the script scheduler program Signature checks on system binary files … Read more
RPC and other vulnerable daemons are common targets for buffer-overflow attacks. Buffer overflow attacks are often how the hacker can get in to modify system files, read database files, and more. Attacks In a buffer overflow attack, the attacker either manually sends strings of information to the victim Linux machine or writes a script to … Read more
Linux — and all the flavors of UNIX — are file-based operating systems. Practically everything that’s done on the system involves the manipulation of files. This is why so many attacks against Linux are at the file level. Hacks using the hosts.equiv and .rhosts files If hackers can capture a user ID and password by … Read more
Cyber security measures are associated with managing risks, patching vulnerabilities and improving system resilience. Key research subjects include techniques associated with detecting different network behavior anomalies and malware, and IT questions related to IT security. Since these research subjects mainly concentrate on the physical, syntactic and semantic layers, present research infrastructures are focused on studying … Read more