Damn Vulnerable Web App (DVWA) is a PHP/MySQL web application that is damn defenseless. Its main goals are to be an aid for security professionals to test their skills and tools in a…
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A brute-force attack is when all possible keys are checked against encrypted data until the right key is found. Brute-force attacks are extremely costly from a resource and time perspective because the attacker…
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Would you like to know how fast your internet connection is? This can be done with an internet speed test. There are various tests on the internet to measure the speed of your…
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Network Mapper (Nmap) is one of the most effective and functional tools in Kali Linux. Nmap can be used to perform a large range of different scanning techniques and is highly customizable. Nmap is…
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From previous article, we came across to different actions performed by HTTP methods where we had described the role of PUT method which allow client to upload a file on server with different…
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Kali is the latest and greatest version of the ever popular Backtrack Linux penetration testing distribution. The creators of the Backtrack series kept Kali in a format very similar to Backtrack, so anyone familiar…
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1. Device A has been configured for IRQ 3. Which of the following devices will Device A potentially conflict with? A. COM1 B. LPT1 C. COM2 D. LPT2 2. What is the default…
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Testers usually maintain a library of the current and historical operating systems. When testing Microsoft operating systems, Windows XP is used as the reference standard to test vulnerabilities. Although Windows XP will be…
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Everyone who has been involved with IT for more than a few months has at least heard of MySQL. The acquisition of MySQL AB by Sun Microsystems brought a great deal of additional…
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Meet Ihsan Sencan, a security researcher from Turkey who found more than 15+ SQL Injection Vulnerabilities in various Joomla Components in just one day and all related exploits have been published to various…
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A security expert Belahsan Ouerghi has shed light on a new hacking tool called DVR Exploiter that exploits the CVE-2018-9995 vulnerability against IoT devices. It is able to extract account credentials of DVR…
Read more 1. Which of the following components is not usually found on a motherboard? A. Hard drive controller B. DVD drive controller C. Memory D. Video adapter 2. What type of memory is not…
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Python is a general purpose programming language that is often applied in scripting roles. It is commonly defined as an object-oriented scripting language – a definition that blends support for OOP with an…
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The world of security, especially Web security, is a very complex and extensive knowledge domain to attempt to master-one where the consequences of failure can be extremely high. Practitioners can spend years studying this discipline…
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Designing the database is a key step, largely because changes to the database at a later date have far larger implications and potential complications than changing any other aspect of the site. Adding functionality through…
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A hash is always a useful when you need to verify the integrity of any file. To check the integrity of your system, you can create a baseline of file hashes, and periodically…
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Python is one of those rare languages which can claim to be both simple and powerful. Python is an easy to learn, powerful programming language. It has efficient high-level data structures and a simple…
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Nmap supports many scanning technologies, such as: UDP, TCP connect(), TCP SYN (half-open scan), ftp proxy (bounce attack), reverse flag, ICMP, FIN, ACK scan, Xmas Tree, SYN Scan and null scan. Nmap also…
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Wireless technology has become increasingly popular as it allows you to easily access the Internet from all sorts of locations around the world without requiring a network cable. But a wireless network isn’t…
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A vulnerability in GNU Bash could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to inject arbitrary commands so called as ShellShock Vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to improper processing of environment variables by the affected…
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There are plenty of ways to make your password secure, but most people just don’t bother. It is much easier to set a password that is easy to remember, but hackers rely on…
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UNIX treats every object in the operating system as a file. We can find the files associated with every action performed and can make use of them for different system- or process-related manipulations….
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