THREAT PICTURE

Andrew Mahn, a 28-year-old former technician at Motorola and resident of Derry, New Hampshire, recently appeared in federal court facing serious legal challenges. Mahn confessed…

Have you heard about the latest drama from Miami? It’s like something straight out of a movie! The main character? A gang leader named Esteban…

In today’s world, our cellphones are more than just communication devices; they’re extensions of ourselves. However, an alarming report from the University of Toronto’s Citizen…

In a shocking revelation, cybersecurity experts have unveiled a covert interception attempt on jabber[.]ru, an XMPP-based instant messaging platform. XMPP, which stands for Extensible Messaging…

Radio waves are a form of invisible electromagnetic energy that travels through space and the atmosphere. They transmit information, converting it into signals that our…

Syslog is a standard for message logging. It allows gathering logs from different devices into a single place where administrators can review them. It works…

A Spanning Port, often referred to as SPAN (Switched Port Analyzer), is a designated port on a network switch that’s set up to receive a…

A threat model is a detailed and organized approach that involves identifying, understanding, and addressing potential threats in a system or application. It involves four…

Did you know that, by default, an AWS EC2 instance has an internal IP address that exposes sensitive details about itself? That’s right, anyone with…

Cybersecurity is a pressing concern worldwide, with countries continuously adapting their legal frameworks to address the evolving threats of the digital age. France, renowned for…

Cyber espionage groups have become significant threats to national security and corporate interests. One group that has consistently made headlines is APT1, also known as…

A SYN flood is a type of Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack in which an attacker sends many SYN (synchronize) requests to a target system’s services but…

Topology refers to the arrangement of different elements in a network. It’s the physical or logical layout that details how nodes, like computers or printers,…

Wardriving is a practice where individuals actively seek out wireless networks while moving around in a vehicle. The intention is to locate and utilize insufficiently…

Wired Equivalent Privacy, or WEP, is an outdated security protocol designed for wireless networks. It’s intended to provide the same level of security as that…

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. It operates at the network layer (Layer 3) of the OSI reference…

NAT stands for Network Address Translation. It’s a method used in networking where one IP address gets swapped out for another. Often, this is used…

A Jump Bag is a term that refers to a collection of tools and resources typically used by IT professionals. It contains all the necessary…

CVSS, standing for Common Vulnerability Scoring System, is an industry-standard used to assess the severity of computer system security vulnerabilities. It assists in rating the…

WHOIS is a protocol that’s used to query databases to obtain information about the registration of a domain name or an IP address. It’s like…

A Zero Day is a term used to describe a software security flaw unknown to those wanting to fix the issue. The “zero” refers to…

Gnutella is a file-sharing protocol used primarily for distributed peer-to-peer sharing. It allows users to share and search different types of files over the internet…

In networking, data travels through various layers, each of which adds or removes its own specific set of headers or trailers. These headers or trailers…

A honey pot is a computer security mechanism designed to detect, deflect, or study attempts at unauthorized use of information systems. Essentially, it’s a decoy…

SOCKS is an Internet protocol that facilitates the routing of network packets between a client and server through a proxy server. SOCKS can handle packets…

A zero-day attack refers to a cyber attack that exploits a software vulnerability unknown to those who should be interested in mitigating the vulnerability (including…

A web server is a computer system that hosts websites. It’s responsible for processing user requests for web pages and delivering them through the internet….

Wiretapping is a practice where, through the use of specific tools, a third party intentionally intercepts and listens to private conversations or communications. This can…

Imagine you’re at home (this represents your website), and you want to order a pizza (this represents the data you want from another website). Normally,…

Think of a switched network as a big city, where all the buildings (which represent different computer systems) are connected by a vast network of…