Prevent Hacking with Password-Cracking Countermeasures
Taking some general countermeasures can prevent hacking of your important passwords. Many people use the same passwords on every system they use. For this reason, you might instructg users to create different passwords especially on the systems that protect information that's more sensitive. More ...
What is a Password Hash and Salt?
Never store a user's password as plain-text. A Hashing algorithm is similar to encryption. To increase the security of a hashed password, a random value called salt is added to the hash. More ...
How Snort's Stealth TCP Port Scanning Works
Snort is an open source network intrusion detection system, capable of performing real-time traffic analysis and packet logging on IP networks. It can perform protocol analysis, content searching and matching, and can be used to detect a variety of attacks and probes. More ...
Domain Name System (DNS) Vulnerabilities
The original design of the DNS did not include robust security features. DNS vulnerabilities open networks to various types of attacks, cache poisoning and DDoS attacks being the most common. More ...
Difference Between Rule and Role Based Access Control
Access control is the method used to block or allow access to a network or network resources. Two types of access control are rule-based and role-based. The difference between rule-based and role-based access control is explained here. More ...
Firewall Perimeter Network (DMZ)
A DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) or Perimeter Network is the area between the firewall that protects the network from untrusted external networks (the Internet) and the firewall that protects the internal network. More ...
Wireless Network Security - The Basics of Securing a Wireless LAN
This article discusses how to secure your home and business wireless network. The process of a client associating and authenticating to an access point is standard. The security requirements vary from a home network, small business network and government departments requiring
stringent network security. More ...
What is a SQL Injection Attack?
SQL injection can be used by an attacker to inject code into a website in order to access and manipulate the database behind the site. More ...
Network Security Across the Enterprise
Today's business networks consist of numerous remote access connections from employees and outsourcing firms. Often, the security risks from connections outside the network are overlooked. The proper security solution for your organization will neutralize virtually all of these threats to your network. More ...
How to Become a Professional Ethical Hacker
As a Professional Ethical Hacker you need to understand the various kind of hacking, which can be classified into White Hat, Grey Hat and non-ethical hacking. Only a deep knowledge can help in combating any sort of breach or unauthorised access in the information system. More ...
Avoid Hacks by Rogue Wireless Devices
Watch out for hacking from unauthorized routers and wireless clients that are attached to your network. By using NetStumbler or your client manager software, you can test for access points (APs) and ad-hoc devices that don't belong on your network. More ...
What's the Difference Between Sniffing, Snooping, and Spoofing?
Network sniffing and snooping involve tapping into network traffic for the purpose extracting usernames, passwords, account numbers, and other information. Spoofing is when a hacker creates an email or a website that appears to genuine but is designed for the purpose extracting usernames, passwords, account numbers. More ...
The Basics of Network Security
As technology and computer networks grow sophisticated over time, so do the intrusion techniques that scammers use in order to infiltrate them. If you're serious about protecting your company's private information , you need to do a lot more than have a router and firewall in place. More ...
