Incident Response: The Computer Security Incident Handling Guide
Organizations have to implement some form of assistance in order to mitigate the risks of computer security incidents. Computer security incidents encompass anything that violates a computer security policy or practice. Some good examples of computer security incidents include malware infection, DDoS attacks against a Web server, or data breaches, all of which necessitate immediate ...
What is Penetration Testing?
Penetration testers are hired ethical hackers tasked with simulating a real-world attack on an organization's networks and systems. Think of it as an intrusive security assessment that measures the organization's level of resistance to an attack. The great thing about penetration tests are that they test the organization's capabilities to defend against real-world attacks and ...
What Information Does Facebook Keep About You? See For Yourself! You’ll be Surprised
Are You Concerned About The Latest Facebook Trouble?If you're following the news, you'll know that Facebook is in deep water. What exactly happened? Back in 2014, Cambridge Analytica (CA), a British political consulting firm, which combines data mining, data brokerage, and data analysis with strategic communication for the electoral process, signed a data-sharing deal between SCL ...
Your Live Security Camera Footage May Be Broadcasted Online: And You Wouldn’t Know!
Live video feeds of home and commercial surveillance cameras around the globe are being broadcasted live and without permission on a site called Insecam, which is believed to have originated from Russia. Other sites like Shodan and Nestcamdirectory also provide visitors with the ability to look up IP cameras; however, Insecam aggregates these live video streams all into one ...
IPv6: Link-Local Addresses & Global Unicast Addresses
If you type ipconfig on a IPv6-capable Windows system, you'll probably see a few different IPv6 addresses, such as an IPv6 address, a temporary IPv6 address, and a link-local IPv6 address. What are these? Why so many? I'm here to answer that question and continue from where I left off in my last post about IPv6 ...
The Cybersecurity Man 