Ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing or white hat hacking, refers to the practice of deliberately and legally probing computer systems, networks, applications, and other digital assets for security
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A more advanced form of a phishing attack is called whaling. The fundamental difference between whaling and phishing is that phishing is more generic in nature, and phishing emails are sent en masse. They’re sent to a lot of people with the hope that even if a small subset of them click...
One of the standout features of ‘The Hacker’s Playbook 2’ is its practicality. It doesn’t just teach hacking; it immerses you in the hacker’s mindset, equipping you with the skills to think and act like a penetration tester. This book is a treasure trove of knowledge, continuously ...
certainly the behaviour necessary is similar for both -- sneaking into networks, looking for flaws in software -- but only the outcome is different; stealing rather than destroying. For defenders it's especially hard to tell the difference between an enemy probing a network looking for flaws to...
The administrator behind LockBit, in a lengthy follow-up message , said some of their websites were confiscated by most likely exploiting a critical PHP flaw tracked as CVE-2023-3824, acknowledging that they didn't update PHP due to "personal negligence and irresponsibility." "I realize that ...
MIPS Alternate Register Names: In MIPS, there’s no real difference between registers; the CPU doesn’t about what they’re called. Alternate register names exist to make the code more readable for the developer/reverser: $a0 to $a3 for function arguments, $t0 to $t9 for temporary register...
The main difference between a brute force attack and a dictionary attack is that in a brute force attack, a hacker tries to crack a password using every possible combination of characters, whereas, in a dictionary attack, the hacker tries a list of known or commonly used passwords. While a...
Pass the hash is a type of cybersecurity attack in which an adversary steals a “hashed” user credential and uses it to create a new user session on the same network.
What’s the difference between a computer worm and a virus? One requires a host file and human activation to spread, while the other doesn’t. How do they work and which is more dangerous? Read on to learn about the main differences between a virus and a worm, and find out how to ...