What is CSRF? Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), XSRF, or Sea surf is an attack on authenticated web applications using Cookies that tricks an end user to execute unwanted actions of the attacker’s choosing. The attack is especially aimed at state-changing…
Password Hacker refers to the individual who attempts to crack the secret word, phrase or string of characters used to gain access to secured data. Password hacking is often referred to as password cracking. In a genuine case, the password hackertries to…
A Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP) attack is a reflection-based distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack that can exploit Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) networking protocols to send a huge amount of traffic to a targeted victim, overpowering the target’s infrastructure and…
Spams and phishing emails are the most common method for the malware hackers to gain access to users’ credentials. its become so vicious and we have to be wary of clicking anything on the Internet. Malware authors create genuine looking…
In the computer world, a session refers to the temporary interaction between a user and the website. In other words, the in-between time of the log-in and log-off during the operation of an account is called a session. Session hijacking…
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a type of attack that involves using multiple compromised networks to target a single website. Hackers execute DDoS attacks by hijacking unprotected computers and installing malware. By using thousands of these “bots” or “zombie computers,”…
Almost every WordPress website is vulnerable to malware attacks. When a website is hacked or compromised it will certainly bring down the reputation of the company, it will cost a lot to restore the system to normal and create a…
A cyber attack refers to a deliberate exploitation of technology-dependent enterprises, computer systems, and networks. In simple terms, it is an attack launched from one computer or more computers against another computer, multiple computers or networks. Cyber attacks are known…
Hashing refers to the transformation of a string of characters into a typically shorter fixed-length value or key that represents the original string. Hashing is apt for indexing and retrieving items in a database as it takes less time to…
Rowhammer refers to a data theft technique that has captivated and worried the cybersecurity community for years because of the fact that it combines physical and digital hacking in ways that are both unaccounted for and fascinating. Since its initial…