Understanding the Fundamental Concepts of Authentication
Authentication stands as one of the pillars of information security, playing a vital role in ensuring only legitimate users gain system access. Whether you’re logging into your email, accessing your bank account, or just browsing the web, authentication plays a pivotal role in ensuring that your data remains protected and that services are accessed by legitimate users. In this article, we will cover the basics of authentication.
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Read moreKey Elements for Developing an Effective API Security Testing Strategy
APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) have become the backbone of modern software development, enabling seamless communication and integration between different systems. However, with the increased reliance on APIs, ensuring their security has become paramount.
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Read moreBuilding Resilient Web Applications: The Importance of Web Resilience Testing
In today’s digital age, web applications play a crucial role in our lives. From online banking to e-commerce platforms and social media networks, web applications have become an integral part of how we interact with the digital world. With increasing dependence on web applications, it is essential to ensure their resilience to handle unexpected events and maintain continuous service availability. This is where web resilience testing comes into play.
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Read moreBroken Object Level Authorization With Examples
In this post we explore and discuss Broken Object Level Authorization failure.
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Read moreAn Overview of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Identity Provider (IdP)
Identity and Access Management is the security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right resources at the right time for the right reasons.
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Read moreCEH v10 - Post Exam Study Write Up
I recently took the CEH v10 exam and passed. In this post, I summarize my experience in pursuing the path to becoming a Certified Ethical Hacker.
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Read moreWeb Application Hacking Methodologies
Web applications are programs that allow users to interact with web servers. They are run on web browsers with the help of client- and server-side scripts.
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Read moreHacking Web Servers - An Overview
Web server is a system used for storing, processing, and delivering websites. It is designed to host web applications, allowing clients to access those applications.
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Read moreCryptography Fundamentals
Cryptography refers to the process of hiding information by converting the readable text into unreadable text using some sort of a key or encryption algorithm.
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Read moreSecurity Threats and Attack Vectors
In this post we will learn about why cyber attacks happen, what are hackers’ motives, classifications of threats and the different attack vectors.
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Read moreInformation Security Overview
Information security refers to a set of processes and activities performed in order to protect information. The main objective of information security is to prevent unauthorized users from stealing and misusing information or services.
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Read moreNetwork Scanning Techniques
Network scanning refers to the process of obtaining additional information and performing a more detailed reconnaissance based on the collected information in the footprinting phase.
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Read moreFootprinting and Reconnaissance
Footprinting refers to the process of gathering information about a target system. It is the first step of an attack in which the attacker tries to learn as much as possible about the target to find a way to break into the system.
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Read moreNetwork Protocol Basics and Terminologies
This post gives an overview of network protocols and covers some common network protocol terminologies with examples.
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Read moreWhat are Different Types of Hackers?
What are the different types of hackers? Despite the popular belief, not all hackers are bad. There are several types of hackers, and in this post we will go through them.
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Read moreEthical Hacking Fundamentals
This blog post is an introduction to Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking. We’ll cover the basics of Pen testing and explain why penetration testing is important to organizations.
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Read moreConfidentiality, Integrity and Availability
Confidentiality, integrity, and availability, often known as the CIA triad, are the building blocks of information security. This post explains each term with examples.
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