A packet sniffer monitors network traffic, hence it is also known as a network analyzer. These sniffers work by examining the streams of a data packet that flow between networks. …
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Red teaming is a test to ensure cybersecurity for your business. It answers the question: If your system gets attacked, will your important assets be safe or not? In other …
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Identity theft attacks target personal data daily across digital networks. Learning to prevent identity theft becomes essential for IT security professionals. Criminal organisations steal personal information through sophisticated social engineering …
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Penetration testing is widely used for the security and protection of networks, users, and computing systems. It is also known as pentest, in which legal, ethical hackers try to simulate …
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Whenever we receive a call from an unknown number, we are unaware of the person on the other end. It is in situations like these that a person can become …
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Traceroute is the first choice of IT administrators when it comes to troubleshooting connectivity problems or network latency. In other words, traceroute is a network diagnostics tool. This tool is …
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Most of us are aware that encryption is changing a message from its readable form to an encoded message to prevent someone else from reading it. This message can only …
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The advancement of technology has opened many gateways to development and improvisation in the world’s current systems. However, the dark side constitutes information breach, hacking, and system attacks. Thus, it …
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Vishing is a term derived from ‘voice’ and ‘phishing’. It is a type of social engineering attack carried out through a telephone. The attacker intends to phish out information from …
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Packet sniffers, also called protocol analyzers, are tools that network security technicians use for diagnosing problems in the network. On the other hand, hackers use packet sniffing for malicious purposes …