Cyber Security with a flare
The compromised computer system includes information on both investigative targets and agency employees. The U.S. Marshals Service suffered a significant security breach this month when hackers broke into and stole…
Users are not happy. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Facebook and Instagram will implement the one thing absolutely nobody was calling for paid-for verification on both platforms. “This…
The bull run has started in the cryptocurrency market, and some tokens are already experiencing price spikes. Among these projects are Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogelon Mars (ELON), and the…
In a credential stuffing attack, collections of stolen login credentials from one service are used to attempt to break into accounts on various other services. What is Credential Stuffing? Credential…
What is a brute force attack? A brute force attack is a trial-and-error method used to decode sensitive data. The most common applications for brute force attacks are cracking passwords…
DNS amplification is a DDoS attack that leverages DNS resolvers to overwhelm a victim with traffic. What is a DNS amplification attack? This DDoS attack is a reflection-based volumetric distributed…
What is time-to-live (TTL) in networking? Time to live (TTL) refers to the amount of time or “hops” that a packet is set to exist inside a network before being…
What is the Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)? The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is a network layer protocol used by network devices to diagnose network communication issues. ICMP is…
DNS lets users connect to websites using domain names instead of IP addresses. Learn how DNS works. What is DNS? The Domain Name System (DNS) is the phonebook of the…
A transport layer communication protocol, UDP is a very common protocol for voice and video traffic. What is the User Datagram Protocol (UDP/IP)? The User Datagram Protocol, or UDP, is…