Found 167 Articles for Ethical Hacking

While hackers have been causing a lot of pains to enterprises, another community of hackers have also been finding out vulnerabilities in the IT systems, albeit with a different objective. Such hackers, known as ethical hackers, proactively identify IT system vulnerabilities by hacking into the systems. Ethical hackers are a boon to enterprises because they identify potential vulnerabilities without any malicious intent. Enterprises can fix the issues before hackers can exploit them. Ethical hackers are being increasingly recognized – reputed organizations have been paying bounties to ethical hackers to find security loopholes in their systems that are hitherto undetected.Who is ... Read More

Subtitled files are allowing hackers to read your information. These files are targeted for malicious software attacks that are being used to control devices like (Smart TV, Computer and Mobile Device). Check Point researchers has discovered this vulnerability.People generally wish to see subtitles for translated movies. However, hackers are taking advantage of this and exploiting viewers in a rather shocking way.A team Check Point has discovered this vulnerability in the four most used media player applications, where hackers are able to access viewers device via vulnerabilities via PC, Smart TV or Mobile device with the code inserted in the subtitles.The ... Read More

The recent WannaCry ransomware attack is so massive that it has affected more than 2, 00, 000 machines across 150 countries around the globe. There are individuals, various institutions and government agencies who became victims of this cyber extortion. Now all of them are desperately looking for a solution to retrieve their locked data. They may not want to pay the demanded ransom amount, but if they will not able to find a suitable solution then, may end up paying the ransom to the blackmailers.While paying the ransom amount, there is no guaranty that whether you will get back your ... Read More

A Government Organization CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has issued a high priority alert that a new ransomware Locky has spread like ransomware WannaCry which has compromised a huge number of the computer system in the India, which has also affected ATM network and Government offices computers too.The CERT issued a severe threat alert on Saturday and also advised to the users not to open any unknown emails from an unknown sender as it is estimated that an approx. of 23 million emails, messages are sent in the phishing campaign.The studies estimate more than 100 countries in the world have ... Read More

The recent ransomware attack has changed the definition of centuries-old style of demanding ransom. Typically what we know earlier that, the bad guys kidnapped a person or an item and held captive to extort money or property to secure their release. That is the typical way of demanding ransom which we sometimes found in our national and international newspapers as well as in many Hollywood and Bollywood movies where similar stories are kept on playing.But, most of us may not ever thought of those files and folders on your desktops, laptops, and smartphones which can be locked and hold for ... Read More

Facebook, a very popular social networking site, that helps you connect with people. Some of you are well acquainted with and some you don’t, still you get a chance to make new friends and we learn a lot of things, updates on latest movies’ gossip and the list goes on. So, our Facebook account is a pass key to know everything going around the world starting from our street, city, to country and world.Just like bank accounts we prefer to keep our Facebook account private, just to ourselves, like you can share your account number with someone but not your ... Read More

Ethical hacking is one of such domains which is ever-challenging and is increasingly in demand year after year. Ethical hacking experts are in great demand across banking and finance, insurance, medical and research based businesses all across the world. Additionally, the growth of the internet and digital devices is adding to the demand for experts in cybersecurity. Organisations and businesses are offering more importance to securing their networks than ever before. This is thus an encouraging trend to enthusiasts who are keen to begin their career in cybersecurity and to take up challenges in securing a network. Why cybersecurity ... Read More