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What is Double Extortion Ransomware?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:43:43

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What is Ransomware? A hostage situation exists due to ransomware. It is a form of malicious software or malware that takes data, encrypts it, and then prevents the rightful owners from accessing it until the attacker receives the ransom demanded by the attacker. The ransom cost can range widely, from ... Read More

What is CryptoWall Ransomware?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:41:25

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A Trojan Horse is used by the ransomware virus known as CryptoWall to encrypt files on a hacked computer, and users must pay a ransom to get the decryption key. A spam email, a malicious online advertisement, a compromised website, or another piece of malware are frequently used to spread ... Read More

What is a Crimeware?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:38:59

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A "crimeware" is created particularly to target Internet computers (and occasionally mobile devices) and steal their data by using malicious software tactics. Hackers utilize crimeware, which consists of harmful software (malware), along with other tools, to achieve these goals. The main purposes of crimeware programs are to monitor a victim's ... Read More

What is Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) in Cybersecurity?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:35:41

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What is CVE? Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is a reference system or list that functions like a dictionary for risks to information security that are well known. Every exposure or weakness listed on the CVE list has a single, standardized CVE name. The National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) of ... Read More

What is Common Internet File System (CIFS)?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:33:47

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As companies tried to create an Internet System-based file-sharing protocol, the CIFS (Common Internet File System) protocol rose to prominence around the year 2000. Common Internet File System establishes a standard for employing millions of computers simultaneously to view the distant file. It provides a way for client computers to ... Read More

What is Cloud Security?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:30:51

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Cloud Security is a set of practices and tools created to address both internal and external security threats to businesses. Organizations need cloud security to implement their digital transformation strategy and integrate cloud-based tools and services into their infrastructure. The terms "digital transformation" and "cloud migration" have become widely used ... Read More

What is an Enumeration Attack? How to Prevent It?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:27:58

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When hackers use brute-force techniques to see if specific data is present in a web server database, this is known as an enumeration attack. This information can include usernames and passwords for straightforward enumeration attacks. More sophisticated attacks could confirm bad network setups and reveal hostnames, SNMP, and DNS information. ... Read More

What Does Offensive Security Mean?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:24:58

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What is Offensive Security? The "red team" or offensive security is a type of cybersecurity that actively seeks to breach systems, take advantage of software flaws, and identify security gaps that allow them access. Cybersecurity experts are frequently Certified Ethical Hackers, people whose talents and ethics have been certified. A ... Read More

What Does Defensive Security Mean?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:22:55

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An increasingly important business need is cybersecurity. More individuals than ever are impacted by the cybersecurity specialist's goal of protecting corporate and personal data as technology continues to permeate both our professional and personal lives. The answer to the question, "What is cyber defense?" has gotten more complicated as a ... Read More

How Do Web Shell Attacks Affect Your Web Servers?

Ayushi Bhargava

Ayushi Bhargava

Updated on 05-Aug-2022 12:19:09

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A web shell is a malicious script used by an attacker to maintain persistent access to an online application that has already been compromised. A web shell must always be the second phase of an attack because it is unable to attack or exploit a remote vulnerability (this stage is ... Read More

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