What is FIDO?FIDO (Fast ID Online) is a collection of technology-neutral solid authentication security protocols. The FIDO Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to standardizing authentication at the client and protocol layers, created FIDO.The FIDO specifications support multifactor authentication (MFA) and public-key cryptography. FIDO keeps it locally on the user's device ... Read More

Executive Order 14028 (EO), Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity, issued by Joe Biden on May 12, 2021, directs several agencies to improve cybersecurity through various software and data security and integrity measures. Several high-profile information security and ransomware assaults in 2020/21 triggered the order, including the SolarWinds hack, MS Exchange server ... Read More

Autorun Worms, which are commonly disseminated via USB devices, are a "surprise attack" that uses the Windows Auto-Run feature (autorun.inf) to execute malicious code without user knowledge when an infected device is connected to a computer. Many variants of this exploit make use of Windows' Autoplay features.Usually, the danger is ... Read More

Harpooning is the act of a hacker gathering information from social media sites in order to mimic executives and target employees in their company for the purpose of obtaining sensitive personal data. The security specialists from Mimecast had polled hundreds of IT professionals and determined that a new wave of ... Read More

Both WiFi and 3G technology are wireless technologies that are widely used to send and receive data wirelessly. WiFi is for high-speed Internet access that connects nearby devices with each other and share the Internet via hotspots, whereas 3G technology is a set of standards for wireless mobile communication systems.Go ... Read More

What is HTTP Flooding?HTTP flood is a sort of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack in which an attacker attacks a web server or application using seemingly valid HTTP GET or POST requests.HTTP flood assaults are volumetric attacks that frequently employ a botnet "zombie army"—a collection of Internet-connected computers that ... Read More

What is Defense-in-Depth?The act of deploying several security methods to defend the integrity of information is known as defense in Depth. For the entirety of a system's life cycle, this strategy addresses weaknesses in technology, humans, and operations.The employment of several layers of defense throughout an information system is what ... Read More

One of the most common problems with internet systems is that they are too complex for an average person to comprehend. Even a simple home-based system is complicated. The complexity of larger firms and agencies dealing with hundreds or even thousands of computers on the network increases dramatically.A tool called ... Read More

Pharming is a new type of cyberattack that is as difficult to detect as it is to put up. But what is the definition of a pharming attack? It's a method for hackers to gain access to large quantities of data by sending people to flawed clones of legitimate websites.If ... Read More

The majority of people nowadays utilise the internet on a regular basis. It has transformed communications, business, and everyday duties, to mention a few. While the Internet has practically revolutionised the world, it has not come without a cost. We expose ourselves to identity theft, fraud, data breaches, hackers, and ... Read More