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Phishing Attacks in the Insurance Industry

Mitigating risk is an essential component of the insurance industry, the sector that provides individuals and businesses policies that cover health, life, an
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Kali Linux on AWS

The need for Penetration Testing Every organization should have a security policy designed to fit its needs based on risks, threats, regulations and the valu
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Is Russian Intelligence Using Tainted Software to Access Corporate and Government Networks?

Documents leaked by the famous whistleblower Edward Snowden shed light about the surveillance machine used by the NSA to spy on allies and foreign government
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IoT: Hacking a Smart Bulb with Bluetooth - Advanced

This is the 2nd part of the Bluetooth hacking blog. I hope you have gone through the 1st part. If not, please go through it. Let's start.[pkadzone zone="main
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Analysis of Malicious Document 4

In the last part of this article series, we have seen the structure of PDF document and all the essential keywords which can be used by analysts to carry inv
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Cyber – bullying threats, prevention and solutions

Dr. Sameer Hinduja and Dr. Justin Patchin at the Cyberbullying Research Center define cyberbullying as "willful and continuous harm done using any electronic
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Vault 7 Leaks: Inside the CIA's Secret Kingdom (July-August 07)

Introduction Let's continue to analyze the information contained in files leaked by the organization Wikileaks and allegedly originating from a network of th
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Average Forensic Analyst Salary in 2018

If you like to solve puzzles, you might be interested in a forensic analyst career. There is a need for forensic analysts for several aspects of law enforcem
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Patient Privacy in Healthcare: A Security Practitioner's Approach

Data privacy, after years in the desert of “meh,” is becoming headline news. Data breaches, such as the recent one affecting up to 143 million Equifax custom
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Average Data Security Architect Salary

Data is the backbone of any corporation, and as a data architect, you can design, structure, and maintain data and databases for an excellent salary. Your de
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Analysis of Malicious Documents 3

In the last part of the article series, we have seen some handy options of OfficeMalScanner like debug, scan, brute, etc.; learned about structures streams,
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Evidence Acquisition in Mobile Forensics

What Is Mobile Forensics? Mobile forensics can be seen as a valuable range of scientific methodologies that are used by forensic investigators to extract dat
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Computer Forensics: Forensic Science

Forensic Science: Definition Forensic science is defined as “the application of science to the investigation and prosecution of crimes, or just the settlemen
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Computer Forensics: Legal and Ethical Principles

Ethics comprises a set of rules to measure the performance of computer forensics examiners. Various professions term such ethics as “codes of professional co
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Security+ Domain #1: Network Security (SY0-401) [DECOMMISSIONED ARTICLE]

NOTE: This article reflects an older version of the Security+ Exam – please see the current Security+ Certification page for the most up-to-date information.
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Analysis of Malicious Documents 2

In the previous part of this article series, we have seen some basics and initial concepts around analyzing Malicious files. In this part of article series,
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Analysis of Malicious Documents

Spreading of malware through malicious documents is not new but considering how malware authors use different techniques has become challenging for malware a
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Computer Forensics: Areas of Study

Introduction Computer forensics contains six primary areas for study. Each of them is significant and provides sufficient information to understand the scope
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Network Management for Next-Generation Wireless Security

Introduction In the good old days, ICT research used to be just about technology. The success of any research project could easily be measured in terms of te
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Phishing Attacks in the Education Industry

Reading, writing, and… ransomware? The education industry (which includes public and private schools from kindergarten to universities) is increasingly under
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Using Verified Identity to Prevent Personal Data Breaches

Yet again, I open my laptop, check out the news, and see that there has been another mega-hack. This time the target was Equifax, and the victims, 143 millio
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PMP Exam Overview: What To Expect

Interested in boosting your career potential? The project management professional (PMP) credential from the Project Management Institute (PMI) can give you t
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10 Digital Forensics Tools - The Lesser Known

For years Digital Forensics has played a significant role in the security domain. Being an integral part of the process, various tools have been developed ov
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Cybersecurity as an ethical obligation

1. Introduction An ethical obligation is a standard that defines a moral course of action. Many professions are subject to comprehensive sets of ethical obli
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