Social Engineering uses influence and persuasion in order to deceive, convince or manipulate. As a result, the social engineer is able to take advantage of people to obtain information with or without the use of technology. The following is an example of a
If someone wants to bring down a website, alter their school attendance record or hijack an ex-employer’s Twitter account, there are plenty of illicit ‘hacking handyman’ services to turn to. Researchers have recently been delving into the dark web to find
In your message, try to reference a familiar business activity. Also, provide the target victim with a clear instruction, while weaving in a sense of urgency. And there you have it: the ingredients for a convincing phishing attempt. A US threat detection
“Learn Python”. That’s the conclusion from the authors of a recent rundown of the world’s most popular programming languages. Python is versatile. It’s easy to learn. Knowledge of Python is also frequently listed as a must-have requirement by employers.
A recent study shows no improvement in the global cyber skills shortage, with many organizations continuing to make basic mistakes in hiring cyber security employees. In the fifth annual roundup of insights from cyber professionals by the Information
In areas such as penetration and website performance testing, it’s often easier to keep track of your testing efforts if you have multiple email addresses to work with. More widely - whether it’s for business or personal use - email aliases can make it much
We’ve all experienced ad tracking in action. You ask Google a question (e.g. ‘How long should I hold a plank?’) and browse through a few of the search results. Soon enough, your feeds get peppered with ads for things like protein supplements and gym
The days of Microsoft seeking to freeze out Linux from its ecosystem are now well and truly over. (Tip: if you want to find out why the Microsoft vs Linux battle came to an end, check out our OS Wars article from earlier this year). There’s just been
Most of us have played with Snapchat’s Face Swap feature at least once. You might even have downloaded apps like Restart to up your meme-creation game by doctoring some gifs.But what, you might ask, have these novelty tools got to do with cyber security? The
Not so long ago, state usage of tools like drone cameras, smart license plate recognition and automated phone record analysis was confined mostly to national security services. These days, it’s not unusual to see suburban police departments putting these
If you’ve been following cyber security news over the last few years, you’ll have noticed variations on the same story cropping up time and again: employers can’t recruit the people they need for cyber security, and as a result, millions of posts are going
If you are hit by a ransomware attack, the chances are that the hacker will demand payment in Bitcoin. However, a growing number of threat actors are starting to ask for Monero. Here’s a closer look at this privacy-focused token, its place in the wider crypto
More money usually means greater happiness - but only up to a certain point. One study shows that earning a certain magic number each year is the key to satisfaction. However, happiness-wise, once you go beyond that level, any extra cash coming your way really
A port scan is the cyber equivalent to using a sniffer dog. It involves sending out carefully-prepared packets of data to a computer or network in order to detect any open ports and possible vulnerabilities. The technique is a very useful part of
Third-party cookies on Chrome are about to be turned off. So does this mean that Google is about to give up on a huge chunk of its ad revenue? Of course not. Google has a new tracking method in the pipeline called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC).
For organized gangs and amateur criminals alike, ransomware offers a quick way to make money. And especially with the proliferation of ransomware-as-a-service on the dark web, it doesn’t take a tech genius to get an attack off the ground. For the
Will retraining as a pentester earn you a pay rise? With three years on the job as a security engineer, is your present boss short changing you? If you want to benchmark your current salary, or you just want some evidence of what infosec pros earn in real
Late last year, global cybersecurity vendor Sophos announced it was sharing various tools and technologies in a bid to promote wider use of AI-based cybersecurity systems. This includes what Sophos describes as the first production-scale malware research