All pages tagged with hacking
Will Your Network Pass a Security Audit?
It is a well-known fact that in the Internet-connected world network perimeter vulnerabilities do exist that allow unauthorized individuals access to networks and provide the ability to disrupt business continuance. ...
Written by: Michael Bruck and added on June 22, 2011The Oversight of Physical Security and Contingency Planning
In today's ever-changing world of information assurance and network security, it can become extremely difficult to keep up on the latest vulnerabilities,viruses, patches, trends, technology, hacker behaviors and activity. It's ...
Written by: Andy S. Krupa and added on Jan. 1, 2011Hardening HTAccess, Part 2
In this article, we will explore a couple of ways of foiling wwwhack, namely headers masking and content masking.
Document added on Feb. 19, 2011Introduction to Netwox and Interview with Creator Laurent Constantin
In this article Duane Dunston gives a brief introduction to Netwox. Performing a security or network audit with a large number of security tools available can be quite overwhelming. Even ...
Document added on May 28, 2011PhoneSweep: The Corporate War Dialer
In this paper we will look at the risk that an unsecured modem creates. Additionally we will briefly discuss how the hacker can take advantage of these exposures. Finally, we ...
Document added on April 30, 2011Forgetting to Lock the Back Door: A Break-in Analysis on a Red Hat Linux 6.2 Machine
This document is intended to highlight the steps taken in ascertaining the level of damage done in a network break-in (or hack attack) on our system, and the steps taken ...
Written by: Gary Belshaw and added on May 3, 2011Wireless Networks: Panacea or the Next Hacker's Playground?
This paper will provide some background on wireless technology, look at wireless network security issues, then review recent news, and finally offer some suggestions for discouraging the hackers from playing ...
Written by: Lee Elmendorf and added on April 13, 2011The security risks and ways to decrease vulnerabilities in a 802.11b wireless environment
<font size="3"><b>Introduction</b></font><br></br><br> This document explains topics relating to wireless networks. The main topics discussed include, what type of vulnerabilities exist today in 802.11 networks and ways that you can help ...
Written by: Richard Johnson and added on May 6, 2011VoIP Security Challenges
With most major telecommunications carriers currently in the process of readying voice-over-IP (VoIP) services for mass deployment, it's clear that IP telephony is finally headed for prime time. However, the ...
Written by: Steve Bakke and added on June 2, 2011Social Engineering
A classic social engineering trick is for a hacker to send email claiming to be a system administrator. The hacker will claim to need your password for some important system ...
Written by: Del Armstrong and added on Jan. 26, 2011