What is Ethical Hacking
Ethical hacking is the authorized practice of testing computer systems, networks, and applications to find vulnerabilities before malicious attackers do. What separates ethical hackers from their malicious counterparts isn’t the techniques they use, its...
OSINT Resources and Tools
As our personal lives, businesses, entertainment, and communities move deeper into digital spaces, various levels of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) have become commonplace. From verifying a suspicious social media account to conducting a highly targeted phishing...
How I Almost Got Phished: Advanced Phishing Example
Usually, I pride myself in being able to spot a phishing email from a mile away, however, I’ve always maintained that anyone, even the most security-minded individual, could be phished with enough research and time. Recently, I was targeted by a few phishing...
Defend Against DoS with Rate Limiting
Every web application is vulnerable to a type of attack in which a malicious third party repeatedly connects to your web server and/or makes bulk HTTP requests, consuming resources and preventing other legitimate requests from being processed. This is called a Denial...
