March 06, 2020

Cyber Attack Number 9/15: Password Attacks

March 06, 2020/ Guest User

There are a number of different types of password attacks. Three such types are: brute force, dictionary, and keylogger. Brute force and dictionary are similar, in that they both involve a script and a password list to attempt to authenticate against a site or service. Keylogger is usually a trojan installed on an unsuspecting computer logging keystrokes in order to gain access.

Example: On top of randomly created lists, actual password lists from breached sites are a sought after prize for hackers. In some cases, the breaches result in stolen email and password combinations, but sometimes it's just passwords on their own that are stolen. Either way, it's the most poignant reason not to use the same password across multiple sites.

Risk Mitigation: A password manager is the best way to generate and store your passwords. If you insist on creating your own, examples of strong passwords would be four random words, or a longer sentence that means something to you. If you want to check whether your email(s) or your password(s) have been involved in a breach, there is a site you can check.

Some recommended password managers are:

March 05, 2020

Cyber Attack Number 8/15: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

March 05, 2020/ Guest User

Your website was custom built using a template that is no longer supported. Because the custom template is no longer supported, you no longer have the ability to update all the plugins on the website, leaving it vulnerable to attacks.

Learn how to protect yourself from XSS Attacks.

March 04, 2020

Cyber Attack Number 7/15: Malware Attacks

March 04, 2020/ Guest User

Malware stands for Malicious Software. Essentially any nasty software that has usually been inadvertently installed on a computer.

Most of you know what a virus is. A virus is also malware, but not all malware are viruses.

March 03, 2020

Cyber Attack Number 6/15: SQL injection

March 03, 2020/ Guest User

SQL Injection

Sounds sophisticated, but this is often such a simple attack, anyone could do it. SQL is a common language that databases are written in. And this makes a lot of people vulnerable.

March 02, 2020

Cyber Attack Number 5/15: Social Engineering

March 02, 2020/ Guest User

Social Engineering is when hackers exploit human psychology, usually by tricking them into volunteering information which can then be used to gain access to user accounts, identity theft, fraud etc.

There are many different types of Social Engineering. In this post we discuss them and a video that shows just how easy it can be for a experienced hacker to get your info.

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