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Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is a service developed with the intention of allowing interconnection of devices within a network. AD offers management capabilities from a centralised location, and stores information about members of the domain including the users, access rights, digital assets and much more. Group Policy (GP) is a separate utility that is available to[…]
Securing your Email Accounts
We have reached a point in time where your digital security is of utmost importance. Your personal bills, your banking, your social interactions, identification, hobbies and much more is almost all funnelled through the internet, and your email is the vault for every service you use.Securing your email accounts needs to be a priority. Your[…]
Types of Anti-Virus
In this blog we will be discussing the two main types of anti-virus software that are available on the market. Signature based anti-virus software will examine the file to create a signature. When a scan is performed this will compare the malware signature against a list of known malicious files, included within the anti-virus software’s[…]
Attack Library: Drive-by Attacks
Drive-by Attacks are an increasingly common type of attack, used by threat actors to force the client into performing an action without the consent of the user. The key difference between Drive-by attacks and other attacks of this nature, is that they do not require any user interaction with the malicious content for the attack[…]
Full Disk Encryprtion
A Trusted Platform Module, widely referred to as “TPM”, is a chip that resides on your computers motherboard and is responsible for generating encryption keys that work in tandem with BitLocker, a form of Full Disk Encryption which we will expand on later in the article. The main aim of the TPM is to carry[…]
End-Of Life Software
All software goes through a support cycle, starting at mainstream support, extended support and finally “End of Life”. When software is in mainstream support, provider regularly releases features and provides security updates for any bugs that are present. This support usually occurs when the software is first released and continues for the longest duration. In[…]
Spoofing Public WI-FI routers
As public WI-FI networks do not commonly require a password to gain authentication, anyone can gain access to this network with ease. As individuals are connecting to these routers to obtain internet access, the risk of impersonating routers becomes more common. This is called Spoofing Public WI-FI routers. A malicious actor can use a technique[…]
Open-Source Penetration Testing
With the enormous rise in Cyber Security threats online, many companies are at threat of their online databases being targeted and breached or are even susceptible to attackers defacing their website or using it to compromise visitors’ devices by using the website as a platform to deploy malicious software. This increase in online threats has[…]
Pharming attacks
Pharming is essentially a phishing scam that can infect numerous users simultaneous by redirecting them from a legitimate website to a fake site. The fake website can be used to install virus’s or trojans on the user’s computer to obtain personal information such as bank account details which could be utilised for identity theft. Pharming[…]
GDPR: Subject Access Requests
As part of the GDPR implementation, it is now a requirement that companies release any information that they store or process on you if you request it. A Subject Access Request (SAR) is a request made by an individual to receive information regarding which data a company holds on you, and how they process it.[…]