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A smurf attack was initially a C-based code written by renowned hacker Dan Moschuk, aka TFreak, in 1997. The attack got its name from the 1980s cartoon “The Smurfs” since Dan Moschuk saw the flood of packets, like the tiny Smurfs, overwhelming a mammoth opponent through sheer numbers. He named the original file as Smurf.c in relation to that. A …

With the rapid growth in the adoption of technology, the threats of Cyberattacks have also significantly increased. The world hacked or hacker sends chills down the spine of security professionals. In this post, we will cover what a Black Hat Hacker is and what other types of hackers are out there.  The categorization of Hackers is done based on their …

With the growing population of IoT devices, knowing the key challenges and how to secure IoT devices is really important. IoT (Internet of Things) is the technology of the 21st Century that has revolutionized the entire world. From smart cars to smart TVs and healthcare, it has acquired it all.  According to studies, the world will have 28.5 billion networked …

Emails are a critical part of everyday life and play a significant role in our professional and personal life. However, since its inception, Emails have been a primary attack vector, and attackers have utilized them for ages to exploit organizations and individuals alike. In this post, we will be covering the types of email attacks and what you can do …

When Linkedin and Facebook downplayed any threats from data scraping on these sites, they were right. There was no threat in it for them, but the danger was for you and me. An attacker can effortlessly weaponize this data to create a sophisticated spear-phishing attack. Read on to know what is spear phishing, and how to keep you protected. Spear …