Author: CyberVyber
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Covid-19, the Emotional Contagion and the Cybercriminals…
Literally every Professional body that I have subscribed to are sending me caring emails on how to stay safe during the Coronavirus (#Covid-19) outbreak. Whilst I trust those Organisations, one cannot rule out Phishing attacks (Email Spoofing). How does one trust them? As a matter of fact, there are multiple malicious Covid-19 related Android Apps…
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Quick Summary of CWE, CVE, CVSS, NVD
As InfoSec Professionals we often refer to abbreviations viz., CWE, CVE,NVD,CVSS. At times we interchangeably use CWE & CVE, however there is a subtle difference. Below is a quick view of some of the commonly used terms, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) is the list of common software weaknesses that can lead to exploitable vulnerabilities. These…
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The Security Engineering of Apollo 11’s AGC (Apollo Guidance Computer)
It has been 50 years, since the Mankind’s greatest expedition landed on the Moon…truly astonishing!! History tells that, Humans have always tried to push their limits to reach out to challenging places and that time during 1969, to leave their Homeland – “Earth” to land on the Moon, has to be one of the most…
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The Headaches around Application Security (AppSec)
An Overview of Application Security (AppSec) challenges.
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The Headache’s around Application Security (AppSec)
An Overview of Application Security (AppSec) challenges.
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Container Security Overview
Introduction… Container technology has picked-up in the market with major players viz., Docker, Rkt, LXC etc. This technology resolves quite a few critical Business challenges, by speeding up the time to market of the Software applications and it’s Operations. The Legacy businesses who still use old school Software Development methodologies, would need to adapt to…
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I swear, my Boss asked me to transfer $20K to someone…it wasn’t my Fault!
Lydia who is a Personal secretary to the CEO of a Small Size Organisation, ABC Corporation Ltd, received an email from her Boss to transfer $20K to an account number mentioned in the email. She realised that the payment request via email along with the beneficiary details were little bit suspicious. However since her Boss was away…
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Pay us or forget your DATA forever!
Hectic Monday…. On a typical hectic Monday afternoon, Joe who works for a reputed Organisation was doing his routine task of replying to customer emails, and was shocked after he clicked on a link in a customer’s email. Dramatically, as it may sound, within a jiffy, his computer flashed a note, “To get your data…
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Someone stole my Identity and withdrew a Personal Loan on my behalf!…
Newly married happy couple… One fine day Kabeer was surprised to find some letters from ABC Bank in his letter box, marked to his newly wed housewife Meera. He asked Meera, since when did she start banking with ABC Bank to which she denied. And giggled at him by asking what’s wrong with him?? …
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Unsubscribe Spam emails by clicking this link… Never Ever!!
Almost all of us are bombarded by a barrage of spam emails everyday i.e., from senders we never knew or subscribed to. What happens when we click to see the content ? At times, we do check what’s this email about, what’s in it and in response to your action the sender knows that you…
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