Homographic Attacks: A Subtle Cyber Threat
In an era where the internet is a foundational part of daily life, cyber criminals continue to refine their insidious methods to exploit vulnerabilities, even if that vulnerability is in…
An Introduction to Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Welcome to the fascinating—and occasionally terrifying—world of Open Source INTelligence (OSINT), an essential element in every cybersecurity toolkit. Whether you're a cybersecurity aspirant, simply curious about intelligence collection and analysis…
PayPal Scam Alert
Early this morning, as I was going about my usual morning routine, I received an email from service@paypal.com indicating that I had an outstanding payment due. Being the untrusting sort…
On Cybersecurity Education
Preface: If you are already thinking, "Finally! Someone has the answers to all our cybersecurity education woes!" you might as well stop reading now. I'm basically just here to complain…
Common Network Ports
PortUsageTransport Protocol20FTP Data TransferTCP21FTP Command ControlTCP22SSHTCP/UDP23TelnetTCP25SMTPTCP50, 51IPSec53DNSTCP/UDP67, 68DHCPUDP69TFTPUDP80HTTPTCP110POP3TCP119NNTPTCP123NTPUDP135-139NetBIOSTCP/UDP143IMAPTCP/UDP161, 162SNMPTCP/UDP194IRC389LDAPTCP/UDP443HTTPSTCP/UDP989, 990FTP over SSL/TLSTCP3389RDPTCP/UDP
Cyber Attacks
Cyber attacks take various forms—depending on their intended outcome—that can range from preventing someone from legitimately accessing a system to futzing with data that you shouldn't have access to. Let's…
What is Security?
Since I'm writing about security on a website with the word "security" in the domain name, I should probably start off by defining my terms, eh? Most definitions of the…