Author: Sushmita Singh

Ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing, is an act of authorised intrusion into a system or network to find potential backdoors, loopholes or vulnerabilities in the security system. The purpose here is to find the weak links in the system which an attacker or hacker may find and use to leak critical data. The purpose of ethical hacking is to secure the system by fixing the loopholes in it. Who is an Ethical Hacker? An ethical hacker is a skilled professional with excellent technical knowledge and has the ability to identify malicious software and rectify any vulnerabilities in the…

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Have you recently, or ever, checked how secure your company or household’s network is? Many people often buy a router that comes with a preset password and call it a day. It’s password-protected, after all, so nobody can get in. That assumption has come back to haunt a lot of people. Don’t be one of them – read this guide on how to properly secure a home or business internet connection. To be fair, many companies go to great lengths to protect their internet connection , like installing the best VPN and enabling MAC authentication. Which is great. But there…

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