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Protect yourself from AOL phishing email address attacks
Phishing scams targeting America Online (AOL) users have existed since the early days of the internet, and still affect users today. They typically impersonate AOL support, claim there’s an urgent a...
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Phishing kits: How they work and how to stay safe
Phishing kits are prepackaged collections of resources that enable attackers to quickly create phishing campaigns without advanced technical skills. Combined with the rise of AI technologies, these ki...
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Understanding the NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A comprehensive guide to CSF 2.0
While the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), initially focused on critical infrastructure, the latest update makes it more applicable ...
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What is data exfiltration? A complete guide
Sensitive data moves through organizations every day. Teams share files, systems sync information, and employees access tools from different locations. Although this makes work easier, it also increas...
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What is private DNS? The complete guide to privacy and security
The Domain Name System (DNS) is often called the internet's phonebook: it helps translate human-readable domain names like example.com into IP addresses (and other DNS records) that devices use to loc...
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Ransomware removal: How to remove ransomware step by step
If you turn on your device and find that you can’t access your system, or your files suddenly won’t open, your device may have been affected by ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malicious softwa...
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What is ethical hacking, and how does it support cybersecurity?
Ethical hacking refers to authorized testing, where organizations permit specialists to probe systems using techniques similar to those used by malicious actors. Data breaches, phishing scams, and ran...
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What is pharming? Understanding cybersecurity threats
Pharming is a cybersecurity threat that manipulates how web addresses are resolved, causing users to be directed to malicious websites even when they enter legitimate URLs. These malicious sites often...
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Understanding domain fronting: A comprehensive guide
When you surf the internet, you trust that your web traffic is going where you think it is. Domain fronting challenges this assumption by masking the true destination of your traffic. This technique c...
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What is cross-site scripting (XSS) and how it works
Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a common web security vulnerability. Instead of breaking into a server directly, an attacker exploits the way a site handles user input, causing the browser to execute un...
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