What Is Proof Of Concept? The Blockchain Proof of Concept is a process of determining whether a Blockchain project idea can be feasible in a real-world situation — a common type of consensus algorithm for blockchain. This process is necessary…
What Is Proof Of Work? Proof of Work (commonly abbreviated to PoW) is a mechanism for preventing double-spends. Most major cryptocurrencies use this as their consensus algorithm. That’s just what we call a method for securing the cryptocurrency’s ledger. Proof…
cloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage (cloud storage) and computing power, without direct active management by the user. Large clouds often have functions distributed over multiple locations, each location being a data center. Cloud computing relies on sharing…
A pandemic-focused year made the events of 2020 unprecedented in numerous ways, and the cyber attacks were no different. As the world transitioned to virtual everything — work, school, meetings and family gatherings — attackers took notice. Attackers embraced new…
A brute force attack uses trial-and-error to guess login info, encryption keys, or find a hidden web page. Hackers work through all possible combinations hoping to guess correctly. What is brute force A brute-force attack is one of the most…
Hashcat is a password recovery tool. It had a proprietary code base until 2015, but was then released as open source software. Versions are available for Linux, OS X, and Windows. What is Hashcat Hashcat is the quickest password recovery…
What is Blockchain? It is a distributed database that is shared among the nodes of a computer network. As a database, it stores information electronically in digital format. Blockchains are best known for their crucial role in cryptocurrency systems, such…
What is Bitcoin? The world’s first widely-adopted cryptocurrency. With it, people can securely and directly send each other digital money on the internet The Origin It was created by Satoshi Nakamoto, a pseudonymous person or team who outlined the technology…
What is an on-path attacker? On-path attackers place themselves between two devices (often a web browser and a web server) and intercept or modify communications between the two. The attackers can then collect information as well as impersonate either of the…
What is a DNS CNAME record? The ‘canonical name’ record is used in lieu of an A record when a domain or subdomain is an alias of another domain. All records must point to a domain, never to an IP address. Imagine a scavenger…
What is a DNS MX record? A DNS ‘mail exchange’ (MX) record directs email to a mail server. The record indicates how email messages should be routed in accordance with the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP, the standard protocol for…
What is a DNS AAAA record? DNS AAAA records match a domain name to an IPv6 address. DNS AAAA records are exactly like DNS A records, except that they store a domain‘s IPv6 address instead of its IPv4 address. IPv6 is the…
Introduction Planning is the most important part, not just in our lives and work but also in software design. Before you undertake a big project, I am sure there must be a requirements document based-off which you start to conceptualize…
The Cross-Site Request Forgery is an attack in which they get access to your system by tricking users into performing actions on another site by inadvertently clicking a link or submitting a form. It is often called CSRF, or XSRF…
How can you know if the link someone sent you was to track your IP? If the link is for a common site (eg ) and there are no extra parameters on it; then it won’t help them link your…
