Collaborate Disseminate
This morning I received a text message (ostensibly) from my bank:
We need to contact you. Please visit https://paymentassistance.nationwide.co.uk for more information
My spidey sense immediately tingled. I’ve never received an SMS fr… Continue reading Did scammers take control of a subdomain to host phishing site?
I am quite new to creating services using PHP-cURL. I want to offer some data/service to only registered domains. I know that I can identify these domains using app ID and API keys for data encryption.
However, I was thinking about diff… Continue reading Validate API caller domain (or any other related solution)
I’m having a little bit of trouble understanding why the HTTPS protocol includes the host name in plain text. I have read that the host name and IP addresses of an HTTPS packet are not encrypted.
Why the host name cannot be … Continue reading Why do HTTPS requests include the host name in clear text?
I’m having a little bit of trouble understanding why the HTTPS protocol includes the host name in plain text. I have read that the host name and IP addresses of an HTTPS packet are not encrypted.
Why the host name cannot be … Continue reading Why do HTTPS requests include the host name in clear text?
Usually a preferred DNS server will be set in router’s configuration and it will be either the organization’s server or some trusted public server. So how would attacker get the victim to use his DNS server to resolve its dom… Continue reading DNS Rebinding attack – does this attack require victim to use an attacker’s DNS server for resolution? How will that happen?
For example today there are “.codes”, “.farm” and “.vaijes” newly available.
How do big companies like google, facebook, twitter, .. keep sure that they are the first who register their name on the new domain? Is there any co… Continue reading How do big companies ensure that other people don’t register a new top level domain with their name? [closed]
If so why is the difference?
I’ve tried to google it but nothing relevant was found.
Continue reading Are different top level domains somehow different security wise?
One of the things I need to do from time to time is to find subdomains of a site for example.
Starting with example.com
sub1.example.com
other.example.com
another.example.com
I’m looking for any additional ways to perf… Continue reading How can I find subdomains of a site?
Now that the ICANN is allowing custom Top Level Domain names and often corporate IT workers like to use .local as the TLD for internal networks, if someone does buy the .local TLD what are some possible dangers a user could encounter?
The… Continue reading If someone bought the .local TLD could that be a security risk?
Now that the ICANN is allowing custom Top Level Domain names and often corporate IT workers like to use .local as the TLD for internal networks, if someone does buy the .local TLD what are some possible dangers a user could encounter?
The… Continue reading If someone bought the .local TLD could that be a security risk?