IPv6 router bug: Juniper spins out hotfix to thwart DDoS attacks
Vulnerability common to devices routing IPv6; Cisco offered partial fix in July. Continue reading IPv6 router bug: Juniper spins out hotfix to thwart DDoS attacks
Tag Archives: spoofing
if someone has my mac address can they hack my email without me knowing about it?
I have a guest house with a wireless network. My guests are given a password to our “Guest Network”. Is it possible for someone on this “Guest Network” to see my mac address, spoof it and then use my mac address to sign in to my email acco… Continue reading if someone has my mac address can they hack my email without me knowing about it?
GPS Spoofing
It’s easy to spoof GPS signals, and hard to defend against…. Continue reading GPS Spoofing
Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew
Two researchers are working on a system to detect spoofed messages sent to automobiles by fingerprinting the clock skew of the various computer components within the car, and then detecting when those skews are off. It’s a clever system, with applications outside of automobiles (and isn’t new). To perform that fingerprinting, they use a weird characteristic of all computers: tiny… Continue reading Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew
How to spoof SFTP?
Is there anyway to spoof an organisation that distributes files across the internet via SFTP?
I know it’s easy to spoof an IP address. But how easy is it to an SFTP link?
List of visually similar characters, for detecting spoofing and social engineering attacks
I’m trying to detect homograph attacks and other attacks where an attacker uses a spoof domain name that looks visually similar to a trusted domain name (e.g., bankofthevvest.com instead of bankofthewest.com).
Is there a dic… Continue reading List of visually similar characters, for detecting spoofing and social engineering attacks
Email spoofing
Email spoofing basically comes down to sending emails with a false sender address. This can be used in various ways by threat actors. Categories: Cybercrime
Social engineeringTags: emailphishPieter Arntzspamspoofedspoofing(Read more…) Continue reading Email spoofing
How does SMS spoofing work practically?
I have been researching the web for information on how I can spoof an SMS myself, but I seem to find more on how to detect it, or how to use tools to do it rather on how to do it myself.
I have tried websites and apps, that … Continue reading How does SMS spoofing work practically?
How can someone spoof texts with my phone number?
A dear friend of mine in the U.S. recently told me that she had been quite hurt by the unkind texts I had sent her after the Holidays.
I do not have a texting mobile phone, nor do I do texting from my landline at home. She claims it came … Continue reading How can someone spoof texts with my phone number?
Why is Norton Safe Web flagging my site as dangerous when it reports on PHP files/urls that don’t exist?
I’m in a bit of a quandary over Norton Safe Web’s rating of my company’s website.
My question is: is it possible for someone to fool Norton Safe Web into thinking that our website has PHP files which don’t exist? Could there be some sort … Continue reading Why is Norton Safe Web flagging my site as dangerous when it reports on PHP files/urls that don’t exist?