Introduction On Tuesday, 25th September 2018, Facebook Team released security notice to all users on security breach occurred on Facebook platform. Findings have revealed that unknown malicious actor hacked the site and managed to compromise about 50 million users’ accounts. Earlier investigation revealed that, the breach was caused by security …

Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities to its multiple products. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of affected system. Users and Administrators are encouraged to review released Cisco Security Advisories and apply necessary updates. For more information click links below. Cisco IOS and …

Cisco has released security update to address vulnerabilities in Cisco IOS XE and Cisco Webex Network Recording Player. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Cisco Security Advisories and apply necessary updates.  For more information click …

Adobe has released security update to address vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Reader. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Adobe Security Bulletin and apply necessary updates.

Apple has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in its multiple products namely Apple Support for iOS, Safari, WatchOS, tvOS and iOS. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to take control of affected system. Users and administrators are encouraged to review Apple Security Page and apply necessary updates.

Wireshark – is a useful tool for monitoring incoming and outgoing network traffic. This tool enables user to understand activities taking place on the network and provides detail information of the network protocols to facilitate analysis of inbound and outbound traffic. It can also be used in fulfilling other tasks …

Metasploit – is an open source penetration tool used to exploit vulnerabilities of computer systems in order to determine its resilience against unauthorized access or malicious activities. For further information about this tool please click here.

Nmap – is a free and open source tool for security auditing and network discovery. It is used to evaluate security of computers against threats and identify services running on computer network. For further information about this tool please click here

Burp Suite by Portswigger – Burp Suite community edition is free and is a comprehensive solution for web application security checks. The tool has a proxy feature, which is useful when manually inspecting and manipulating web traffic. It also includes a scanner that performs vulnerability scans automatically on all web …

Malwarebytes, is a free tool that scans and removes malicious software such as rogue security software, adware, and spyware. It scans in batch mode to reduce interference in case there is another on-demand scanning of anti-malware software on the same physical machine. For further information about this tool please click …