Attacking passwords
The obvious ways that attackers can find or steal passwords, such as looking over your shoulder when you’re using an ATM or credit card machine or trying obvious passwords such …
Course: Introduction to Cyber Security
Cyber security breaches
Britain is being targeted by many thousands of cyber attacks every hour. For small organisations the worst breaches cost between £65,000 and £115,000 on average and for large organisations the …
Identifying vulnerable systems
The first step in protecting systems from attack is to identify if there are any vulnerabilities. The proliferation of networked computing devices that are embedded in everyday things (often called …
What happens when you enter a password?
If the password is transmitted from the user to the server as plaintext (what you see is exactly what you get; it isn’t hidden in any way) – it could …
Talking security: the basics
In any discussion of security, there are some basic terms that will be used a lot. This step will introduce you to the basic terminology of information security. CIA The …