Topic
Cyber Security
3 articles
Who are Hackers? | Different Types of Hackers
The term ‘hacker’ refers to a person who is proficient in information technology and identifies a loophole in a computer system, application, or network. A hacker exploits the flaw to gain access to any sort of personal or business sensitive data, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card information, to either seek a ransom or […]
Attacking on Json Web Token“(JWT)”
JSON Web Token (JWT) is a standard used to share information between a client and a server. Each JWT contains encoded JSON objects,including a set of claims. JWTs are signed using a secret key with the HMAC algorithm or a public key /private key pair using RSA. JWTs generally have three parts: a header, payload, […]
Internationalized domain name (IDN) homograph attack
Background At the beginning of the web world, domains could only consist of the Latin letters A to Z, digits, and a few other characters. Because of the rising demand, Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) were created to better support non-Latin alphabets for web users around the globe. But new technology comes with new vulnerabilities. This […]