Misc Security
Misc Security
| How are elliptic curves used in cryptography? What are Elliptic Curve Crypto Systems? How are they different from the RSA? Explain the function used in Elliptic Curve cryptography (ECC). Is this encryption methodologies faster than the conventional models like RSA? Are there any disadvantages of using the Elliptic Curve Cryptography Model in Encryption? |
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| Twitter and Facebook have fallen victims to Denial of service (DOS) attacks already and so has the White House official website. What can I do to protect my website against a DOS attack? What is a distributed Denial of service (DDoS) attack? How is it different from a DOS attack? What effect can it have on my website? |
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| What is the prospect of using biometrics (say iris scan) for increasing the security of enterprises? How does the cost of setting up such complex software measure up against the cost of administrative tasks incurred when people forget their password? Is it possible to breach this method of identification e.g. can iris scans be duplicated? |
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| Password protection is no longer being considered safe by advanced enterprises as they pose a very easy target for hackers. In this context what would be some other methods to increase security? What is the two factor authentication and why is it being considered as a safer alternative? Is it a holistic solution for security? |
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| The recent news about the Home Depot Breach has raised a very important question about the security and integrity of the Point Of Sale systems. Why is it that such large multi nationals have been falling prey to persistent hackers and have not been able to plug their security loop holes? |
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| Microsoft has announced that as a result of it stopping support to the Windows XP version in April, 2014, XP users can now be be exposed to a zero day forever risk. This threat will arise from reverse engineered security patches for its new versions. What does this mean and what is the solution for XP users? |
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| What is the Red October malware? The virus was reportedly used to transmit information from its victims ranging from diplomatic secrets to personal information for five years before it could be detected and eliminated. What was the reason that prevented the virus from being detected for so long? What was its mode of infection? |
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| Crime ware as a service (CaaS) is said to be the next big thing in the world of Web security. What is CaaS all about? How are the perpetrators of CaaS any different from the ordinary hacker? Why is the effect of CaaS expected to be more dangerous and farfetched than hacking? |
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| What are zero day attacks? Why is it known as zero day? What exactly is under threat from zero day attacks? What is an Expoit Wednesday ? What is the relevance of the term? What is the process which is currently in place to eliminate these kinds of attacks? What is zero day protection? |
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How could and advanced persistent threat affect my network? What is the techniques used in these type of attacks? What does persistent imply here? Does this activity arise from human involvement or is it software at work here? How can I identify if my network is under attack and what can I do to stem such an attack?
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