Introduction Imagine finding a USB drive lying on the ground, in a parking lot, or near your office. Would you plug it into your computer to see what’s inside? Many people would—and that’s exactly what hackers are counting on. USB drop attacks are a form of social engineering where attackers leave infected USB drives in public…
Introduction In the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity, attackers constantly look for vulnerabilities to exploit. While most organizations focus on patching software bugs or securing user credentials, a quieter and equally dangerous threat often flies under the radar—subdomain squatting. This attack vector involves hijacking unused or misconfigured subdomains to distribute malware, steal credentials, or launch sophisticated…
Introduction The Domain Name System (DNS) is often described as the phonebook of the internet. It translates human-friendly domain names like example.com into IP addresses that computers use to identify each other on the network. But what happens when this phonebook is tampered with? That’s where DNS poisoning—or DNS cache poisoning—comes into play. In this…
