You’ve launched your website and done all you can to ensure its success, but you may have overlooked a critical component: website security. Cyberattacks cause costly clean-up, damage your reputation, and discourage visitors from coming back. Fortunately, you can prevent it all with effective website security. We’ll discuss the basics of website security and what solutions will help ensure your …
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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) is a client-side code injection attack. The attacker aims to execute malicious scripts in a web browser of the victim by including malicious code in a legitimate web page or web application. The actual attack occurs when the victim visits the web page or web application that executes the malicious …
What is a payment gateway and how does it work? A payment gateway is an application that makes the entire process of online payment more streamlined and secure. It acts as a secure link between your website or application and the bank. The role of payment gateway begins when a customer wishes to purchase on …
A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is a non-intrusive internet attack made to take down the targeted website or slow it down by flooding the network, server or application with fake traffic. When against a vulnerable resource-intensive endpoint, even a tiny amount of traffic is enough for the attack to succeed. Distributed Denial of …
Introduction Want to access the Internet safely and securely from your smartphone or laptop when connected to an untrusted network such as the WiFi of a hotel or coffee shop? A Virtual Private Network (VPN) allows you to traverse untrusted networks privately and securely as if you were on a private network. The traffic emerges …
The OpenVPN protocol is responsible for handling client-server communications. Basically, it helps establish a secure “tunnel” between the VPN client and the VPN server. When OpenVPN handles encryption and authentication, it uses the OpenSSL library quite extensively. Also, OpenVPN can use either UDP (User Datagram Protocol) or TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) to transmit data. If …
OpenVPN is both a VPN protocol and software that uses VPN techniques to secure point-to-point and site-to-site connections. Currently, it’s one of the most popular VPN protocols among VPN users. Programmed by James Yonan and released in 2001, OpenVPN is one of the only open-source VPN protocols that also has its own open-source application (SoftEther …
Bitcoin is a digital currency created in January 2009 following the housing market crash. It follows the ideas set out in a whitepaper by the mysterious and pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto.1 The identity of the person or persons who created the technology is still a mystery. Bitcoin offers the promise of lower transaction fees than traditional …
The Internet plays a more important role than ever, serving as a lifeline so that children can continue learning, families and friends can stay connected, and vital public health information can keep circulating. At the Internet Society Foundation, we believe access to the Internet and its solutions can create healthier and safer communities, reduce vulnerabilities, …
BENGALURU: States, city municipal corporations as well as police departments across India have launched 40 apps for Covid-19 contact tracing, quarantine tracking, providing health information and to generate e-passes, even as the central government’s Aarogya Setu app remains the face of Covid-19 contact tracing efforts across the country. These apps have garnered several million downloads …
