DNS is the system that associates domain names with IP addresses, so whenever we type in “securitytrails.com”, DNS uses a series of protocols to connect us with the authoritative DNS…

For the prosecution of such acts, preserving and recovering digital evidence is absolutely critical. In the same way a “traditional” detective or law enforcement agent explores crimes in the physical…

It provides a modern perspective for securing one’s virtual organization, in the same way that an organization’s physical office and assets are secured. And with the increasing frequency and sophistication…

Shodan provides a great starting point for researchers performing any information gathering task. By being able to filter data by its location, software version, when it was last seen and…

For us, security practitioners pinned to the certitude that the internet still is, and will remain for the foreseeable future, a technological wild west, investigating the evolution of large scanning…

SSL certificates are critical to ensure that you’re connecting to an actual website—and not falling victim to a DNS poison attack or man-in-the-middle-attack that leads you to a phishing website.…

And keep in mind, most security risks occur due to misconfigurations, or even the simple lack of scanning. That’s why, in the same way that we recently explored Frontend Security…

While yes, there are adrenaline-seekers among us who would gladly take the plunge, let’s look at it from a non-thrill-seekers’ perspective: you would only jump if you knew you had…