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Bug Bounty Hunting is being paid to find vulnerabilities in a company's software, sounds great, right? Bug Bounty Hunting can pay well and help develop your hacking skills so it's a great all-around activity to get into if you're a software developer or penetration tester. Some people are full-time Bug Bounty Hunters but for most in the industry,…

In a recent security report published by Ixia, a Keysight business, it identified key findings for cybersecurity trend in 2019, and like the tagline of once popular UK-game show, human is the weakest link. “You are the weakest link!” The difference here in Ixia report was that there is no one, no iconic host, Anne Robinson to remind…

If you're a white hat hacker or penetration tester you could be making some money on the side as a bug bounty hunter. Bug bounty programs are a way for companies to find errors and vulnerabilities in their software and increase their security. For ethical hackers, they're a great way to test your hacking skills and capabilities on some of the…

If you're interested in a career in penetration testing then testing your skills is a must. Having your own home penetration test lab is a great way to test new pentesting skills and penetration testing software. Practicing is always the best way to improve your skills, however, the problem with hacking is that any real-world practicing on live…

(10) The Net (1995) The Net stars Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock as a shy, reclusive intellectual character called Angela Bennett. Angela Bennet is a software engineer who works from home that stumbles across top secret government documents hidden behind a pi symbol on an unsuspecting website. From this point on she becomes embroiled in a web of…

With the explosion of cryptocurrency in recent years, it stands to reason that there would be those out there who want to acquire it. Exchanges, while convenient and allow for more ability to trade quickly, are incredibly vulnerable. According to CipherTrace, nearly $927 million was stolen in cryptocurrency hacks in 2018, but that number ranges…

With cybercriminals becoming more and more sophisticated, there is increasing pressure on cybersecurity professionals to be at the top of their game. New research is now suggesting that the way to do this is to hire gamers! In June 2014 cyber security company McAfee published a blog post called "Winning the Game at McAfee: How Gamers Become…

When you first enter the world of IT, or even the business world, the jargon can be overwhelming and leave you feeling like an imposter who is about to be exposed for not knowing what everyone is talking about. I vividly remember my first job in IT, I was an Environment Coordinator, which is essentially an 'Air Traffic Controller' for IT…