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File Pumping

File pumping is a technique used by malware and ransomware that is used to artificially inflate the size of a file by injecting it with additional bytes to bypass cybersecurity tools.

2024-11-11T14:14:28+00:00January 20th, 2024|

Firewall

A firewall is a network security device that monitors and filters incoming and outgoing traffic based on an organization's defined security rules, protecting networks from unauthorized access to private data. It acts as a barrier between a trusted internal network (such as a corporate or private network) and untrusted external networks (such as the [...]

2024-11-11T15:16:58+00:00March 8th, 2023|

Firmware

Firmware is a type of software embedded into hardware devices that provides basic machine instructions to control their functionality and communicate with other software running on the device. Firmware is often considered the bridge between the hardware and the higher-level software (such as operating systems or applications) that interacts with the hardware. Unlike traditional [...]

2024-11-11T15:21:39+00:00July 5th, 2023|