Hello aspiring Ethical Hackers. In this blogpost, you will learn in detail about computer virus. In our previous article on malware, you have read that virus is one type of malicious software. What is a VIRUS? Virus stands for Vital Information Resources Under Seize (VIRUS). Once a computer virus infects any system it tries to […] The post Beginner’s guide to Computer Virus appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring ethical hackers. This blogpost is intended to be a beginner’s guide to malware. This blogpost will teach you what is malware, its purpose, types of malware and functions of malware. What is Malware? Malware stands for malicious software. So, any software that performs malicious actions on a computer or mobile is called as […] The post Malware guide for absolute beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring ethical Hackers. This blogpost is a complete guide to Nikto vulnerability scanner. Nikto is a free command line web vulnerability scanner that scans web servers and detects over 6700 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, outdated server software, other vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Nikto can also detect the installed software on the target web server. We will […] The post Nikto vulnerability scanner: Complete guide appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello aspiring ethical hackers. In this blogpost, you will learn about Nessus vulnerability scanner. Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner that uses Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) architecture. It is widely used for vulnerability assessment and penetration testing. Nessus server can be installed on Unix, Linux and FreeBSD whereas Nessus client is available for […] The post Nessus vulnerability scanner: Beginner’s guide appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring Ethical Hackers. In our previous blogpost, you studied what is a vulnerability and different types of vulnerability scanning. In this blogpost, you will learn how is vulnerability scoring given and how are vulnerabilities scored. What is vulnerability scoring? Every time a vulnerability is identified or detected, its severity is needs to be estimated […] The post Vulnerability scoring for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello aspiring Ethical Hackers. In this blogpost, you will learn about vulnerability scanning. Before you learn what a vulnerability scan is, you need to know what a vulnerability is? A vulnerability is a weakness, flaw, error or a misconfiguration in a software or network that allows hackers to gain unauthorized access to the organization by […] The post Vulnerability scanning for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring Ethical Hackers. In our previous blogpost, you learnt what is enumeration, why it is important in pen testing and what are the various types of enumeration. In this blogpost, you will learn about LDAP enumeration. What is LDAP? Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is a protocol that enables users to locate data about […] The post LDAP enumeration for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring Ethical Hackers. In our previous blogpost, you learnt what is enumeration, why it is important in pen testing and what are the various types of enumeration. In this blogpost, you will learn about NTP enumeration. What is NTP? NTP stands for Network Time Protocol. Network Time protocol is used to synchronize clocks of […] The post NTP enumeration for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello aspiring Ethical Hackers. In our previous blogpost, you learnt what is enumeration, why it is important and various types of enumeration. In this blogpost, you will learn about SNMP enumeration. What is SNMP? SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol. It is a protocol that is used to monitor devices in the network. These […] The post SNMP enumeration for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more

Hello, aspiring Ethical Hackers. In our previous blogpost, you learnt what is Enumeration, what are its uses, why it is used and types of enumeration. In this blogpost, you will learn about NetBIOS enumeration. What is NetBIOS service? NetBIOS stands for Network Basic Input/Output System. It is used to allow applications and programs on separate […] The post NetBIOS enumeration for beginners appeared first on Hackercool Magazine ..read more