Author: kalpadmin

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How To Develop Secure Software – Action Plan To Make Secure

by kalpadmin January 30, 2016

The purpose of this article is to help to develop secure software. Easily avoided software defects are a primary cause of commonly exploited software vulnerabilities….

Authentication & Authorization, Case Study, Encryption & Cryptography, Security Best Practices, Security Hardening, Source Code Review 0

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Mobile Vulnerability Database (MVD)

by kalpadmin January 9, 2016

Mobile Vulnerability Database, or MVD, is a unique place to find out about vulnerabilities reported worldwide for Mobile Platforms. Introduction to Mobile Vulnerability Database: The…

Android Security, BYOD, Case Study, IOT Security, Mobile Application Security, Mobile Device Management, Security Hardening... 0

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Introduction to Secure Software Development Life Cycle

by kalpadmin December 3, 2015

The most effective way to reduce application security risk is to implement a formal development process that includes security best practices to avoid application vulnerabilities….

Authentication & Authorization, Case Study, Data Leakage, Encryption & Cryptography, Mobile Application Security, Reverse Engineering, Secure SDLC, ... 6

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External Penetration Testing – Case Study

by kalpadmin October 27, 2015

ABSTRACT External Penetration Testing consists of a reviewing and assessing the vulnerabilities that could be exploited by external users/Hacker without any credentials or without having…

Case Study, Ethical Hacking, Network Pentesting, Patch Management, Security Hardening 1

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Adobe Flash Player Zero Day Attacks Found In Hacking Team Data Leaked

by kalpadmin October 24, 2015

Hacking Team is a Milan-based information technology company that sells offensive intrusion and surveillance capabilities to governments, law enforcement agencies and corporations.Its “Remote Control Systems”…

Cyber Attack, Data Leakage, Patch Management, Security Advisory, Security Hardening, Viruses & Malware, Zero Day Attack... 0

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Shellshock-Security Patching Aftermath

by kalpadmin October 4, 2014

On September 24th 2014, a publicly disclosed vulnerability was revealed in the UNIX/Linux which we have discussed in our blog https://www.varutra.com/blog/?p=1010. Although a patch has…

Security Hardening, Unix/Linux Security, Vulnerability Disclosure 0

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Shell Shock – The Bash Vulnerability

by kalpadmin September 27, 2014

BASH (Baurne Again Shell) Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell…

Case Study, Vulnerability Disclosure 5

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Android Malwares – An Overview

by kalpadmin August 25, 2014

Malware, short for malicious software, is any software used to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. It can…

Android Security, Case Study, Data Breaches, Mobile Application Security, Mobile Device Management, Security Hardening, Viruses & Malware... 0

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Malware threatens Android, uses Remote Access Trojan

by kalpadmin August 7, 2014

Android remains at number one Operating System worldwide so also getting targeted by Malware creators. In 2013 about 98 percent of all malware detected were…

Android Security, Data Breaches, Mobile Application Security, Security Hardening, Viruses & Malware 10

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Mobile Application Security Assessment – Proxying for Windows Phone

by kalpadmin July 18, 2014

While conducting mobile application security assessment of Windows Phone capturing application traffic will allow penetration tester to modify the traffic and analyze the responses from…

Authentication & Authorization, Case Study, Data Privacy, Mobile Application Security, Windows Mobile Security 0