URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 3

URL (%) Percent Encoding , Base64 Encoding, and SQL Injection

By Bob Weiss

As we discussed in our first two articles, many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer correctly.  This series of articles is designed to help you understand the basic concepts, and how these get used both securely and maliciously.  ...

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URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 2

Character Encoding

by Bob Weiss

Happy Pi Day.  It is also Albert Einstein’s birthday.

As we discussed in our first article, many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer correctly.  This series of articles is designed to help you understand the basic concepts, and how these get used both securely and maliciously.  I ...

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URL Encoding, SQL Injection, and Directory Traversal for Cybersecurity Certification – Part 1

Numbering Systems

By Bob Weiss

Many of the cybersecurity certifications that I teach have content that involves the uses of encoding, code injection, directory transversal, and scripting.  These concepts can be difficult to grasp, and the exam questions can be challenging to answer correctly.  This series of articles is designed to help you understand the basic concepts, and how these get used both securely and maliciously.  I am planning to show examples to help you identify these types of use cases or ...

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Stop Social Security Related Scams

On National Slam the Scam Day and throughout the year, we give you the tools to recognize Social Security-related scams and stop scammers from stealing your money and personal information. Share scam information with your loved ones. Slam the Scam!

Recognize the four basic signs of a scam:

  1. Scammers pretend to be from a familiar organization or agency, like the Social Security ...
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Digital Innovations That Help Entrepreneurs To Leap Ahead

In today’s digital world, entrepreneurs need to keep up with the latest technology and trends to stay ahead of their competition. Fortunately, there are many ways that entrepreneurs can use digital innovation to further grow their businesses. WyzGuys explores a few options below.

Implement BPM

Business process management (BPM) is an invaluable tool for any entrepreneur looking for ways to streamline operations within an organization. Digital innovation has enabled entrepreneurs to assess the benefits of digital process automation. ...

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Influence of Mac Screen Brightness on Your Mistakes in iOS Security

A Mac is more secure than other computers due to its advanced security features. Its hardware is security built. Due to this, it’s harder for Mac users to experience security breaches. Any device that connects to the internet cannot be fully secure. You need to be on the lookout for signs of attacks or intended attacks.

Your macOS powers every aspect of your computer. It features a wide variety of useful apps. If its security is compromised, it can affect the ...

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Worst Passwords of 2022

Here’s NordPass’ 20 most common passwords in the world for this year.  If yours is on this list, it can be cracked in seconds, and simply guessed by trial and error in under two minutes.  Ditch these passwords in 2023  More in this article…

  1. password
  2. 123456
  3. 123456789
  4. guest
  5. qwerty
  6. 12345678
  7. 111111
  8. 12345
  9. col123456
  10. 123123
  11. 1234567
  12. 1234
  13. 1234567890
  14. 000000
  15. 555555
  16. 666666
  17. 123321
  18. 654321
  19. 7777777
  20. 123
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