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Detection is the act of discovering and/or determining the existence, presence, or fact of something.

Detection is the act of discovering and/or determining the existence, presence, or fact of something. For example: anti-virus programs use detection algorithms to discover and identify virii.

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Fake users in database for compromise detection

I have read of sites* adding fake users to their databases and then monitoring their usage. One of these fake users being used or even attempted login may mean database compromise etc. This sounds like a good idea for detecting issues after they…
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Detecting if an agent is listening to specific messages

Is there a way to detect if an agent Z is listening to (and acting on) messages from Y? I can observe the messages that Y sends and the actions that Z takes, but I know Z is also listening (and acting on) other messages that I do not observe. I do…
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circumventing cameras

We have Samsung wired cameras placed in 9 different places in the home. Somehow they are being circumvented and a laser doesn't seem to be the way it is happening as bright flashes do not appear on the video. Clocks remain constant. No way to…
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Signal listening

Is there a way to know if someone listens to signal I produce (air signal as well as signal on network)? Is there a way to know if the signal was listened along the way until the signal is reached to the required listener? Can I distinguish between…
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how to disable detecting video capture

I need to capture a video stream playing on a video player with my recording program. (windows 7) But whenever I tried to run both of programs (video player and capture program) the video player stops with a message that there is a capture program…
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How to check how I was hacked?

Today I was notified by DigitalOcean that my droplet was hacked and a DDOS attack was generated from it. It was a droplet I used as a staging server for a webapp I will send to production later, and I just need to do vagrant destroy and vagrant up…
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Unpredictability vs Predictability

Unpredictability and Predictability in security. I am tasked to come up on which is more important in terms of security, if possible, on cyber security. After reading through several articles on cyber security, i noticed many of the examples used…
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