Exploring human errors
Human failure is one of the most critical and common issues in cybersecurity. Despite the sophistication of security technologies, systems, and networks, people remain a weak link in the cybersecurity chain. In this part of the chapter, we will look at how human failure can compromise cybersecurity. I can cite some examples of attacks to test human ability, such as social engineering or exploiting weak passwords. But we are going to approach human failure from the bug bounty point of view.
robots.txt
The robots.txt file is an important element in the context of the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP), which is used to control access to a website by search engine crawlers and other bots. Search engine crawlers, such as Googlebot, Bingbot, and others, follow the guidelines set forth in the robots.txt file to determine which parts of a website can and cannot be indexed by their search engines.
Let’s take a look at its characteristics:
- Main purpose...
