Research, demonstrations, and popcorn
Historically, cybercriminals committed crimes in small groups or organized through larger groups like the mob. To use botnet, It took some skilled people writing malware, infecting a ton of computers, and then using it to steal information or throw…
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I have posted before about checking a specific IP for a website. I wanted to go a little more into detail on how to use it and how to know when you are getting a false positive. There…
On Friday a group of radical Islamists attacked Paris. This was a very low-tech, high-coordination attack. The group attacked six locations simultaneously and killed over 120 people. I can’t give an exact number because everywhere you look, you…
Note: The following is all hypothetical and in no way is a representation of what is currently in use, was in use in the past, or will be in use in the future. Imagine you have a video…
Windows 10 Privacy Advocate has been released as an open-source project on GitHub. The project aims to allow Windows 10 users to take back some of their privacy. With the release of Windows 10, many new forms of…
Background: In 2013 Chili’s and Applebee’s started installing ZIOSK tablets at all of their restaurants. These tablets allow patrons to order, request drink re-fills, view the menu, view websites, and pay the bill. These little tablets are a good…
Well, we spun around the sun once again and are back where we started. It is now 2015. I am excited to see what this year will bring. There are many changes in information security coming and many…
For those that don’t know what CloudFlare is, please review their home page. The basic idea behind CloudFlare is a reverse proxy that allows CloudFlare to protect websites from Denial of Service attacks, cross-site scripting, and a variety…
Okay, I have to be careful how I write this and how much to say. I don’t mean to make that sound exaggeratedly clandestine, but by the very nature of information security, it makes sense not to disclose…
