I posted some time ago about the benefits of using Cloudflare See my video below if you are not familiar with Cloudflare which is a cloud CDN/WAF Cloudflare provides a proxy between the internet[…]
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New tool Launched ( Random hash/number generator)
Hello Everyone! First off the happy new year! I hope everyone’s holiday was filled with fun and family I posted earlier this month about the importance of entropy and generating truly random numbers for things[…]
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Bitcoin Security
If you have been hearing the news lately there has been a lot of media attention about Bitcoin. What is bitcoin ?, Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that is digital and has no central body[…]
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What is PGP and how is it used ?
PGP or (“Pretty Good Privacy”) is an encryption technology that was created by Phil Zimmermann PGP can be used to encrypt anything from files to emails. Recently some email providers have adopted the technology as[…]
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Finally updated the Learning resources page
Hello Everyone, I have finally got around to updating the learning resources section of my site I will be adding some links to Book, Courses, Webinars etc that I come across and that I have[…]
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What are keyfiles? how do they work ?
You may have seen in some applications that have an encryption option such as Kepass or Veracrypt where you can create a “keyfile” but what is a keyfile ? what is its purpose?. A keyfile is a file with[…]
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What is the issue with entropy in virtual environments ?
First off lets talk about what entropy is and why we need it, Entropy is used for a randomization factor when generating a hash the more random the entropy is the more random the key[…]
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Why you should get your hands on a YUBIKEY
I have covered the importance of MFA(Multi Factor Authentication) aka 2 factor security with more and more vendors such as Gmail Outlook and others now supporting MFA there is no reason not to have it enabled.[…]
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Social Media Security with ZEROFOX
When thinking about traditional security we think about protecting traditional assets like Laptops and Servers but we have gone way passed that now. The attack surface of our networks has grown to way passed our[…]
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What is DNS over TLS (RFC-7858) ?
There is a new security mechanism coming to DNS which is called DNS over TLS the current DNS infrastructure uses UDP traffic that is sent in clear text which means it can be read by anyone[…]
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OSINT using SHODAN
You may have heard the term OSINT(“Open Source Intelligence”) The basics is that you can use public sources to get information about a target during your recon. There are many tools that are available to[…]
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New Attack against WPA2 “KRACK”
Hello Everyone, There has been a new security flaw found in the WPA2 stack a security researcher was able to manipulate handshake packets in the 4 way WPA handshake and perform a key re-installation attack.[…]
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Awesome DDoS Lookup tool
In my day to day Job, I have been responsible for mitigating DDoS attacks and making sure that they are detected in a timely manner. The company I work for has an awesome platform to[…]
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Where have I been ?
Hey, Everyone, I have been AFK for a bit I had some laser eye surgery done. Or as I like to say patches for my buggy eyes! I am recovering well and I am pretty[…]
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Trickle Attacks vs Volumetric Attacks
When it comes to DDoS attacks there are 2 primary types. A Volumetric attack with the goal of saturating the pipe on the target network. A Trickle attack with the goal of tying up the[…]
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