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Avoiding Phishing Emails

Avoiding Phishing Emails

I read this morning that Taos Public Schools were hit with a widespread ransomware attack that crippled their network. I do not know how the attack was executed or spread but often these attacks are done via phishing emails or embedded malicious code in benign...
How DNS Tunneling Can Be Abused

How DNS Tunneling Can Be Abused

I stumbled on this excellent technical explanation of a relatively old data exfil method, using DNS tunneling. Many of us who have been enthusiasts of subverting systems going back to the 1980s have probably read ways to use exploit DNS to access the internet on...
Testing APIs with Rest

Testing APIs with Rest

APIs (Application Programming Interface) have become an increasingly important tool in IT. As businesses have become more reliant on connecting their business applications with each other and third-party tools a weak point has emerged in IT infrastructure. An...