What Is A “Blind” XSS
The Blind XSS (BXSS) is a type of Persistent XSS attack where the hacker ‘blindly’ targets webpages that store user input in a database (like blogs, forums, contact forums, login pages etc etc) the...
Category: security
Binance 7000 BTC Hack – Was It Really?
Some commentators and researchers speculate that this was not a Binance hack but a mistake on Binance’s part. However it has been reported that the same 7000 BTC hack happened last year too. Which...
Facial Recognition Doesn’t Recognize Your Rights
Facial Recognition Tech For The Modern Population The question was spurned from a post I saw on Instagram. It’s a concern I’ve talked about a couple of years ago when FR technology started to...
Electrum Wallet Botnet Hack Analysis
There have been numerous “hacks” involving Electrum, with the most common ones involving “fake/modified” versions that people are tricked into downloading from unofficial sources from the outset. On average this botnet has involved more...
5G The Battle For Which Technology Will Irradiate Us More
5G : The Real EndGame? There is a lot of of debate about the cellular technology 5G (which is not the same as the 5G some think of when we talk about faster Wifi...
Swissquote Offers Bitcoin custody Service
Last year, the lack of clear regulatory framework and law around cryptocurrency prevented institutional investors from flooding the market and providing enough liquidity for Bitcoin price to spike. Sadly, that didn’t happen, making “Bitcoin...
National Security Or Competition Threat?
There’s a lot of stuff on the news lately about Huawei. Accusations from mostly what appears to be ‘western’ countries of ‘spying’ and ‘national security’ threat from China using Huawei. There is of course,...
The Cyber Security Risk Of A Shut Down
Ever go on a crazy roller coaster ride? One that you know you shouldn’t go on? But it looks so thrilling you just go on it anyways? It’s amazing and thrilling alright. But it’s...
Do IT Industry Certifications Mean Anything?
The State of IT Professionals After writing some exams and reading many study guides I’ve come to the conclusion that these “exams” don’t qualify anyone. The problem is the majority of them can be...
Amazon & Alibaba are getting you comfortable with Insecure Clouds
It’s like Amazon and Alibaba woke up one day and said “I think we’re going to start Cloud Computing”. To give you some background here. Alibaba was founded by entrepreneur Jack Ma, and worked...
