The Steam, Water, and Ice of Modern Communication
A friend recently forwarded me an email I sent to him in 2004. It was part of conversation about where...
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Malicious NPM Packages Targeting PayPal Users to Steal Sensitive Data
FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s AI-driven threat intelligence arm, has uncovered a series of malicious NPM packages designed to steal sensitive information...
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Hackers Imitate Google Chrome Install Page on Google Play to Distribute Android Malware
Cybersecurity experts have unearthed an intricate cyber campaign that leverages deceptive websites posing as the Google Play Store to distribute...
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The Real Reason Git is Great
This is the best argument I’ve come across for why git is special and worth your time. I’ve seen glimpses...
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Threat Actors Manipulate Search Results to Lure Users to Malicious Websites
Cybercriminals are increasingly exploiting search engine optimization (SEO) techniques and paid advertisements to manipulate search engine results, pushing malicious websites...
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Two Great Videos for Your Creationist Friends
This is one of the best refutations of the standard creationist arguments I’ve seen in a short video format. Combined...
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Character Encoding: Which Schemes Encode to Which Sizes?
The subject of character mapping and encoding is formidable, and many confuse the various schemes and standards available. As a...
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Her Name is Susan | Daniel Miessler
I lack the words, but I don’t need them. I sometimes realize that I’m hesitant to talk about my love...
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The VIA Model of Security Filtering Technologies
I inwardly smile when I hear the term “Unified Threat Management”. It means different things to different people, but to...
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Misconceptions about Unicode and UTF-8/16/32
So everyone knows that UTF-8 encodes Unicode code points into eight bits, and UTF-16 encodes Unicode code points into 16...
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Some Thoughts on the Economic Viability of E-Books
A friend of mine (I’ll identify him if he so desires) sent me the following email: I think this is...
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Technology Pseudocode: Keeping Your Technology Problems Abstracted
The über-tech-geek culture has a problem with tool obsession. Twitter, Friendfeed, Google Reader–these are all basics, but each of these...
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