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Is that website you're visiting secured??

2 May 2024 2 minute read 1 comment Cyril Osagie $0.03

Originally posted on my medium: https://medium.com/@CyrilOsagie/how-to-know-youre-visiting-a-secure-website-b9d0117b61f7 There are different ways to detect a website that is not secured. In this article, I've outlined some of the ways a secured websi...

The Security Mindset: Read to Learn

27 Apr 2024 5 minute read 3 comments Investigator515 $0.10

You’re either born with it or you learn it, but you’ll need it to succeed. Hacking and Social Engineering are in fact, cut from slices of the same cake. While being different skills there is a distinct overlap and it’s no lie to say that good Ha...

RoboHero: Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities Threaten Web3 Project Owners as Twitter Account Compromised

23 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Publish0x PRs $0.64

RoboHero experienced significant challenges when hackers targeted their Twitter account on April 2, 2024. RoboHero, the first turn-based multiplayer WEB3 mobile game available on Google Play and the App Store, faced significant challenges when hacke...

Historical Hacks: Cliff And The Cuckoo's Egg

20 Apr 2024 6 minute read 1 comment Investigator515 $0.10

This hack happened early and was instrumental in shaping the cyber domain. If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack Covering historical hacks and writing them up is pretty interesting. From the early days of the intern...

Task Force Gives Terrible Advice About Ransomware

17 Apr 2024 1 minute read 6 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.11

I couldn’t help myself, I had to rant about this! A ‘security research’ group is recommending against banning ransomware payments, which would eradicate these attacks from occurring, and instead want money to be spent on communications campaigns, ga...

Guardians of Academia: Battling Cyber Threats in Higher Education

17 Apr 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Matthew Rosenquist $0.04

Donna Kidwell, CISO of Arizona State University, is one of the best and brightest in our community! I am continually amazed at her insights, strategic focus, and ability to creatively tackle some of the biggest problems in cybersecurity.  Today, in...

Is Biometrics Fit for KYC?

12 Apr 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Debesh Choudhury $0.09

Biometrics is convenient but lowers security. Biometrics recognition is inherently probabilistic and can't yield deterministic "yes/no" results like text passwords/PINs. I created a GIF using the title text and an image by Biometrics may compromis...

Radio Hackers: RFID & Access Controls Systems

7 Apr 2024 6 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.11

Sometimes, all you need to get started is an android powered smartphone If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack We strive to provide informative articles, however, it is important for users to ensure their research is...

Zero Day: Understanding The Exploits

30 Mar 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.12

Understanding why Zero Day Exploits are so devastating.  If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack If you’ve been following our series on Historical Hacks, you’ve probably noticed that through this series we’ve looked a...

Cybersecurity & Small Business: Best Practices

24 Mar 2024 5 minute read 0 comments Investigator515 $0.08

Cybersecurity in small organisations can be a headache if you don’t follow best practices.  If you aren’t a medium member, you can read with no paywall via substack Over the last few years, we’ve seen an increase in data breaches and hacks that have...