Collaborate Disseminate
Many claim that “ransomware” is due to cybersecurity failures. It’s not really true. We are adequately protecting users and computers. The failure is in the inability of cybersecurity guardians to protect themselves. Ransomware doesn’t make the news wh… Continue reading Ransomware: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
I’m trying to create perfect screen captures of SDR to explain the world of radio around us. In this blogpost, I’m going to discuss some of the imperfect captures I’m getting, specifically, some notes about WiFi and Bluetooth.An SDR is a “software defi… Continue reading Some quick notes on SDR
On Hacker News, this article claiming “You won’t live to see a 128-bit CPU” is trending”. Sadly, it was non-technical, so didn’t really contain anything useful. I thought I’d write up some technical notes.The issue isn’t the CPU, but memory. It’s not a… Continue reading When we’ll get a 128-bit CPU
On Hacker News, this article claiming “You won’t live to see a 128-bit CPU” is trending”. Sadly, it was non-technical, so didn’t really contain anything useful. I thought I’d write up some technical notes.
The issue isn’t the CPU, but memory. It’s not … Continue reading When we’ll get a 128-bit CPU
Today, somebody had a problem: they kept seeing a popup on their screen, and obvious scam trying to sell them McAfee anti-virus. Where was this coming from?
In this blogpost, I follow this rabbit hole on down. It starts with “search engine optimization… Continue reading Anatomy of how you get pwned
Today, somebody had a problem: they kept seeing a popup on their screen, and obvious scam trying to sell them McAfee anti-virus. Where was this coming from?In this blogpost, I follow this rabbit hole on down. It starts with “search engine optimization”… Continue reading Anatomy of how you get pwned
The University of Minnesota (UMN) got into trouble this week for doing a study where they have submitted deliberately vulnerable patches into open-source projects, in order to test whether hostile actors can do this to hack things. After a UMN research… Continue reading Ethics: University of Minnesota’s hostile patches
The University of Minnesota (UMN) got into trouble this week for doing a study where they have submitted deliberately vulnerable patches into open-source projects, in order to test whether hostile actors can do this to hack things. After a UMN research… Continue reading Ethics: University of Minnesota’s hostile patches
I thought I’d write up 4 technical questions about NFTs. They may not be the ones you ask, but they are the ones you should be asking. The questions:
What does the token look like?
How does it contain the artwork? (or, where is the artwork contained?… Continue reading A quick FAQ about NFTs
I thought I’d write up 4 technical questions about NFTs. They may not be the ones you ask, but they are the ones you should be asking. The questions:What does the token look like?How does it contain the artwork? (or, where is the artwork contained?)How… Continue reading A quick FAQ about NFTs