Setting up Your Own Certificate Authority for Development: Why and How., (Wed, Jul 9th)

There are several reasons why one would set up an internal certificate authority. Some are configured to support strong authentication schemes, some for additional flexibility and convenience. I am going to cover the second part. In particular, it can be helpful for developers to have an internal certificate authority to issue certificates for development purposes. Websites used for development and internal testing are usually only used by a few individuals and are generally only accessible via internal networks or VPNs. Often, these sites do not even use TLS. But there are a few reasons why you should consider running TLS on all sites, including internal development sites:

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Microsoft Patch Tuesday, July 2025, (Tue, Jul 8th)

Today, Microsoft released patches for 130 Microsoft vulnerabilities and 9&#;x26;#;xc2;&#;x26;#;xa0;additional&#;x26;#;xc2;&#;x26;#;xa0;vulnerabilities not part of Microsoft&#;x26;#;39;s portfolio but distributed by Microsoft. 14 of these are rated critical. Only one of the vulnerabilities was disclosed before being patched, and none of the vulnerabilities have so far been exploited.

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What’s My (File)Name?, (Mon, Jul 7th)

Modern malware implements a lot of anti-debugging and anti-analysis features. Today, when a malware is spread in the wild, there are chances that it will be automatically sent into a automatic analysis pipe, and a sandbox. To analyze a sample in a sandbox, it must be “copied” into the sandbox and executed. This can happen manually or automatically. When people start the analysis of a suspicious file, they usually call it “sample.exe”, “malware.exe” or “suspicious.exe”. It&#;x26;#;39;s not always a good idea because it&#;x26;#;39;s can be detected by the malware and make it aware that “I&#;x26;#;39;m being analyzed”.

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