Website, Know Thyself: What Code Are You Serving?
Code-injection via third- and fourth-party scripts — as seen with Magecart — is a growing security problem for websites. Continue reading Website, Know Thyself: What Code Are You Serving?
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Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone
Fallout from giants at the top is one of the largest drivers of cyber-impacts on everyday people and companies. Continue reading Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone
When Does Moving To Resin 3D Printing Make Sense?
Resin-based 3D printers using stereolithography (SLA) and especially digital light processing (DLP) are getting more common and much more affordable. Prosumer-level options like Formlabs and the Prusa SL1 exist, but more economical printers like the Elegoo Mars, Anycubic Photon, and more can be had for a few hundred bucks. Many …read more
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These Tips Make Assembling a Few Hundred PCBs Easier
There are a few common lessons that get repeated by anyone who takes on the task of assembling a few hundred PCBs, but there are also unique insights to be had. [DominoTree] shared his takeaways after making a couple hundred electronic badges for DEFCON 26 (that’s the one before the …read more
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Know Your Limitations
At the end of the 1973 Clint Eastwood movie Magnum Force, after Dirty Harry watches his corrupt police captain explode in a car, he says “a man’s got to know his limitations.”I thought of this quote today as the debate rages about compromising municipa… Continue reading Know Your Limitations
Intellectual Property, Edna Conway – Business Security Weekly #91
CSO of Cisco Systems, Inc. Edna Conway, makes her return to discuss Intellectual Property with Paul, and more on this episode of Business Security Weekly! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweekly.com/category/ssw for all the latest episodes!
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Life On Contract: Lowering Your Cost without Dropping Your Price
Last time in Life on Contract, I discussed ways to figure out a starting point on how much to charge for your services. However, sometimes you and a client may wish to work together but for some reason they cannot (or do not wish to) pay what you have decided to charge. If you are inexperienced, it can be tempting to assume you have overpriced yourself and discount down to what they are willing to pay. But if your price is a number you have chosen for reasons you can explain, dropping it is not something you should do …read more
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Life on Contract: How Much Do I Charge?
If you’re comfortable with the technical side of becoming a consultant or contractor but are unsure what to charge for your services, you’re not alone. “How much do I charge?” is a tough question, made even tougher by the fact that discussing money can be awkward, and at times virtually taboo.
As a result it’s not uncommon for the issue to get put off because it’s outside one’s comfort zone. Technical people in particular tend to suffer from an “if you build it, they will come” mentality; we get the technical side of things all figured out and just sort …read more
Reuleaux Coaster
What’s better than a cool build? A cool build with valuable advice! Add a few flashy pictures and you have [Martin Raynsford]’s Reuleaux triangle coasters blog post. [Martin Raynsford] wanted to share his advice about the importance of using jigs and we’re sold. He was able to make 100 coasters in a single day and if he’s like us, after number ten, the work gets a little hurried and that is when mistakes are made.
Jig is a broad term when it comes to tooling but essentially, it holds your part in place while you work on it. In this …read more
spamming ransomware protection software gets you a bad reputation
Ransomware and other malware, especially received by email is a big threat. Stopping or alerting the recipient to the potential threat inside an email or email attachment is primary in protection. We see and hear of lots of software being heavily marketed to be a 100% protection against ransomware. Like … Continue reading → Continue reading spamming ransomware protection software gets you a bad reputation