Collaborate Disseminate
By some estimates, the English language contains over a million unique words. This is perhaps overly generous, but even conservative estimates generally put the number at over a hundred thousand. …read more Continue reading Fitting a Spell Checker into 64 kB
I’m reading about Error Level Analysis (ELA) in image forensics as means to detect if modifications were made to a photo. ELA is nicely described here: https://fotoforensics.com/tutorial.php?tt=ela. Also below examples are from that site.
… Continue reading Is Error Level Analysis (ELA) in image forensics a reliable indicator for detecting digital modifications?
Let’s assume an API returns sensitive information (e.g. medical or financial) to authenticated users only.
In some circumstances responses may include information the user supplied in the request (e.g. if the user updates some text propert… Continue reading Is an API vulnerable to BREACH if HTTP compression is only enabled for endpoints that are authenticated using bearer tokens?
I have a backend for a mobile application that has to serve large JSON responses from time to time, the transfer would be greatly helped by enabling compression, especially when the user has bad coverage.
Googling it seems like enabling co… Continue reading HTTPs compression, CSRF and mobile apps
We’ve all been victims of bad memes on the Internet, but they’re not all just bad jokes gone wrong. Some are simply bad as a result of being copies-of-copies, as …read more Continue reading Your Text Needs More JPEG
I have read up on compressed folders of file types such as .zip, .rar and .7zip being the malicious file itself (excluding cases such as an .exe file being disguised as a .zip file etc…), only requiring the user to open the file in their… Continue reading How does malware work when compressed?
I’m adding password protection/encryption support to a Python package that makes ZIP files (https://github.com/uktrade/stream-zip). I’m opting to not add ZipCrypto support, but instead add WinZip-style AES
From https://www.winzip.com/en/su… Continue reading WinZip AE-2 for small files and AE-1 for larger – how small/how large for each? [closed]
G-code is effective, easily edited, and nearly ubiquitous when it comes to anything CNC. The format has many strengths, but space efficiency isn’t one of them. In fact, when it …read more Continue reading G-code Goes Binary with Proposed New Format
It used to be that memory and storage space were so precious and so limited of a resource that handling nontrivial amounts of text was a serious problem. Text compression …read more Continue reading Text Compression Gets Weirdly Efficient With LLMs
If you’re looking to manipulate video, FFmpeg is one of the most powerful tools out there. But with this power comes a considerable degree of complexity, and a learning curve …read more Continue reading Explore FFmpeg From the Comfort of your Browser