Turning GitHub Into A URL Shortening Service

URL shortening services like TinyURL or Bitly have long become an essential part of the modern web, and are popular enough that even Google killed off their own already. Creating your own shortener is also a fun exercise, and in its core doesn’t require much more than a nifty domain …read more

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MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List

Here at MediaOps we have two big announcements today. The first is that we have earned a place in the Inc. 5000 annual ranking of the fastest-growing companies in America. We didn’t just make the list—we came in at 1,622, well in the top half of… Continue reading MediaOps Makes the Inc. 5000 List

Report Surfaces Web Insecurities

A report published by Tala Security, a provider of tools for securing browser sessions, suggests an increased level of integration between web services has resulted in applications that are significantly less secure than most IT organizations apprecia… Continue reading Report Surfaces Web Insecurities

Report: Domains Promoting Resistance to COVID-19 Orders Tied to One Owner

A report published today by DomainTools, a provider of cyberthreat intelligence tools and services, details how one small group of activists is allegedly employing astroturfing techniques to create the appearance of a nationwide grassroots effort thro… Continue reading Report: Domains Promoting Resistance to COVID-19 Orders Tied to One Owner

Building Blocks: Professionally Evil Fundamentals Series

We at Secure Ideas love security education. What we enjoy even more is affordable security education. So we decided to start a Professionally Evil Fundamentals Video series. These are short definition videos related to information security and penetrat… Continue reading Building Blocks: Professionally Evil Fundamentals Series

Scammers Use Fake Website to Masquerade as Burning Man Organizers

Scammers created a fake website to masquerade as the organizers of Burning Man and to trick people into buying non-existent tickets for the arts event. Kaspersky Lab discovered a fraudulent website that attempted to capitalize on people’s interes… Continue reading Scammers Use Fake Website to Masquerade as Burning Man Organizers