Signal is in the news and for the wrong reasons, yet again
https://techsplicer.com/news/signal-is-in-the-news-and-for-the-wrong-reasons-yet-again/
TechSplicer
🔐 Web Dev turned Security Researcher | Breaking down vulnerabilities through a developer's lens.
🔍 Just published my latest case study on pentesting a Windows application! Discoveries:
👔 Disabled security flags, that lead to uncovering of many high risk vulnerabilities
🔐 Plaintext credentials
🚪 A backdoor that bypasses authentication
Read more: 🔗 https://techsplicer.com/career-hub/pentesting-a-windows-application-a-case-study/
Mitigation Strategies for Desktop and Web Applications - practical security approaches for developers and architects to protect against common vulnerabilities.
Check it out here: https://techsplicer.com/career-hub/mitigation-strategies-for-desktop-and-web-applications/
🔐 Deep Dive: Understanding Confidentiality in the CIA Triad
🔐 The Mathematics of Password Security: A Simple Truth
https://techsplicer.com/cybersecurity-guides/the-mathematics-behind-password-strength/
🔑 Tl;dr: Length beats complexity!
DORA 2025: Reshaping the financial sector's digital resilience landscape
Key changes ahead for EU financial entities:
🔐 Enhanced ICT risk management
🚨 Incident reporting standards
🤝 Third-party risk oversight
📋 Testing requirements
🔗 https://techsplicer.com/career-hub/dora-2025-the-financial-sectors-new-cyber-reality/
🔐 Always On Guard: The Mental Health Cost of Cyber Threat Awareness
🧠 An important discussion on how constant #cybersecurity vigilance impacts our mental wellbeing.
🛡️ Security Scanner for Web Applications
🔒 Privacy-First Security Analysis 👩💻 Built by Developers, for Developers
Try it now: https://webscan.dev
📝 The Psychology of Phishing: Why Smart People Fall for Scams
🧠 Exploring how mental exhaustion makes us vulnerable to phishing attacks, with practical tips to protect yourself
🔗 https://techsplicer.com/insights/the-psychology-of-phishing-why-smart-people-fall-for-scams/
#CyberSecurity #MentalHealth #PhishingAwareness #InfoSec #CognitiveFatigue
🔄 Self-Designing Software
Code that learns to rebuild itself on the fly - hot-swapping pieces to match real-world conditions 🛠️
Where Humans Still Have the Edge on AI
https://hbr.org/2024/12/where-humans-still-have-the-edge-on-ai
Which AI Companies Are the Safest—and Least Safe?
https://time.com/7202030/ai-companies-safety-report-openai-meta-anthropic/
Security ProbLLMs in xAI's Grok: A Deep Dive
https://embracethered.com/blog/posts/2024/security-probllms-in-xai-grok/
AI and the coming inequality
TechSplicer boosted:
Foreign hackers need to face real consequences, Mike Waltz says
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/15/mike-waltz-hacking-foreign-penalties-00194415
It's Surprisingly Easy to Jailbreak LLM-Driven Robots Researchers induced bots to ignore their safeguards without exception
🛡️ Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP): Understanding the Technical Challenge
#OSCP #Cybersecurity #EthicalHacking #Pentesting #RedTeam #InfoSec
📊 NEW RESEARCH: Investigation uncovers sophisticated technical infrastructure behind Meta's influence operation in Romania's 2024 election.
🚨 Romania's largest power distributor Electrica (4M+ users) confirms ransomware attack. Critical systems secure, but incident follows 85k+ cyber attacks on election infrastructure.
More: https://techsplicer.com/news/romanias-electrica-group-responds-to-cybersecurity-incident/
🔍 New blog post: Understanding Reconnaissance - How Attackers Gather Intelligence
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