cybersecurity
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How Ransomware Encrypts Your Files: A Technical Deep Dive
Ransomware uses a hybrid AES-256 + RSA-4096 encryption scheme that’s mathematically unbreakable without the attacker’s…
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LOLBAS: How Hackers Use Windows’ Own Tools Against You
Attackers don’t always bring their own tools. certutil, mshta, regsvr32, wmic — Microsoft-signed binaries already…
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Dissecting a Phishing Email: What the Headers Actually Tell You
The From field in a phishing email is trivially spoofed. The real story is in…
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North Korea’s Secret Army: How DPRK IT Workers Infiltrated 300+ US Companies
North Korean government operatives are posing as remote IT workers inside Western companies, funnelling salaries…
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Windows Event Log IDs Every Blue Teamer Should Know
There are hundreds of Windows Event IDs but you really only need about 30 of…
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Google Dorks: How Hackers Use Search Engines to Find Vulnerable Websites
Before an attacker writes a single line of exploit code, they’ve already mapped your attack…
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Unveiling the Snake Infostealer: How It Spreads Through Facebook Messenger
In early 2024, researchers at Cybereason uncovered a new threat targeting Facebook users — a…
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Server Message Block (SMB) 101: The Protocol That Keeps Getting Abused
SMB — Server Message Block — is one of those protocols that most Windows users…
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Domain Name System (DNS) Logs 101: The Defender’s Underrated Data Source
If you ask most security analysts what their most valuable data source is, they’ll say…
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PIKABOT: The Malware That Stepped Into QakBot’s Shoes
When law enforcement took down QakBot in August 2023, many in the security community wondered…
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Subhash Thapa
Security Analyst (SOC, AI, MDR & IR) | CEH | CCSP | CCIO | CSFPC
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