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Edward Nevard

23. Cyber Security Master (MSc), Average Tech Writer, Resillience Engineer.

Defence in Depth & The Wet Bandits

Defence in Depth & The Wet Bandits

Intro I've been asked by friends and colleagues a lot about this "defence in depth" topic; usually something along the lines of "what exactly does defence in depth mean?" Typically, I'd show them something like the above image of a door locked with a twig which I took on a

How reCAPTCHA tracks you - the dark side of reCAPTCHA

How reCAPTCHA tracks you - the dark side of reCAPTCHA

What do you mean reCAPTCHA tracks me? You want the short and (not so) sweet of it? Google looks at your browsing history and analyses your behavioural habit data on their servers when you click that "I'm not a robot" button. Why? Great question! TL;DR - Only humans buy

WireGuard - VPN underdog?

WireGuard - VPN underdog?

Most of us have used a VPN for one reason or another. More recently, due to a heightened increase in "work from home" initiatives, companies have taken advantage of VPNs to keep employees 'inside' their networks, virtually. Not to mention the huge take up in VPN subscriptions for private use

How to Run ParrotOS on WSL2

How to Run ParrotOS on WSL2

In this tutorial, I will show you how to get ParrotOS running directly on WSL2, running Windows 10 (ver. 2004 / Build 19041 or higher) OR Windows 11 x64. ParrotOS is very useful if you're getting started in pen testing, as it already has all the useful tools installed that you

Attackers place back door in Official PHP Git Repo

Attackers place back door in Official PHP Git Repo

Attackers managed to implement a backdoor in PHP's official Git repo. Two commits were made on Sunday 28th March 2021 which were apparent "minor adjustments", however, enabled the ability to preform remote code execution on any server running PHP. This was shortly discovered by PHP users. Nikita Popov issued a