Today I Learned

The phrase “full of sound sound and fury, signifying nothing” is part of one of the most famous soliloquies in the English language. It...

Risk ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_%28game%29 ) is one of those games that seems to endure. It’s a simple game, which is probably...

I have been spending most of my (relatively) free time working on PHP ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/it-s-been-a-long-time ), and...

Pen test? That’s when you try to identify who’s who in this photo of the famous magicians Penn & Teller ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

#TIL that Kali Linux ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_Linux ) was not named after the Hindu goddess Kali. This was actually a great...

It’s nice to look back and be satisfied with a decision you made. Decision-making is part of our lives, from literal life-and-death...

Most “technology people”, whatever they do, seem to be the de facto technology support for everyone they know. In my own case, back in...

In his classic series, Martial Arts and Ways of Japan (Weatherhill, 3 volumes, 1973–1974), Donn Draeger ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Data is, like, literally radioactive. I was going to comment on the distortion and misuse of the word “literally” and comment that its...

Multi-factor Authentication, or “MFA”, ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-factor_authentication ) can be quite confusing, but I think...

Cryptography makes the world go ‘round. With apologies to Broadway ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Makes_the_World_Go_%27Round_%28...

“Zero-day” ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-day_%28computing%29 ) or “0-day” (also pronounced “oh-day”), is another term that we hear...

When considering the term “dark web”, I had trouble deciding whether to post under InfoSec Basics or InfoSec Bullshido. On the one hand,...

Now that we know a bit about hashing ( https://www.til-technology.com/post/infosec-basics-hashing ) and passwords (...

Everyone knows what passwords are, and how they work. Right? The basic concept is simple enough, and has been around for quite a long...

Bullshido ( https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bullshido ) is a term referring to exaggerated or fraudulent claims around martial arts. The...

Every field has basic concepts that are essential to real understanding of the field. In the context of Information Security, “hashing”...