Today I Learned

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...

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 (...