Imagine this: your security team wakes up to alerts of minor anomalies — nothing major. But within hours, a massive disinformation campaign…

By James Gitau -Afrotech Insights | June 26, 2025 |· 2 min read

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In Nigeria, where the dream of financial freedom burns bright, the allure of a six-figure salary in just six months is a siren call for…

As a cybersecurity enthusiast, I decided to deep-dive into network reconnaissance using Nmap. In this post, I’ll walk you through how I…

🚀 Introduction

In today’s hyper-connected world, cybersecurity has quietly taken center stage as the digital equivalent of border security. Our lives — from money and medical records to conversations and even…

In the fall of 2022, Carl Denaro, a surviving victim of the infamous Son of Sam shootings, and I both interacted with what appeared to be…

Ever noticed that small padlock icon in your browser’s address bar? Or the “https://” prefix before your favorite site’s URL? That’s not…

Ever felt like your computer knows too much about you? Well, it does. And a memory dump is its diary — written in 1s and 0s.

السلام عليكم و رحمه الله و بركاته الحمد لله وحده و الصلاه و السلام علي من لا نبي بعده اما بعد

NFC fraud surged 35-fold in H1 2025. ESET reports new attacks exploiting NFCGate malware, using phishing and PWAs to steal card data and conduct unauthorized contactless payments.

Critical flaws in Airoha Bluetooth chips (CVE-2025-20700-20702) found in Bose, Sony, JBL, and other brands can turn headphones into spy devices, allowing live audio extraction and call hijacking.

Android 16 introduces new "Mobile Network Security" features, including network alerts and 2G protection, to detect and counter Stingray devices, requiring IRadio HAL 3.0 modem support.

Donald Trump announced a "very wealthy" buyer for TikTok's US operations, with details expected in two weeks. The deal likely needs Chinese approval to avoid a ban.

Russia has begun systematically blocking Cloudflare, throttling internet connections to 16KB after the initial download, impacting vast numbers of websites and other major hosting providers.

Meta: Want to poke holes in billion-dollar tech, find the bugs developers tried to bury, and maybe get paid in T-shirts, swag, or $30,000?

In a world full of threats, breaches, and vulnerabilities, understanding cybersecurity isn’t just an option — it’s a necessity.

Themes and Plugins for Privilege Escalation.

What was hacked: Username & passwords

Hi all! Today we’ll be solving the first Logic Flaw lab of the Portswigger Web Security Academy. Let’s see the lab description and start…