Large distributed systems depend on HTTP headers to carry security tokens, correlation IDs, and other pieces of metadata. If those headers…

How Manual Security Testing Revealed a Logical Flaw in Authentication Systems

— Deezacker | https://github.com/Deezacker

On 12 June 2025, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) — the $30-billion wholesaler that keeps Whole Foods, Costco, and 30,000 smaller stores…

Después de estar jugando con ChatGPT y las nuevas formas de crear prompts más complejos y automatizados, me preguntaron mucho cómo…

You probably saw it in Mr. Robot

I didn’t plan for this. I wasn’t chasing glory, notoriety, or some dumb hacker cred. I was bored, curious, and my own network — the one I…

Anytime I remember my journey into cybersecurity, I go just dey laugh.

Getting real-world cybersecurity practice isn’t always possible. Fortunately, out there, there are free, interactive labs that will give…

Tracing the Journey of Security from Physical Protections to the Digital Age

Merhaba siber güvenlik meraklıları! Bugün, Anonforce adlı bir CTF (Capture The Flag) makinesini ele geçirmek için temel sızma testi…

Abdul Rehman’s First Step Abdul Rehman sat in his quiet university lab, the screen’s glow reflecting in his eyes. He had just typed out his new Medium bio: "Aspiring penetration tester sharing …

That old phone sitting in your drawer? It’s not just e-waste; it’s a potential security nightmare. We often forget about the dormant tech…

It was the garlic bread that did it. I was eating at a random Italian place in Bangalore — oil-stained menu, waiter named Sanjay who kept…

Strong tools are useless when you start from a weak assumption.

While testing a site protected by Cloudflare, I came across some input fields that appeared to be storing user data. Naturally, I wanted to…

I got my hands on a packet capture file named scip.pcap and decided to walk through a systematic network forensics investigation. This…

Recently I’ve been reflecting on how far artificial intelligence has come but more importantly how far it still has to go. My thoughts are…

From Superposition to Post-Quantum Cryptography: Explained Simply

The human element continues to be cybersecurity’s weakest link. Despite organizations spending over $150 billion annually on security…