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Microsoft Q1 FY26 revenue hit $77.7B, driven by 40% Azure growth and Copilot adoption, despite a $3.1B loss related to its $500B-valued OpenAI stake.

Microsoft's Azure cloud suffered an outage caused by a Front Door configuration change, disrupting Microsoft 365, Xbox, and customer services globally.

OpenAI expanded the Sora App to Asia, featuring the popular 'Cameos' tool and strict copyright safeguards after calls from the Japanese government.

If you have ever worked in a corporate IT environment, chances are you have already interacted with Active Directory even if you didn’t…

A request is what a client (browser, API client, script) sends to a web server: method (GET/POST/PUT/DELETE…), URL, headers, cookies, and…

“In Web3, everyone talks about double-spend attacks — but few realize the same race condition mindset can break Web2.5 apps, smart…

“Attackers don’t always knock the front door. They read the delivery manifests, the receipts, and the logs — then walk in when you’re not…

Snapshat hunting

Introduction : Top 30 Network Scanning Tools for Ethical Hackers

This writeup gives a step-by-step explanation of the picoCTF challenge “Includes”. The best learning experience comes from working on the…

Network Address Translation, or NAT, is one of the most essential technologies that allows private networks to connect to the public…

In cybersecurity, not all firewalls are the same. Each one works on a specific level of the OSI model — from filtering packets by IP…

Every device in a network has its own role — from simply passing electrical signals to deciding the safest route for data. To really…

Every day, hackers look for ways to exploit vulnerabilities in web applications and software. Even a small mistake in development can put…

In this article, you’ll learn the negative side of Bitcoin. For those who don’t know, Bitcoin is one form of cryptocurrency in the same way…

In cybersecurity, a single “big wall” is no longer enough. Adversaries chain exploits, phish credentials, pivot laterally, and wait…

I was seconds away from executing malware on my machine. Here’s what happened:

Scenario: This lab aims to equip learners with practical skills in malware analysis by dissecting a multi-stage AsyncRAT infection…