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Hi, I’m Atakan. I work as a Security Researcher at HackerOne, and I recently identified a simple, yet highly impactful vulnerability that…

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I started Bug Bounty Hunting recently in November, right after finishing my basics and learning the most common vulnerabilities. Like every…

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In the aftermath of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, one reality became unavoidable: The threat was already inside the system. Most people…

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Fileless malware represents a sophisticated class of threats that operate entirely in memory, avoiding the creation of artifacts on disk…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionized how we interact with technology, enabling everything from…

CrPC to the BNSS: Reshaping the investigation-to-trial journey.