One deleted file. One entry in the browser cache. One timestamp within the Windows registry. They don’t mean much to most people, but for forensic investigators working on computers, these details can make all the difference when solving crimes, and they’ve been doing this longer than you think. The truth is that computer forensics is […]
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Important Notice: This document is meant for academic and defensive uses only. Knowledge about how rootkits function is useful in detecting and removing them. However, this knowledge should not be used to attack any system without proper permission. Now, think about sitting at your computer. You open Task Manager. All seems fine. No unusual processes.
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Think about a fire drill scenario. You have created an imitation building, placed some mannequins there, and now you are trying to see if your firefighting robot will be able to move around the smoke-filled building and save the mannequins. It’s all under control. But then the robot goes out of the building, crosses the
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Your cell phone rings. A message from an unknown contact: “USPS: Your package is being held at our facility because of an incomplete address. Update your information here: [link].” You don’t expect to receive any packages. Perhaps, though, you purchased an item or two recently that you cannot remember. Or maybe someone is sending you
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Introduction Consider a situation where you are a security guard in an office building. The duty of the guard is not to wait for alarms. On the contrary, the guard moves along the corridors, checks the dark areas, and looks for any anomalies. Such a practice is very similar to threat hunting in terms of
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Little bit of warning upfront: this is only for educational purposes. In this article, we will be learning about the working principles of VPNs so that you can use them intelligently for your own security and privacy. Nothing shady is intended here. Of course, you have seen those advertisements. “Military-grade encryption.” “Anonymously browse.” “Unblock everything.”
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A quick question for you: when you think of self-driving cars, what companies come to mind? Is it Tesla? Waymo? Perhaps Uber? My guess is that “Pony.ai” is not the answer you would choose. But this is precisely why I wanted to write this article. While everyone was debating Tesla’s Full Self-Driving capabilities on Twitter,
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To begin with, let us consider a statistic that will definitely shock you. IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report reported a global average of $4.88 million. However, the situation can get far worse for organizations that try to tackle security issues at the last stage of the development process. They usually pay 30
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When the World’s Most Complex Manufacturing Meets AI That Stays On-Site How about if a better use of existing data is what can revolutionize the development of chips to make them faster and more efficient than ever before? This is exactly the gamble that South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics took in September 2026 when
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This post is only meant to be used for defensive and educational purposes. All techniques described below should only be applied to your own organization and only with explicit permission granted by the appropriate authorities. Let’s say that you have several computer monitors in front of you, where all screens are filled with lines of
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