go run, go build, and go install look interchangeable and aren’t — mixing them up is one of the first ways new Go developers trip themselves up. This clears up when you actually need each one before you write your first real program.
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Maze Ransomware Hits Cognizant, COVID-19 Scams, Pulse Secure VPN Flaw, & Malicious Ruby Libraries | HN 08
Cognizant, one of the world’s largest IT services companies, was hit by Maze ransomware — a variant that steals files before encrypting to maximize ransom pressure; COVID-19 scams generated $17.5 million in fraud losses in just four months; Pulse Secure VPN had a CVSS 10/10 remote code execution flaw with 14,500 vulnerable servers still exposed […]
What is Ethical Hacking? How to Be an Ethical Hacker?
The line between a white hat and a black hat was never the skill set — it’s authorization, full stop. This covers what ethical hacking actually means as a discipline and where it can take you as a career.
Malware Textbooks, Marriott Data Breach, COVID-19 IRS Scams, and Magecart Anatomy | HN 07
Kaspersky blocked 356,000 malware attacks disguised as student textbooks and essays, the Magecart “Inter” toolkit made credit card skimming accessible as a $1,000 commercial service with 24/7 support, Marriott disclosed a second major breach affecting 5.2 million loyalty app guests, and the IRS warned of a wave of COVID-19 stimulus payment scams targeting Americans during […]
Ethical Hacking using Python – Quick Intro
Running other people’s tools only gets you so far — scripting is what lets you build your own. This is the quick-start case for Python as the language to start with.
Croatia Hacked, Golang Malware Undetectable, Cloudflare Crashed, & DDoS Grinch Jailed | HN 06
An unknown hacking group — potentially Russian state-sponsored — hit Croatian government agencies with spear phishing using post-exploitation frameworks; a Golang-written crypto miner targeting Linux servers was undetectable by most antivirus software; a Cloudflare WAF regex bug knocked 10% of the internet offline for 30 minutes; and the Christmas DDoS Grinch who took down PlayStation […]