Latest Cybersecurity News
What Is the Purpose of an IDS?
Think of it as a guard who watches the traffic and sounds the alarm. What an intrusion detection system actually does, where it fits, and where it falls short.
Developer APIs
Images, weather, stock trades and PDFs, all free. Forty APIs worth bookmarking, from a video by CodingWithLewis.
Mutual TLS: Strengthening Network Security with Two-Way Authentication
Standard TLS verifies the server. Mutual TLS makes the client prove itself too. How mTLS works, where it came from, and when it's worth the effort.
11 Essential Red Team Tools for Cybersecurity Professionals
Cobalt Strike, Metasploit, Sliver and the rest of the kit professionals use to attack their own employers on purpose. Eleven tools, what each does, and where to get them.
The Second Disruption of ALPHV/BlackCat Operations
An affiliate says the bosses pocketed a $22 million ransom from Change Healthcare. Days later the whole operation went dark again. What happened inside ALPHV.
The Emerging Threat of a Unified ALPHV-LockBit Ransomware Force
The FBI's December raid left ALPHV wounded and looking for options. LockBit is openly recruiting. What a merger of two ransomware giants could look like.
APT29’s Cyber Espionage Evolution: Adapting to Cloud Security Challenges
Russia's SVR hackers have moved on from the office network to the cloud. CISA's advisory spells out the new playbook, and the parts you can still defend against.
What Is pfSense?
A free, open-source firewall and router built on FreeBSD. Where pfSense came from, and four reasons to use it.
