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In Fundamentals5 articles
- Fundamentals
MFA: The Second Lock That Hackers Can Still Pick
Multi-factor authentication blocks most stolen-password attacks — but not all of them. Here is how attackers get around it, and what actually holds up.
3 min read - Fundamentals
DNS: The Invisible System Behind Every Click
DNS is the internet's phonebook. Almost everything you do online starts with it, which makes it very useful to watch.
2 min read - Fundamentals
Encryption: How Your Data Becomes Unreadable to Everyone Else
Encryption is the quiet technology behind every padlock in your browser. Here is what it actually does, and what it does not.
2 min read - Fundamentals
Passwords: Why a Password Manager Beats Your Memory
Nobody can remember dozens of strong, unique passwords. A password manager does it for you, and does it more safely.
2 min read - Fundamentals
The CIA Triad: Three Words Behind Every Security Decision
Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability. Almost every security control exists to protect at least one of them.
2 min read
In Attacks5 articles
- Attacks
Phishing: How a Simple Email Can Lead to a Big Problem
It only takes one click. Here is how phishing works, why it is so effective, and how you can spot it.
2 min read - Attacks
Ransomware: What Really Happens When Hackers Lock Your Files
The locked-screen moment is the loud part. Understanding what happens before it is where defenders find their advantage.
2 min read - Attacks
Social Engineering: Hacking the Human Instead of the Computer
The easiest system to break into is often a person. Social engineering is the art of persuading someone to help an attacker.
2 min read - Attacks
Malware: The Many Faces of Malicious Software
Viruses, trojans, ransomware, spyware: they are all malware, and each one does a different job for an attacker.
2 min read - Attacks
DDoS: When a Crowd of Fake Visitors Takes a Website Down
A DDoS attack does not steal anything. It just makes a service so busy that real users cannot get in.
2 min read
In SOC & Blue Team5 articles
- SOC & Blue Team
SIEM: The Security Camera System for Your Entire Network
A SIEM is the control room where every camera feed comes together. Here is how that idea maps to real security operations.
2 min read - SOC & Blue Team
EDR: The Flight Recorder on Every Laptop
Antivirus asks 'have I seen this file before?'. EDR asks 'what is this machine doing right now, and does it look wrong?'.
2 min read - SOC & Blue Team
Incident Response: What Happens After the Alarm Goes Off
An alert is only the beginning. Incident response is the calm, repeatable process for what comes next.
2 min read - SOC & Blue Team
The SOC: Inside the Team That Never Stops Watching
A Security Operations Center is the group of people, processes and tools that watches for attacks and responds to them.
2 min read - SOC & Blue Team
Threat Hunting: Looking for Attackers Nobody Has Alerted On
Alerts catch what defenders already know to look for. Threat hunting goes looking for what they do not.
2 min read
In Threat Intelligence5 articles
- Threat Intelligence
Threat Intelligence: How Defenders Learn to Think Like Attackers
Threat intelligence turns raw information about attackers into something a defender can actually act on.
2 min read - Threat Intelligence
IOCs: The Digital Fingerprints Attackers Leave Behind
An indicator of compromise is a clue: a file fingerprint, address or domain that suggests something malicious happened.
2 min read - Threat Intelligence
MITRE ATT&CK: The Attacker's Playbook, Published for Defenders
A shared, public catalogue of how attackers behave, used to talk about threats, plan defences and spot gaps.
2 min read - Threat Intelligence
OSINT: Investigating With Nothing but Public Information
Open-source intelligence is what you can find out without hacking anything: public records, websites, social posts and more.
2 min read - Threat Intelligence
Threat Actors: Who Is Actually Attacking, and Why
Not every attacker wants the same thing. Knowing the type of adversary helps you guess what they will do next.
2 min read