Like many, for years, I thought that inventing or innovating was reserved to only a few, elite thinkers, or gifted people. In 2022, I was awarded my first “Patent Application Invention Achievement Award” at IBM for an invention I was part of. …

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I’m not the type of person who makes lists, or todo’s, as a matter of fact, I only started collecting my thoughts some time last year using the personal knowledge management tool called Logseq. That being said, that does not mean that I don’t have objectives, or goals I (want…

Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #03 of 2023. Exploits released for two Samsung Galaxy App Store vulnerabilities Two vulnerabilities in the Galaxy App Store, Samsung’s official repository for its devices, could enable attackers to install any app in the Galaxy Store without the user’s knowledge or to direct victims…

Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #02 of 2023. Fortinet: Govt networks targeted with now-patched SSL-VPN zero-day Fortinet says unknown attackers exploited a FortiOS SSL-VPN zero-day vulnerability patched last month in attacks against government organizations and government-related targets. ”The discovered Windows sample attributed to the attacker displayed artifacts of…

Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #01 of 2023. Slack’s private GitHub code repositories stolen over holidays Slack suffered a security incident over the holidays affecting some of its private GitHub code repositories. The immensely popular Salesforce-owned IM app is used by an estimated 18 million users at workplaces…

Introduction Playing around with my Pi-hole Raspberry Pi, I thought I could expand its mission and started looking into Grafana and Prometheus. One thing leading to another, I though why not monitor my printer. Running out of ink is very common. It’s always when you need that print, that you can’t…

Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #52 of 2022. Ukraine shuts down fraudulent call center claiming 18,000 victims A group of imposters operating out of a Ukrainian call center defrauded thousands of victims while pretending to be IT security employees at their banks. They contacted the victims, claimed that their…

Collection of the {cyber,info}security resources and links I have found insightful and shared during week #51 of 2022. Eufy camera security breach admission leaves many questions unanswered Early December, Paul Moore, a security researcher, revealed a frightening security situation with Eufy home security products including camera-equipped doorbells. In the thread and accompanying videos, Moore shows proof that Eufy cameras…