• Windows 10 packet monitor tool "pktmon" will allow real-time monitoring

    Since October 2018 Update, Windows 10 comes with a "Packet Monitor" tool called pktmon.exe.With the upcoming release of the Windows 10 May 2020 Update, Microsoft will update the pktmon tool to allow real-time visualization of monitored packets. How to use… read more »
  • Weekly Privacy Roundup #7

    “There's something really liberating about having some corner of your life that's yours, that no one gets to see except you. It's a little like nudity or taking a dump. Everyone gets naked every once in a while. Everyone has… read more »
  • curl: my own cheatsheet

    curl is a project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols.The command line tool can be used inside shell scripts with ease and it has around 120 command line options for various tasks. Is a… read more »
  • Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup #7

    "Amateurs hack systems, professionals hack people" - Bruce Schneier Zoom to add end-to-end encryption with Keybase acquisition Zoom has acquired secure messaging and identity management firm Keybase as its looks to shore up security capabilities on its platform with end-to-end… read more »
  • Thunderspy: a Thunderbolt security flaw that affects all systems released before 2019

    Björn Ruytenberg, a researcher of Eindhoven University of Technology, published a research about a new vulnerability in Thunderbolt ports. The new attack, named "Thunderspy" [1], is designed to break Thunderbolt's security, making it possible for attackers to steal information from… read more »
  • Weekly Tech Roundup #6

    "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" - Pablo Picasso NASA still doesn’t know how long SpaceX’s astronaut mission will last We’re fast approaching crunch time for the partnership between NASA and SpaceX that will culminate in the… read more »
  • “Psychic Paper”: an amazingly simple iOS sandbox escape exploit

    Security researcher Siguza published a really interesting paper about a strange bug in iOS XML parsers, still unpatched, that allows sandbox escape. In his article [1], Siguza explains how to allow an app to gain full access to the entire… read more »
  • Some thoughts about detectability and feasibility of mobile eavesdropping on smartphones

    A research presented in 2019 by Jacob Leon Kröger and Philip Raschke, during the 33rd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference, analyze technical and economical feasibility of eavesdropping on modern smartphones. The study’s findings [1] suggest that eavesdropping activity would not… read more »