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Cryptography and cryptanalysis coincided with a lot of my subjects this semester. So I decided to integrate my learning of encryption algorithms with automation achieved through python code. I ender up making a repo CrypKool that entails the encryption, decryption and cracking mechanisms of some basic cipher I know.

Hello everyone! While doing my research on the recent ransomware attacks that led to sabotaging critical infrastructures, I landed on the colonial pipeline attack. These are my observations and takeaways after analyzing the incident response and the impact of the attack on the organization as well as the general public.

I would like to start this blog with some intriguing statistics that I came across recently: More than 600,000 sites were hit by blind SQLi vulnerability in the WP Statistics plugin according to a report by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team.

Security Architects blend their understanding of security software and hardware, organizational security objectives, and security threats with company policies and technical standards. Security Architects are increasingly becoming an essential part of the security teams.

This is the onset of a new blog series- “Job Role at a Glance”. In this series, I will describe a security job role in a question-answer format. Apart from my research, I will be getting in touch with industry professionals with experience in that particular job role to get a better view of the current specifications of the role.

Developers spend plenty of their time fixing bugs and errors to keep their code running. They have to keep a track of the ever-changing frameworks, updates, and tools. Vulnerability handling and prevention should be a part of the development process when security is the utmost priority.

SQL injections have been ubiquitous for decades now, due to its extensible nature. Unlike some other vulnerabilities that are found and patched with a good defense mechanism, SQL Injections continue to persist to scourge web development to a large extent.

Over time, social media and the internet have successfully become indispensable parts of a youngster’s life. Especially after COVID-19 hit the world, everything moved online- classes on zoom, assignments, exams and so did our social life.

What comes to your mind when someone asks you to work with Linux and Windows simultaneously? Mounting a virtual machine or installing a Dual-Boot with the two operating systems is what we always think of.