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    Insight into the Android and iOS security architecture

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 09-07-2020
    4.89 of 115 votes

    Mobile computing devices have revolutionised the way people interact with each other and the Internet, though just like any other computing device, mobile devices are subject to vulnerabilities. Some of these vulnerabilities are based on the design of the architecture and how data is processed, stored, and transmitted to and from the device. Mobile device architecture Smartphone and tablet devices

  • DDoS attacks and how to mitigate them

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 01-07-2020
    4.88 of 104 votes

    In this era, cyber-attacks are gaining in popularity with more sophisticated techniques and attack deployment strategies being seen in the wild than ever before. DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks have gained popularity over the years, and as network systems advanced these types of attacks grew to become more refined. Many types of DDoS attacks now exist including HTTP flood

  • Useful network posters you can download and print

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 03-06-2020
    4.82 of 107 votes

    I decided to put together some minimalistic posters on network fundamentals that people can download and print for free. I hope these might help individuals, academic institutions, or maybe even companies with an IT ops function looking to decorate their office space with useful reference material. Download OSI + TCP/IP Common Ports Network Topologies All posters are A3 (297mm x

  • Been hacked? What to do next

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 12-05-2020
    4.17 of 64 votes

    Please note, the advice below is tailored for online accounts of a personal nature. Any online accounts with existing or potential access to work related data in the context of employment will usually need to follow a more refined internally sanctioned incident response process (likely in accordance with the NIST industry standard). In such circumstances, please refer to your company

  • I got a letter of appreciation from Harvard University

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 17-02-2020
    4.84 of 86 votes

    Recently, I received a letter of appreciation from Harvard University after responsibly disclosing a critical vulnerability. The letter reads:HUIT Information Security would like to thank Jacob for responsibly reporting Server Side Injection (SSI) along with instructions for reproducing the problem. My report was well received and their triage and remediation efforts were swift.Thanks, Harvard.

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    Welcome to my new blog

    • General
    • by Jacob Riggs
    • 02-01-2020
    4.11 of 72 votes

    My journey as a security researcher over the past decade has taught me a lot, but I know there’s still so much more to learn. I thought it might be worth creating this blog to document and share some of my personal experiences, and hopefully give something back to the thriving security community I’ve grown to be a part of. The