I started to write this post the end of December, during my visit in Leipzig at the 36th Chaos Computer Congress. If you do not know it, it is basically…
A blog about IT, security and whatever crosses my mind
I started to write this post the end of December, during my visit in Leipzig at the 36th Chaos Computer Congress. If you do not know it, it is basically…
Last week I saw this tweet, which sparked a lot of interesting discussion about security of compilers.
For most of my tasks where I need special software, I set up a Docker container that offers me the tools to do the job. This time, I am going…
A main topic of my work is Android security, mostly from an attacker’s view. Android devices are ubiquitous and the operating system has a big market share, so it is…
For every programming problem that I have had in the past, there may have been a solution that I found and implemented. In most cases, the code is written and…
I have been learning and practicing “hacking” for years now. In the last year, I conducted an experiment as part of my master’s thesis and wanted to explore how servers…
I have been a cloud storage user for years. I started with Dropbox, which offered over 100GB of drive space for free, through a number of promotions and collaborations (e.g.…
WordPress is a rather popular publishing software, and as such, it is an attractive target for attackers. A lot of websites use it, lots of websites do not have the…
WordPress is a widely used software for websites, blogs and landing pages. The setup of WordPress is pretty easy and straight-forward even for non-technical users, and users can host their…