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Let’s be real, blogging is dead. I kept this page for the OGs: 29 posts spanning 2016to present. Technical deep dives, industry takes, and things that needed to be said. For up-to-date hot takes & hot plates, visit LinkedIn, YouTube, or the Podcast.
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Social Engineering Does Not Need to Be Sophisticated. It Needs to Be Interesting.Zscaler Just Became an F1 Team's Security Partner. Here's Why That Actually Makes Sense.Zscaler Expands Zero Trust SASE with AI Agent ToolsZscaler Expands Zero-Trust SASE Platform with AI-Driven ManagementZscaler Expands Project AI-Guardian with Tech PartnersZscaler Launches AI Broker and Endpoint AI Security for AgentsNobody Reads Blog Posts AnymoreWow. Just wow.You knew better :-/What are you doing here?Podcast > Blog Posts: Change my mindCracking open that TLS connectionDNS Flag Day: Are you ready?TLS 1.3 is coming in hotCrypto Mining and iOS, but not the way you would expectCaught on tape: Malware Distribution TechniquesExecuting Security at ScaleBots and users beware, Google's reCAPTCHA goes invisibleCloudBleed: Guess what? There was 0 day protection for this type of vulnerabilityCounter-strike Mirai with F5 iRulesStolen Credential Stuffing Protection (Account Takeover Protection)ASM Proactive bot detection - Selective URLsiRule: CAPTCHA Challenge during Brute Force AttackAndroid phones listening to what you watchWhy a 3Gbps DoS can take out your 40Gbps NGFW and 20Gbps Internet CircuitiRules: Insert client certificate into HTTP HeaderiRules: IP Reputation based on X-Forwarded-For HTTP HeaderiRules: Dynamic load balancing via URIRSAC 2106: The countdown to let down