OSINT stands for open-source intelligence, and it refers to all publicly available information on the open internet which has been obtained without any special requirements (paywalls, invitations, etc.).

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Having assembled fundamental lab components, you now get to play! However, the ocean of potential projects can be intimidating. Where does one even start?

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In today’s interconnected digital world, information security has become a critical concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. Cyber threats, which encompass a wide range of malicious activities targeting information systems, pose significant risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.

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Setting goals is a deceptively simple career skill we all know is important, but how do you set goals you’re actually excited to work towards?

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Many web application firewalls (WAFs) can be bypassed by simply sending large amounts of extra data in the request body along with your payload. Most WAFs will only process requests up to a certain size limit. How the WAF is configured to handle these large requests determines exploitability, but some common WAFs will allow it by default.

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By Erik Goldoff, Ray Van Hoose, and Max Boehner || Guest Authors This post is comprised of 3 articles that were originally published in the second edition of the InfoSec […]

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by Gerald Auger of Simply Cyber // Guest Author You want to break into cybersecurity? That’s AWESOME. I’ve been in the field for 20 years and I LOVE IT! But […]

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by Amanda Berlin of Mental Health Hackers This article was originally published in the second edition of the InfoSec Survival Guide. Find it free online HERE or order your $1 […]

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by Martin Pearson || Guest Author This article was originally published in the second edition of the InfoSec Survival Guide. Find it free online HERE or order your $1 physical […]

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| Niccolo Arboleda | Guest Author Niccolo Arboleda is a cybersecurity enthusiast and student at the University of Toronto. He is usually found in his home lab studying different cybersecurity […]

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| Nigel Douglas As a Developer Advocate working on Project Falco, Nigel Douglas plays a key role in driving education for the Open-Source Detection and Response (D&R) segment of cloud-native […]

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