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This year, we’ve all been facing risk every single day. SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) is a constant risk in our lives right now. Every day we exist in this world, we have to think about how we’ll manage the risk of catching SARS-CoV-2 while also living our lives.
Since this risk is so in our faces right now, I thought it’d be fun to talk about risk control using the pandemic as our example. So let’s dive in!
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How much is enough money for you to make in a year?
I don’t mean how much is enough for you to live on or your salary goal. Let’s pretend your basic expenses are met and you’ve even met your income goal. Beyond that, what is enough?
It’s kind of an odd question. What do I mean ‘enough’? Is there even such a thing as ‘enough’ money? Isn’t more always better?
I think there is such a thing as ‘enough’ with everything - including money, but it’s only something I’ve recently considered. The idea of having ‘enough’ is not mainstream in our culture. We’re driven to keep accumulating without thought to a maximum amount. This attitude is a surefire way to never be satisfied and we’ve seen that play out in most of our lives.
When I heard about this idea about having ‘enough’ in our life, it got me thinking - why don’t we all think about life that way?
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I’ve been working on a CTF to expand my pentesting skills. Often, the challenge will be to brute force the login page to get access.
When I first started brute forcing, I would use Burp Suite CE. It’s a handy tool with lots of features. Unfortunately, I don’t have the funds to pay for the Pro version, but there’s still some useful features in Burp Suite CE.
You can use it to brute force a login page, but it will take a long time. The free version throttles your logins and this can quickly become a nuisance. Usually, mine starts out with about 10 logins per second but quickly slows down to about 1 login every 5-10 seconds.
If you’re going through thousands of passwords, this is really frustrating. So I decided to look around for a different tool.
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I’ve been putting off writing, and publishing, anything about how the Coronavirus Pandemic has affected me. Partly because I’m riding an emotional rollercoaster and partly because of how vulnerable I feel. But I think I’m ready now.
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There’s was an interesting set of data recently breached on the dark web. Business Insider reported about it here - Hackers Are Targeting Plus Size Women.
Apparently, DynaRisk (a security research company), found malicious hackers discussing the breached data in an online forum and it was hundreds of thousands of records on plus-size women. Not your usual set of information.