#cyber-attacks

Articles tagged with #cyber-attacks

Hiding Network Connections: Encryption, Onion Routing, and Identity Spoofing
The content is encrypted, the path is anonymised, the origin is spoofed: but the connection is still visible
Sep 22, 202615 min read6
Network Data Hiding: Covert Channels and Traffic Manipulation
From IP headers to DNS queries: how covert channels work and how their traffic patterns give them away
Sep 21, 202617 min read
GNU/Linux: Where Data Hides and How It's Found
A partition table entry reading "Hidden FAT16." An inode field nobody writes to. A nanosecond timestamp carrying encoded data. Where GNU/Linux hides evidence and how investigators find it.
Sep 18, 202613 min read5
Windows: Where Data Hides and How It's Found
A file reports 25 bytes. A different command reveals 19MB attached to it. Where NTFS actually hides data, and the exact commands that find it.
Sep 18, 202615 min read10
AnonTestLab: Ten Years, Three Attempts, and One Idea That Wouldn't Let Go
A practical account of how a rejected undergrad final-year idea turned into AnonTestLab after a decade, a real, circuit-based mix network emulator for testing anonymous communication designs
Sep 5, 20267 min read8
GNU/Linux Memory Forensics: Is the Compromise Still Live?
Following the evidence in memory to determine what survived after an attack
Sep 3, 20269 min read1