The Weekly Accountability 11

Engineering

Write Ups

• Infrastructure Overview of MangaDex, a popular Manga reading/ hosting site. Source
• Why isn’t Vivaldi browser open-source? Source
• A list of mistakes made by a longtime professional AWS user Source
• How WhatsApp is enabling end-to-end encrypted backups Source

Tools

• Spotify/Pedalboard: 🎛 🔊 A Python library for adding effects to audio.

Security

News

• Protonmail’s explanation of why it logged the IP of one of it’s clients leading to their arrest. Source

Attacks

• New 0-Day Attack Targeting Windows Users With Microsoft Office Documents Source
• Mēris Botnet Hit Russia’s Yandex With Massive 22 Million Requests Per Second DDoS Attack Source

Write Ups

• Machine learning technique detects phishing sites by turning code into images Source Paper
• A detailed case study of the SolarWinds attack. Source

Tools

• OWASP Raider - Web authentication testing framework

Technology

News

• You can order your photos to be printed and shipped to you via Google Photos in the US. Source
• Exposure to vibrations, like those generated by high-powered motorcycle engines, might impact iPhone cameras. Source

Write Ups

• Theranos – Silicon Valley’s Greatest Disaster (Video)Source

Tools

• Bonsai | Web Browser for Research that helps programmers think clearly