Weeknotes 11

12 Sep 2021

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

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

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

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