Well, I wasted three weeks reading about AI threat detection systems since I continued to read headlines that involved AI-powered security and literally thought that most of this was marketing nonsense. It happens that I was half correct–there is hype,…
Introduction I quickly recall when I first had to view a SOC analyst who manually had to triage hundreds of security alerts. It was late, 2 AM, and they were taking their third energy beverage, and one-third or so of…
Now, I have been playing Pokemon TCG long enough to start to know the way most promotion cards are simply collector bait. You acquire them, they are trendy, and they can fit in your binder as you use your deck…
I have exhausted dozens of mobile card games that have been billed as having social features, and most of them just drop a friends list on it and proceed with their business. Then I had a sluggish weekend, and downloaded…
Fine, I have been buying Pokemon cards since Deadpool days and I believed it out of the rarity system. Then there was Pokemon TCG Pocket, the Mega Evolution set was released in September 2025 and then I find myself looking…
Honestly, I would look, but I assumed that, at first, when the Mareep Drop Event showed on the Pokemon TCG Pocket, it would be yet another grindy thing. However, having gambled a week on the Expert level and having earned…
Mmm, I am going to be candid about this – the first install that I did in November 2024 was in order to download Pokemon TCG Pocket, and at that time I believed that sometime a promo card is a…
I have leaked an API key to GitHub previously. Sat up spent Sunday panicky turning credentials and reviewing access logs. The error saved me a whole library on API authentication than any tutorial would. Authentication is no longer an option…
I have created enough systems to authenticate to know that within the current state of things, tokens have been omnipresent, and the vast majority of developers are not adequately informed of the existence of the underlying mechanics. Another incident that…
I do not come here to preach you about password security. You’ve heard it all before. However, this is one of the things that can actually catch your eye, which is the possibility of enabling Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) that can…
You see, I wasted much too much time not understanding these three protocols before it dawned on me. Everybody throws round “SAML” and OAuth and OpenID connect like they are similar, yet they are not. All of them address a…
I have more than 20 years of experience in logging to websites, and I would honestly say that I did not think much about how bad passwords were until I began to notice how authentication is actually implemented. The process…