External data should be treated as hostile until it has been checked, constrained, and transformed for the specific place it will be used. That applies whether the data comes from a browser form, a ...

An alleged Chinese-speaking actor breached Philippine nuclear and naval targets by exploiting known flaws, stealing sensitive data. A suspected Chinese-speaking operator targeted a Philippine nuclear ...

In the previous article, I explained a script that automatically generates all PostgreSQL table definitions (CREATE TABLE statements) from JRA-VAN specifications in one go. The "receptacle" of table ...

A new open-source security platform called SecSuite, developed under the TheSecuredAnalyst project, has been released, combining OSINT reconnaissance, web vulnerability scanning, API security ...

Jeff's been involved in the IT industry since before the Internet and spent more than 20 years working in technical support, system administration, network administration, and consulting roles. He ...

When you are connecting your company’s internal data to Large Language models through RAG, APIs, SQL, etc., are you sure that it is completely safe? There might be contracts signed with the LLM ...

High-value organizations located in South, Southeast, and East Asia have been targeted by a Chinese threat actor as part of a years-long campaign. The activity, which has targeted aviation, energy, ...

This article is not about ethics, privacy, security, ownership, or corporate governance — I am going to circumvent all of this here by using some made-up data relating to supermarket sales: Here, I ...

A while ago, I was asked by a former colleague about the best way to convert Parquet files into comma-separated values (CSV) format using Python. The honest answer? It depends. And so on and so on ...

A compact data-analytics project that turns raw retail transactions into business KPIs, using SQL (SQLite) for aggregation and Python (pandas + matplotlib) for visualization, with automated tests, ...

Parth, a seasoned tech writer, wields the keyboard (or pen) with finesse to unravel the intricacies of both Windows and Mac operating systems. He has covered evergreen content on mobile devices and ...