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Goose Gustin

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Cybersecurity enthusiast, studying fraud detection

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GGGoose Gustingoosegustin.hashnode.devJul 30 · 8 min read

What a Login Request Looks Like Once You Stop Trusting the Browser

Two weeks ago I watched a login cross the network in Wireshark — passively, from the outside, reading packets as they flew past. This week I stopped one mid-flight and rewrote it before it reached the

GGGoose Gustingoosegustin.hashnode.devJul 29 · 7 min read

I Built a Fraud Detector With Zero Frameworks — Just the Python Standard Library

There's a belief that catching fraud requires a platform. A SIEM. A machine-learning model. A vendor contract with "AI-powered" somewhere in the deck. I believed some version of it too — right up unti

GGGoose Gustingoosegustin.hashnode.devJul 28 · 7 min read

Your Login Form Has a Six-Step Journey. I Watched Every One.

DNS is the thing everyone learns wrong first: "it's the internet's phonebook." That explanation is why so many developers can look at a failed login and have no idea whether the problem is their code,

GGGoose Gustingoosegustin.hashnode.devJul 24, 2025 · 3 min read

Case Study: Wayback Machine + Git Folder = A Devastating Data Leak

How a Forgotten Directory Led to Full Source Code Exposure In cybersecurity, the most dangerous threats often come from the most mundane oversights. A simple misconfiguration—one that many developers might dismiss as harmless—can lead to catastrophic...

GGGoose Gustingoosegustin.hashnode.devJul 18, 2025 · 2 min read

Case Study: How Poor Patching and Open Ports Led to the Equifax Breach

In 2017, one of the most catastrophic breaches in U.S. history occurred — nearly 148 million people had their personal data stolen from Equifax. The cause? A combination of overlooked security basics: an unpatched vulnerability and an exposed web app...

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What a Login Request Looks Like Once You Stop Trusting the Browser

I Built a Fraud Detector With Zero Frameworks — Just the Python Standard Library

Your Login Form Has a Six-Step Journey. I Watched Every One.

Case Study: Wayback Machine + Git Folder = A Devastating Data Leak

Case Study: How Poor Patching and Open Ports Led to the Equifax Breach

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What a Login Request Looks Like Once You Stop Trusting the Browser

I Built a Fraud Detector With Zero Frameworks — Just the Python Standard Library

Your Login Form Has a Six-Step Journey. I Watched Every One.

Case Study: Wayback Machine + Git Folder = A Devastating Data Leak

Case Study: How Poor Patching and Open Ports Led to the Equifax Breach