SWshreyas walakeinshreewalake.hashnode.dev·4d ago · 13 min readThat WhatsApp Image Might Not Be Just an ImageLet me start with something uncomfortable. Somewhere right now, someone opened a JPEG file they received on WhatsApp/social-media and didn't think twice about it. It looked like a meme. Maybe a weddi21S
MSManish Shivanandhaninfreecodecamp.org·6d ago · 10 min readHow AI Is Changing Malware Detection: From Traditional Antivirus to Next-Gen ProtectionMalware used to be simple to describe. A virus attached itself to a file, and antivirus software removed it. That world is gone. Today, a single attack can steal your passwords, lock up your photos, w00
AKAndriy Kovalenkoindeadpacket.hashnode.dev·Sep 4 · 24 min readThe Ransomware Attack Starts Before Encryption: The Warning Signs Security Teams Cannot Ignore in 2026Most people still picture ransomware as a malicious program that suddenly lands on a computer and starts encrypting files. That image is dangerously incomplete. In a modern enterprise attack, encrypti00
Rrathsarainrr-cyber.hashnode.dev·Sep 3 · 9 min readGNU/Linux Memory Forensics: Is the Compromise Still Live?It's easy to think of memory forensics purely as a hunt for something malicious. On this case, a GNU/Linux server that had already been through a full attack chain, initial access, privilege escalatio00
RPRudra Ponksheinblog.realrudrap.dev·Aug 12 · 19 min read Caught in the ReeloopIts been a while since the last post here. College reopened after the summer break, I was involved in hosting the IEEE NETSIP 2026, and the analysis itself took longer than expected. Two weeks is a bi11H
FTFirewall Technical Teaminfirewall-technical-it-insights.hashnode.dev·Aug 6 · 7 min readClickFix: The Scam That Tricks Your Team Into Hacking ThemselvesMost people picture a cyberattack as something technical and invisible — a hacker typing furiously in a dark room, breaking through firewalls with code. The reality, increasingly, looks nothing like t00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 5 · 7 min readCryptoLockerImagine opening your computer and discovering that your important files can no longer be opened. Your photographs. Your documents. Your work. Everything is still sitting on the hard drive. But you can00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 1 · 5 min readAI and the Future of MalwareFor years, malware has evolved alongside technology. Computers became faster. Networks became larger. Smartphones became everywhere. Cloud computing changed how software is built and delivered. And no00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 1 · 5 min readWhat Is Supply Chain Malware?Imagine downloading software from a company you completely trust. You check the publisher. The software looks legitimate. Nothing seems suspicious. But somewhere along the chain that delivered the sof00
SSaguninsagunwrites.hashnode.dev·Aug 1 · 3 min readWhat Is Polymorphic Malware?Imagine trying to identify a criminal using a photograph. Now imagine that every time you look again, the person's appearance has changed. The face is different. The clothes are different. Even the ha00