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Big Tech Plans to Work with the Public Sector for Cybersecurity

Both Microsoft, Inc. and Alphabet, Inc. will put a combined $30 billion dollars into cybersecurity over the next five years and work with the public sector on several initiatives to help improve cybersecurity.

Programming

What's Coming in Java 18

The newest version of Java is roughly around six months away right now. The release is starting to take shape with two very good, important feature proposals so far. They are record and array patterns and character sets. [Read More! Java 17 is Officially Released] As of right now, the

Programming

Part II: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch

Part I: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchI’m sure many programmers, particularly web developers have heard of the RSA cryptography system. RSA is an asymmetric cryptography system, meaning that one key is used for encryption and the other for decryption. I’ve seen a lot of articles explaining the

Package Source (pkgsrc): An Introduction

Package source, AKA pkgsrc, is an interesting project that is developed primarily by the NetBSD team. But, why would you even use it, and honestly, what even is it?

Programming

Part I: Implementing RSA in Python from Scratch

Part II: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchPart I: Implementing RSA in Python from ScratchI’m sure many programmers, particularly web developers have heard of the RSA cryptography system. RSA is an asymmetric cryptography system, meaning that one key is used for encryption and the other for decryption. I’ve

Systems Administration

Installing LetsEncrypt Certbot on Debian-based Distributions

LetsEncrypt is one of many Certificate Authorities (CAs) that provide genuine SSL/TSL Certificates to people who want to secure the connection to their website. This allows people to access a website via encrypted HTTPS traffic. The process to make a certificate with LetsEncrypt's Certbot is pretty simple overall. This

Web Development

Angular 13 is Officially Released

Angular 13 – a new version of Google's popular TypeScript language web framework – is now starting to take shape. The two beta releases were released on August 4th and August 11th respectfully. They are both accessible on accessible on GitHub introducing changes to forms and the router. For the changes made

Systems Administration

Important NGINX Directories and Files for Easy Referencing

When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to manage all

Systems Administration

Installing NGINX on Debian-based Linux Distributions

When it comes to running a web server for all of my online projects, NGINX is the first that comes to mind for me. By default, it follows my guidelines of running a piece of software – meaning that the software is security-minded, performance-driven, and honestly, really easy to manage all

Introduction to the BSD World

Almost everyone in the tech sector is familiar with Linux in some capacity. However, there is a lesser known group of Free and Opened Sourced operating system out there in the wild that is often forgotten about or misunderstood: the Berkeley Standard Distribution (BSD) based operating systems.

Web Development

TypeScript 4.4 is Officially Released

Microsoft has just released a beta preview of it's popular typed version of JavaScript with control flow analysis and some good performance improvements. TypeScript can now cache whether internal symbols are accessible in different types of contexts – along with how specific types are printed. This will overall improve performance in

Programming

Java 17 is Officially Released

The newest release set for Java 17 is now officially frozen. This next version has around ten new features, two removals, and even two deprecations. Among some of the set for Version 17 are context specific deserialization for filter support, which is a huge security enhancement, and a preview of

Cybersecurity

New Potential Cybersecurity Bills in front of Congress

There are an alarming amount of cybersecurity incidents that are happening right now. The Biden Administration is taking swift action within the first six months, which has also prompted the United States Congress to introduce several cybersecurity bills.

Cybersecurity

Unhackable and Bug Free Coding is a Marketing Lie

One thing that I have learned in my life is that everyone lies – to an extent. That even means people can make up little white lies to protect peoples' feelings or hide the absolute truth. Some of the lies can be acts of commission – a deliberate statement of untruth – whereas

Cybersecurity

Denial of Service Attacks are Returning to use for Extortion

Ransomware has taken the scene again in the Cybercrime ecosystem that has caused over one billion dollars in the last year worth of losses for companies.

Programming

Several Tips to Help Speed Up Python's Performance

Programmers tend to turn to Python for applications due to the convenience and it usually being programmer friendly – not exactly because it's a fast language or performs the best when you need performance.

Programming

Python 3.10 is Released

Here’s a rundown of all of the major new features in Python 3.10 with me including how they should be able to help your code.

Programming

JDK 17 is Officially Released

Even though we are a few months ahead of schedule, Java 17 is now taking shape and worth talking about. There are four really good features planned for the upgrade to Java.

Mobile Security needs to be fixed in the Post-COVID Workplace

Due to COVID-19 changing the workplace environments for a lot of companies and enterprises there has been forced corner-cutting in cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity

Important Failures to Watch out for in DevSecOps

Companies are adopting development security operations (DevSecOps) for several important reasons: to deliver value faster, to gain an advantage, to low the cost of security for clients, and more.