Author Archives: Chris C

Saturday MP Show #17: Hack the Box – Busqueda (User Flag)

In this episode I find the user flag for the Busqueda machine on Hack the Box. Perhaps with a little help from the walkthrough and Chat GPT to assist with my lack of Python knowledge. Thanks to Hack the Box … Continue reading

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Do you Really Need Custom Software?

Custom software is expensive to build and usually delivered late and overbudget. Custom software, like a garden, needs to maintained and frequently updated. Especially for security updates. Everyone, well almost everyone, forgets to budget time and money for maintenance. Before … Continue reading

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Saturday MP Show #16: Trying out Docker Compose Watch

In this episode I try out the new Docker Compose Watch developer feature that synchronizes files on the host and the container. Similar to Docker Volumes. It won’t replace Docker Volumes for for me, at least not yet. Are you … Continue reading

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My Takeaway from Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell

Book: Talking to StrangersAuthor: Malcolm Gladwell This book has a lot of stories that include a police stop gone wrong, pyramid scheme, Cuban spies, drinking, sexual assault, and torture. A bit hard to follow all the different stories and pick out … Continue reading

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Saturday MP Show #15: PR Created for Standard Ruby Linter Bug

I finally create the PR for Standard Ruby Linter Bug I’ve been working on the base several videos and months. I also fix the merge conflict noticed in the previous video. Read about the bug I’m trying to fix here … Continue reading

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XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox v3.0.1 Released (.NET 6.0+ Support)!

I’m happy to announce that v3.0.1 of the XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox has been released! This release updates XPlugins.iOS.BEMCheckBox so it can be used in .NET 6.0 and higher projects (e.g. net6.0-ios12). You can find the latest release on NuGet here. You can … Continue reading

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Saturday MP Show #14: Rate Limiting with NGINX and Fail2Ban

A rate limiting demonstration using NGINX and Fail2Ban based on a presentation that I gave at BSides Edmonton in 2022. Follow along with the GitHub repo here. Be sure to admire the seamless editing due to a power outage issue … Continue reading

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Saturday MP Show #13: Merge Conflict when trying to create a PR for the Standard Ruby Linter Bug

I attempted to create a pull request (PR) for the Standard Ruby Linter bug I’ve fixed but ran into a merge conflict. Didn’t create the PR but did figure out the solution to the merge conflict that will be fixed … Continue reading

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See you at BSides Edmonton 2023

I am excited to announce that I’ll be attending BSides Edmonton this year! I’m looking forward to increasing my cyber security knowledge from the talks, CTF, and fellow attendees. Specially I’m looking to learn the latest best practices for protecting my clients websites and … Continue reading

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Saturday MP Show #12: Refactoring of a System Test While Fixing the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo Bug

Getting to the end of fixing the Standard Ruby Linter ToDo bug. In this video I refactor and remove duplicate code from a system tests that are similar. It goes well for the most part. The only hiccup is the … Continue reading

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