https://www.japerre.xyz/tags/cybersecurity/Recent content in Cybersecurity on Tibo LaperreHugoen-usMon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.japerre.xyz/posts/how-my-email-got-leaked/Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.japerre.xyz/posts/how-my-email-got-leaked/<p>I recently received a series of emails from what appeared to be Porkbun, the DNS provider for my domain japerre.xyz, urging me to renew my premium plan.</p> <p><img src="https://www.japerre.xyz/images/how-my-email-got-leaked/emails.png" alt=""> <img src="https://www.japerre.xyz/images/how-my-email-got-leaked/email_example.png" alt=""></p> <p>At first glance, these emails seemed harmless enough. However, they landed in my spam folder, which was the first red flag that something might be off.</p> <p>Suspicion set in&hellip; Was Porkbun compromised? How else did these scammers obtain my email? Then it struck me that I don’t use my personal email with Porkbun and these scammers got my email simply because well&hellip; I gave it to them by having it in the footer of my blog 🤦‍♂️.</p>https://www.japerre.xyz/posts/what-actually-happens-when-you-click-random-links/Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.japerre.xyz/posts/what-actually-happens-when-you-click-random-links/<p>We all know better than to click on random links. Malware and scams frequently hide behind a mysterious looking url, yet a part of me &ndash; driven by curiosity &ndash; wonders what lies beyond that click. However I never satisfy that desire because I am uncertain of the mechanisms of how malware could end up on my device. In this post I take away my ignorance on the topic by diving into the nitty gritty technical details of a drive-by download attack.</p>