Bemused ramblings some dude says on the internet
With the growth of more and more products leveraging technologies like ChatGPT, GPT-3, and other AIaaS (AI as a Service) platforms, we’re going to see a new security hole with prompt injection. Products using AIaaS take an existing platform (such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT) and add a proprietary process to get specific results. The problem is, modern machine learning is smart in some ways, but breathtakingly stupid in others.… Read the rest
Tech news is on fire with talks about how Microsoft plans to integrate ChatGPT into Bing. In response, Google has announced Bard. On the surface, these appear to be quite revolutionary and a step into the future of computing. Dig a little deeper and you unravel a different story.
Let me clarify, I’m not a Luddite… I just expect this whole thing is going to turn into a nightmare (though not necessarily for the same reasons as a lot of skeptics).… Read the rest
SIEM and SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) are very similar ideas but are often compared in the security landscape. The principle difference between the two technologies is that a SOAR is active, and a SIEM is passive.
It can get a lot more complicated than that for application in security though. SOAR and SIEM both have their place in security, though SOAR is the more modern solution.… Read the rest
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is the post-security answer to traditional antivirus and response tools. EDR is the evolution and successor to traditional antivirus, anti-malware, anti-ransomware and similar solutions. It helps make the move from worrying about the origin or type of threat and worrying about what it can do to you economically. Hacking isn’t motivated by damage or exploration as much, it’s motivated by capitalistic gains.… Read the rest
The front-end web development stack is made up of a number of tools that help you build the front-end of your application. This is what your end users see and interact with, and what they’ll (more often than not) judge you the harshest on. We’ll look at what (some of) these tools are, how they work together, and what you can expect to need as a front-end developer.… Read the rest
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is a powerful addition to Windows 10 and Windows 11. It allows you to run a full Linux distribution without the hassle of a traditional VM setup. For a lot of development tasks, it’s (almost) as good as running on bare metal.
There are two versions of WSL, there’s WSL 1 which is the classic mode most people are used to, and WSL 2 which offers a host of advancements but is more in line with traditional virtualization without the same shortcomings (it leverages Hyper-V and a full Linux kernel).… Read the rest