Brian Donohue

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

170 articles

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What is APT?

APT stands for advanced persistent threat. It became famous following a New York Times exposé detailing a month’s long attack campaign in which a Chinese military unit now known as

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What is an Exploit?

If Achilles’s heel was his vulnerability in the Iliad, then Paris’s poison tipped arrow was the exploit. Quite literally, an exploit is the device or – more often than not

The Dangers of Snapchat

“Snapchat is a new way to share moments with friends,” reads the opening sentence of the temporary photo-sharing application’s “about us” page. The description is just vague enough to technically

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Reconsidering Twitter After AP Hack

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell precipitously Tuesday after a group of pro-Syrian hackers took control of an Associated Press Twitter account and tweeted that U.S. President Barack Obama had been injured

Alternative Browsers

At this point, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, and Mozilla Firefox are all modern, functional, and perfectly serviceable Web browsers. They each offer a robust set of interesting features, extensions,