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Founder · Packet.Zip
Aamir Lakhani is a leading senior security strategist responsible for providing IT security solutions to major enterprises and government organizations. He creates technical security strategies and leads security implementation projects for Fortune 500 companies, and has designed offensive counter-defense measures for the Department of Defense and national intelligence agencies.
His areas of expertise include adversarial AI, cyber defense, mobile application threats, malware management, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) research, and the dark web. He is the author or contributor of several books, and has appeared on FOX Business News, National Public Radio, and other media outlets as an expert on cybersecurity.
Writing under the pseudonym Packet.Zip, he operates this blog. In its list of 46 Federal Technology Experts to Follow on Twitter, Forbes described Aamir Lakhani as "a blogger, InfoSec specialist, super hero…and all around good guy."
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Online casino gaming has taken the internet by storm and has become so popular that a vast majority of online users are gambling online. Online gambling is more popular than frequenting a land-based establishment due to the convenient nature of having access to top casino games without expenses su
Nonprofits often think about how to attract more volunteers or achieve a greater reach with their fundraising initiatives. However, getting targeted by cybercriminals is a possibility that may not come up for discussion.Nonprofits Are VulnerableUnfortunately, though, nonprofits are at risk for cyb
Kayla Matthews tech journalist & writer http://productivitybytes.com http://productivitybytes.com If you’re thinking about investing in cryptocurrency, it’s essential to be aware of potential Ponzi schemes that relate to the sector. Knowing about some common characteristics of Ponzi schemes can
Kayla Matthews tech journalist & writer http://productivitybytes.com http://productivitybytes.com Any business structure can benefit from using data, including the food and beverage industry. Whether they're distributors or fast food chains, these businesses offer a product people are willing to b
Evading antivirus (AV) lately seems to be much more of an art than a science. However, several widely-known methods exist to bypass a fair amount of anti-virus products.The first step in bypassing AV is being able to test the particular implementation that currently has your interest. The best way
Kayla Matthews tech journalist & writer http://productivitybytes.com Cloud computing continues to change the nature of work. As companies migrate their apps and programs to cloud servers like AWS and Azure, more employees can work away from a central office, from home or on the road.Increased reli
msfvenom malicious DLL DLL injection on Metasploit is a technique which allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in in the memory of another process. If this process is running with escalated privileges then it could be abused by an attacker in order to execute malicious code in the form of a DLL fi
Shellter is a shellcode injector and can be found at:www.shellterproject.com I have been using the tool to demonstrate to customers how simple it is to bypass antivirus (AV) detection using programs that would have otherwise been detected as suspicious or possible threats within typical AV analysis
A few weeks ago, I wrote about TheFatRat remote post exploit tool. The blog was primarily a guide to installing it and performing some basic functions.This article will go a little deeper. We’re going to explore the entire attack life cycle… how a victim may potentially be infected and what an attac
Most networks, no matter how highly secured, have vulnerabilities that can be exploited by attackers. This article will explore the DNS protocol and tunneling. It is common to see the DNS protocol used to establish outbound sessions from a restricted network, then tunnel other protocols through the
Steganography is the practice of concealing a file, message, image, or video within another file, message, image, or video. The word steganography combines the Greek words steganos, meaning ‘covered, concealed, or protected’, and graphein, meaning ‘writing’. The first recorded use of the term was in
msfvenom malicious DLL DLL injection on Metasploit is a technique which allows an attacker to run arbitrary code in in the memory of another process. If this process is running with escalated privileges then it could be abused by an attacker in order to execute malicious code in the form of a DLL fi