Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Making a Smart Speaker - Part 1

Smart speakers are the "next big thing." You can tell because Apple started to make them, and they have such a good track record with the next big thing (not recently, but whatever). There are DIY solutions popping up all over the place, so I wanted to try and make my own as much from recycled electronics as possible. I have the things to make this happen (for the most part), so let's make this happen!

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Reverse Analyzing PHP Malware

Hacking is a problem. Those who wish to damage things for personal benefit (or for fun) are really just bad people. Alas, hacking is a part of our world today and it is never going to go away. So we have to get smarter than the hackers, which means we have to understand how their code works and what it does. I'm sure they're doing this every day with Russian hackers. Personally, I think it's impressive what they're capable of.

But when you hack my mother's website, you've gone too far.