Independent Science + Technology

Author: ericlaw

Security Surfaces

Post date December 3, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, design, security, ux

Defensive Technology: Ransomware Data Recovery

Post date November 19, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, security, Windows

Windows Shell Previews

Post date October 20, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In download, MoTW, security, tech, Windows, zones

An Improbable Recovery

Post date September 8, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, storytelling

AI Injection Attacks

Post date September 5, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In ai, design, InfoSecTTP, security, web

2025 Summer Vacation

Post date August 25, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, Travel, vacation

Security Product Efficacy

Post date August 20, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, security

Family Safety Content Filtering

Post date June 12, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, bugs, chrome, Edge, web, Windows

First Look: Apple URL Filter API

Post date June 10, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Network Protection, privacy, security

Web Category Filtering

Post date May 27, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, Defender, Edge, networking, web

Fiddler in 2025

Post date May 16, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In debugging, dev, fiddler

Attack Techniques: Fake Literally Everything!

Post date April 24, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, osint, scam, security, SmartScreen, tech, web

Vibe-coding for security

Post date April 15, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In ai, dev, InfoSecTTP, security

Understanding SmartScreen and Network Protection

Post date April 7, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, fiddler, Network Protection, networking, privacy, security, SmartScreen, troubleshooting

A Solid 10K

Post date April 7, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, races, running

Defensive Technology: Exploit Protection

Post date April 1, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In dev, InfoSecTTP, security

Defensive Technology: Windows Filtering Platform

Post date March 31, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In dev, InfoSecTTP, Network Protection, networking, security, tech

Runtime Signature Checking Threat Model

Post date March 31, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Authenticode, dev, security, signing, SmartAppControl, SmartScreen

Spring Break

Post date March 26, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In cruising, life, storytelling, Travel

Debugging Chromium

Post date March 25, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In bisect, Chromium, debugging, download, MoTW, security, SysInternals, zones

Authenticode in 2025 – Azure Trusted Signing

Post date March 12, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Authenticode, Azure, cloud, dev, security, signing, tech

Guidelines for Secure Filename Display

Post date February 21, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In dev, security, web

Attack Techniques: “I Already Hacked You” Scams

Post date February 20, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, scam, security, web

Winter 2025 Races

Post date February 10, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In races, running

Welcome to 2025!

Post date January 14, 2025
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In cruising, life, running, Travel

On Mortality

Post date December 13, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, mortality

Mark-of-the-Web: Real-World Protection

Post date December 12, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In MoTW, security, zones

My New Desktop

Post date December 7, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Chromium, dev, hardware, tech

Fiddler – My Mistakes

Post date November 25, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In bluebadge, books, career, fiddler, life, performance, storytelling, tech

Parallel Downloading

Post date November 22, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, dev, download, networking, performance, web

Security Software – An Overview

Post date November 18, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, design, InfoSecTTP, security, tech

Best Practices for SmartScreen AppRep

Post date November 15, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Authenticode, best-practices, Defender, security, SmartScreen, tech, Windows

Defensive Technology: Controlled Folder Access

Post date November 15, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, InfoSecTTP, security, tech, Windows

On Politics

Post date November 11, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, storytelling

Lenovo P1, Gen7

Post date October 28, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In hardware, Lenovo, reviews, tech

Defensive Technology: Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI)

Post date October 25, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Defender, InfoSecTTP, malware, security, tech

Content-Blocking in Manifest v3

Post date October 13, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, web

Attack Techniques: Encrypted Archives

Post date October 2, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, InfoSecTTP, malware, security, SmartScreen, web, zip

Welcome to Fall, I guess?

Post date September 16, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, Travel

Browser Features: Find in Page

Post date July 15, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, ux, web, webdev

Memento Mori – Farewells

Post date June 10, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, storytelling

Attack Techniques: PayPal Invoice Scams

Post date June 5, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, web

Attack Techniques: Trojaned Clipboard

Post date June 4, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In clipboard, InfoSecTTP, MoTW, security, web, zones

Authenticode in 2024

Post date May 22, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Authenticode, security, signing, SmartAppControl

Attack Techniques: Remote Control Software

Post date May 21, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, security, web

Attack Techniques: Full-Trust Script Downloads

Post date May 20, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, malware, security

Spring 2024 Updates

Post date May 17, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, running, Travel

ERR_BLOCKED_BY_CLIENT and HTML5 Sandbox

Post date May 7, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, Edge, security, web, webdev

Mouse Gestures in Edge

Post date April 23, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, Edge, extensions, web

Going Electric – Solar 1 Year Later

Post date April 21, 2024
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In electric, money

Improving the Microsoft Defender Browser Protection Extension

Post date May 31, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, dev, extensions, phishing, security, SmartScreen, web

How do Random Credentials Mysteriously Appear?

Post date May 16, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, Edge, passwords, security, SecurityBugsThatArent, sync

Detecting When the User is Offline

Post date May 15, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Chromium, networking, offline, web, webdev

New TLDs: Not Bad, Actually

Post date May 13, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In dns, security, web

A Beautiful 10K

Post date April 16, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In ProjectK, running

(The Futility of) Keeping Secrets from Yourself

Post date April 14, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In dev, encryption, passwords, security

Auth Flows in a Partitioned World

Post date April 12, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, cookies, Incognito, InPrivate, Interop, privacy, security, web

Explainer: File Types

Post date April 5, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In compatibility, design, dev, security

How Microsoft Edge Updates

Post date March 25, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, dev, web

Attack Techniques: Spoofing via UserInfo

Post date March 22, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In authentication, InfoSecTTP, passwords, phishing, security, URIs, web

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