Independent Science + Technology

Author: ericlaw

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

Going Electric – Solar

Post date March 20, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, money, tech

Improving Native Message Host Reliability on Windows

Post date March 16, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, dev, web

Attack Techniques: Open Redirectors, CAPTCHAs, Site Proxies, and IPFS, oh my

Post date March 16, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, SmartScreen, tech, web

Slow Seaside Half

Post date March 1, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, ProjectK, running, storytelling

Q: “Remember this Device, Doesn’t?!?”

Post date February 10, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, chrome, cookies, Edge, privacy, web

Attack Techniques: Blended Attacks via Phone

Post date February 9, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, web

A New Era: PM -> SWE

Post date February 6, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In bluebadge, dev, storytelling

A Year of Intention

Post date February 4, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, ProjectK, running

Couch to Half Marathon: Closing My First Year of Running

Post date January 23, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, ProjectK, running

Defense Techniques: Reporting Phish

Post date January 19, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, web

SlickRun

Post date January 12, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In Bayden, dev, storytelling, tech

2022 EOY Fitness Summary

Post date January 12, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, life, ProjectK, running

Attack Techniques: Priming Attacks on Legitimate Sites

Post date January 11, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, web

Attack Techniques: Phishing via Mailto

Post date January 11, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In InfoSecTTP, phishing, security, web

Attack Techniques: Phishing via Local Files

Post date January 11, 2023
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In auth, authentication, browsers, InfoSecTTP, Passkeys, passwords, phishing, security, web

ProjectK.commit()

Post date December 17, 2022
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In life, ProjectK, storytelling

Missed Half

Post date December 16, 2022
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, life, ProjectK, running

TLS Certificate Verification Changes in Edge

Post date December 6, 2022
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In browsers, certificates, Chromium, Edge, HTTPS, security, TLS, web

Mark-of-the-Web: Additional Guidance

Post date December 2, 2022
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In design, dev, security

Q4 Races

Post date November 27, 2022
Post author By ericlaw
Post categories In fitness, life, ProjectK, running

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