Don't use .local as an internal TLD

Recently, I was having issues with internal DNS names, I had spent some time using the .local top level domain name (TLD). I'd been content with t...

What is a Corporate Network?

How organisations are able to construct large networks for many clients across many formats and devices

ICO Trends Dashboard Insights

I decided it was a good time to learn docker and actually make a project that uses it, so I created ICO Security Trends, a small and unique dashboard...

Tiktok Digital Wellbeing Dark Patterns

You may have used TikTok's digital well-being feature to limit screen time and reduce the amount of time you actually spend on TikTok. Although Ti...

Challenges Moving Applications to the Cloud

Moving your applications to the cloud can be a polarising task. Some believe that the cloud is the future and the value add outweighs the work involv...

"The Undeclared War" Hacking Breakdown

Channel 4's "The Undeclared War" is a TV Show about a third-party country undermining UK democracy by disrupting UK networks through cyber-attacks. T...

Capital Expenditure vs Operational Expenditure

Expenditure and Operational Expenditure are spending methodologies that focus principally if it is better to use a cloud service, on premise or a hybrid method to deliver service to users.

Building Secure Web Applications

When working on a new web application there are some crucial aspects to your application security that all developers should follow. This applies...

Proxmox Backup Scheduling

When I first started using Proxmox one thing I wanted to understand was the schedule grammar for backups. Most of my backups aren't handled in Pro...

U8 Smart Watch Teardown

The U8 Smart Watch was a grey label smart watch from 2015, its dated in comparison to modern smart watches but was a relatively cheap alternative to...