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Security Newsletter – April 2022

Apr 1, 2022masterchenUncategorized

Security is important

Asterisk: The Busy Box

Jan 25, 2019masterchenGreen Belt2600, asterisk, hacking, phone phreaking, techniques, VoIP

This article first appeared in the Spring 2014 edition of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Only formatting and a section title of “Dialplan Context” has been added. After turning my Asterisk […]

A Hacker By Any Other Name

Jan 3, 2019masterchenWhite Belteducation, hacker, hacking, history, infosec

I hate this ^^^.

The meaning of the term “hacker” has been debated for-almost-ever, and while the debate rages on, I’d like to think that as time goes by, an all-encompassing definition may arise.

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From White to Black Belt in Information Security (An Outline)

Mar 4, 2018masterchenBlack Belt, Brown Belt, Green Belt, White Beltblack belt, hacking, history, infosec, martial arts, techniques, training

Introduction Computing (hacking specifically) and martial arts are the two biggest passions in my life. I have always wanted to combine these two areas of study in a coherent way, […]

Education is THE Security Patch

Oct 16, 2017masterchenUncategorizededucation, mission

Here at Chenb0x Development, we truly believe that education is THE security patch. Here is our reasoning behind that statement. It has been said and widely agreed upon in the security community that […]

The Hacker Perspective

Oct 12, 2017masterchenWhite Belt2600, hacker, hacking, history, perspective, phone phreaking, podcasting

This article first appeared in 2600: The Hacker Quarterly in the Autumn 2017 edition. Everyone has an origin story. Every hacker has an origin story. Mine started simply enough. My […]

The Age of Full Disclosure

Oct 10, 2017masterchenUncategorizeddisclosure, opsec

At this point, we have seen several cases where a person in authority is caught with their pants down (either figuratively or literally), and need to explain themselves at best, […]