Notes – About GitHub-hosted runners

GitHub offers hosted virtual machines to run workflows. The virtual machine contains an environment of tools, packages, and settings available for GitHub Actions to use. Overview of GitHub-hosted runners Runners are the machines that execute jobs in a GitHub Actions workflow. For example, a runner can clone your repository locally, install testing software, and then Read More …

Conference Video – Former CIA Officer Will Teach You How to Spot a Lie

In this participatory session, you will learn how to tell when someone is lying. Really. As a former CIA Officer with more than 20 years of experience in interviewing, interrogation and polygraph examination, Susan has seen her share of truth avoiders. She has, in fact, developed behavioral screening programs that are used by the federal Read More …

Month of AI Video – Practical LLM Security

Practical LLM Security As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into various applications, the security standards for these integrations have not kept pace. Much of the current security research tends to focus on either 1) the social harms and biases associated with LLMs, along with content moderation issues, or 2) the LLMs themselves, often Read More …

Conference Video – Dirty Red Team tricks

Let’s time travel to 2003 with today’s tools and own everything. This talk takes you inside the red teams at the North East and Mid Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense competition events. Raphael Mudge, the developer of the Armitage Metasploit GUI, will guide you on this journey. You will learn how to automate Metasploit, nmap, and Read More …

Studio Notes – Exploring Modulation

In this overview, Berklee Online instructor Loudon Stearns gives a broad overview of synthesis and the function of modulation within synthesis. When modulation is assigned in a synth or sampler the user must define the modulation source, destination, amount, and direction.

GRE Tunnels in Modern Networking

In the world of modern networking, flexibility, security, and efficiency are paramount. As the Internet continues to evolve, so do the methods by which data is transmitted across complex infrastructures. One such method is the use of Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) tunnels. In this article, we’ll explain what a GRE tunnel is, how it works, Read More …

What is Network Address Translation

Network Address Translation (NAT) is a method used in networking to modify the IP address information in the headers of data packets as they traverse a router. NAT allows multiple devices on a local network to share a single public IP address, facilitating efficient use of IP address space and adding a layer of security Read More …