I have heard, seen, and had to correct enough misconceptions about "impose cost" that it warranted a quick blog. Misconception 1: ...

My thoughts on work prioritization and team culture.

Background I've been playing with SQLCipher encrypted databases while researching how Signal stores content on local devices. I decided I...

Background In digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), you learn about volatile data, and a concept called "order of volatility."...

The Background On 12 January 2024, I posted this challenge to conclude the week. I wanted to simulate the use of social media comments...

The Challenge On 10 January 2024, I posted a large blob of hexadecimal to kick off another challenge. I will put the raw hexadecimal at...

The Challenge You were given a series of characters that may be confused with hexadecimal/base16. 24 61 70 72 31 24 69 6q 70 6s 73 65 24...

On 6 January 2024, I posted a decoding challenge to provide a discount code for imposecost.net merchandise. This blog covers the...

Andrew Thompson's thoughts on how to improve your resume.