As i managed to get a better job leaving my minimum wage programming job things will eventually look up as i spent more than a year on minimum wage. When i first came in before covid-19, the salary was low but not minimum and i got bad comments instead so never considered increasing my salary…
RawSEC Virtual Meetup #03
On the night of 27th of March 2021 at 8.30pm RawSEC gathered online again due to covid-19, holding the usual talks but without the pleasure of promotions, food, networking and hangout fun. Sadly this is the way until end of year when covid-19 finally disappears in conjunction with International Women’s Day 2021 “Choose to Challenge”…
RawSEC Virtual Meetup #02
On the night of 27th of February 2021 RawSEC gathered online again due to covid-19, holding the usual talks but without the pleasure of promotions, food, networking and hangout fun. Sadly this is the way until end of year when covid-19 finally disappears
How the new Apple M1 Chip actually compares to x86
After watching reviews of the new apple macbook containing the M1 chip, it seems to wipe the floor on x86 however its not a straight story as the reviewers claim and they get basic CPU and SoC architecture information entirely wrong. SoCs are very interesting because long before apply managed to get good performance with…
RawSEC Virtual Meetup #01
On the night of 23’rd January 2021 RawSEC gathered online due to covid-19, holding the usual talks but without the pleasure of promotions, food, networking and hangout fun. Sadly this is the way until end of year when covid-19 finally disappears Speakers: “How I found Blind SQLi in PrestaShop (CVE-2020-15160)” – Sheikh Rizan “TPOT your…
Chaining AJAX+REST /w wordpress vs refreshing
AJAX, asynchronous javascript requests and RESTful APIs together can create an interactive web experience in a manner that reduces resource usage in both CPU and network without having to reload the whole page, but despite the colourful sounding technology, is this better than the plain old method? In this article i’ll be discussing the usage…
The mindset that makes Malaysia still a 3rd world country
Malaysia, despite being known globally is typically still referred to or remembered as a place where people live on trees or that is poor in the west. Well they aren’t wrong on the 2nd bit. Despite gaining independence more than half a century ago, the country still fails to perform well to bring itself to…
When your mesh WiFi isn’t mesh
Do you long for mesh wifi or already have them? Well look further as most mesh wifi products out there are rebadged wifi extenders. Recently where I work upgraded their ISP and got 2 different types of mesh WiFi APs in pairs. The problem of mesh WiFi has been something I mentioned long ago on…
How to verify manufacturer battery capacity claims
Whenever you want to buy a powerbank for your phone, or battery, how do you know the capacity is falsified? After all dealing with fake products and returns can be a pain and at times costly as marketplaces only follow laws if exist. For example in eBay UK, I had to pay to return a…
Why the “if it ain’t broke dont fix it” attitude is fatal in IT
In the tech industry or world, things always move and change but quite often you will find people who will not allow things to be updated or changed because it still works. They’ll say “if it aint broke don’t fix it” to avoid going through the pains and issues if say you wanted to update…