Applied Research
Though most Large Language Models(LLM) feature strong out-of-the-box capabilities with a wide spectrum of knowledge, they often fall short when asked to perform in-depth tasks within a specific subject matter — making them less that useful within specialized domains, like cyber security. There are two basic options to remedy this shortcoming while mitigating sacrifice of…
Back in June 2024, I wrote a post about a homelab project I had started, which aimed to characterize the dark web. The project was ultimately a success, achieving an average of ~75k .onion v3 resources located (verified & enriched) per 24 hours, over a 6 day “final” trial period. This was roughly 10x the…
A homelab project in Dark Web content discovery, behavioral traffic analysis, and database development.
Recommendations and review of Pop!_OS (by System76) after 4 years of use as my daily driver.
An introduction and walk-through of one of the most commonly overlooked and little known Onion Network tools.
A case for virtual cards: Privacy & security considerations for the e-commerce participant.
Comparing the privacy of an open public blockchain transaction, versus a privacy token, and taking a stab at why criminals would use the former.
