Posted on December 18, 2021 in Security • Tagged with spectre, meltdown, cache-attacks, high-precision-timing, JavaScript • 10 min read
I in this blog post, I am investigating the current state of high precision JavaScript timers. High precision timing techniques were mostly used to launch CPU-level cache attacks such as Spectre and Meltdown from the browser. I am interested in other use cases though...
Posted on November 26, 2021 in Security • Tagged with proxy, proxy-detection, bot-detection, proxy-provider, anti-scraping • 8 min read
I (maybe) found another method to detect browsers that route their traffic through SOCKS/HTTP proxies. What do you think? Is this a valid method to detect Proxies? I need your help!
Posted on November 03, 2021 in Security • Tagged with scraping, industrial level scraping, big boys • 7 min read
Posted on October 16, 2021 in Security • Tagged with proxy, proxy-detection, bot-detection, proxy-provider, anti-scraping • 14 min read
In this blog post, I demonstrate 7 different efficient ways how to detect a proxy server when the client is visiting a web server with a browser that has a proxy / VPN configured.
Posted on October 03, 2021 in Society • Tagged with Collapse, Society, Economy, Second-Machine-Age, Work • 18 min read
My personal opinion on economical and sociological topics in the near (2030) and mid-term (2050) future. This essay is divided into the following categories: Climate Crisis, Globalisation & Economy, Geopolitics & War, Advance of Medicine & Technology.
Posted on July 18, 2021 in Security • Tagged with Internet Bots, CAPTCHA, Bot Detection • 15 min read
There are unique challenges when developing a passive bot detecting system. In this blog article, I explain some of the obstacles that need to be overcome in order to detect advanced bots without presenting a CAPTCHA. I also explain how bot programmers can benefit from the architectural challenges that bot detection systems inherently suffer from.