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Andrew Thompson
May 28, 20244 min read
Misconceptions about imposing cost
I have heard, seen, and had to correct enough misconceptions about "impose cost" that it warranted a quick blog. Misconception 1: ...
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Andrew Thompson
Apr 30, 20243 min read
Work Prioritization and Team Culture
My thoughts on work prioritization and team culture.
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 20, 20245 min read
Walk through 2024-01-19 Encrypted Database Challenge
Background I've been playing with SQLCipher encrypted databases while researching how Signal stores content on local devices. I decided I...
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 17, 20246 min read
Walk through 2024-01-16 Pivot Challenge
Background In digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), you learn about volatile data, and a concept called "order of volatility."...
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 13, 20242 min read
Walk through 2024-01-12 Dead Drop Challenge
The Background On 12 January 2024, I posted this challenge to conclude the week. I wanted to simulate the use of social media comments...
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 11, 20245 min read
Walk through 2024-01-10 "zipmadness" challenge
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...
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 10, 20244 min read
Walk through 2024-01-07 Challenge
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...
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Andrew Thompson
Jan 7, 20248 min read
Walk through 2024-01-06 decoding challenge
On 6 January 2024, I posted a decoding challenge to provide a discount code for imposecost.net merchandise. This blog covers the...
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Andrew Thompson
May 27, 20235 min read
Flexing your ARMs for a better resume
Andrew Thompson's thoughts on how to improve your resume.
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