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Magento Security

How to Investigate vulnerabilities of a Magento Website (Greyhat hacking)

It is simple to find vulnerabilities and extract information for a magento instance / site. The developers are usually caught up in feature development instead of maintaining and securing the server. Many times the developers take on the role of system administrators and problems are only picked up after it is too late. Finding a […]

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Finance

Summary of Princes of the Yen Movie

The "Princes of the Yen" is a documentary movie created from the book of the same name. The author Richard Werner, a renowned and knowledgable economist unlocks the key decisions, ingredients and consequences of Japan’s post-war economy. This post is a summary of some of the profound points. Princes of Yen After the war was […]

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Running

Well, I’m Running Comrades…

I’ve been running Parkruns, I enjoy running and I have been improving. So I set a target of a sub 25 minute parkrun (5km) to buy new running shoes. I made it and bought the shoes. Was so stoked that I signed up for comrades when I got home. So on the 23rd of November […]

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Magento

Finding Malicious Code on Magento

The first thing to do is check your site from an outside perspective, as any other black hatter would do. The Frontend scan Use Magescan: ./magescan scan:all <site> This scan will usually tell you what patches will be applied. First thing to do would be to patch them immediately. Next thing is to check if […]

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Magento 2

Should I Upgrade to Magento 2?

Magento 2 has been around for more than a year now and many store owners are looking for something new to enhance their offerings. Developers have also heard about the numerous enhancements and would be no doubt looking to try it out. Well I have been trying out for the past few weeks on a […]