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Silent Signal Techblog

Company blog · blog.silentsignal.eusecurityprogramming

Silent Signal Techblog is the company blog at blog.silentsignal.eu, writing about security and programming. Since 2014, 21 different Hacker News readers have linked it 39 times, most often “Bake your own EXTRABACON”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-29, and you can follow it by feed.

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39mentions?
21HN people?
2014–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 5 in 2014

Because we can!

Most-linked posts?

  1. Bake your own EXTRABACON
    3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2016-08-25
  2. The Cipher Behind QSYRUPWD: Reconstructing IBM i Password Hashes
    2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2026-07-28

What Hacker News says?

  1. iopuy · 2017-03-22
    https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2014/02/09/jdb-tricks-hacking-j...

    Comment linking /2014/02/09/jdb-tricks-hacking-java-debug-wire/

    on “CIA malware and hacking tools”
  2. 4mnt · 2015-06-10

    Submitted Poisonous MD5 – Wolves Among the Sheep as a story · 110 points

    HN discussion
  3. dnet · 2017-06-08
    It depends. I wrote a blogpost about the security implications of UUIDs back in February ( https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2017/02/17/not-so-unique-snowfl... ) and it shows that not all standard libraries make secure-by-default easy for the developer. I developed a MIT licensed plugin for Burp Suite ( https://github.com/silentsignal/burp-uuid ) that can help pentesters and security minded developers to detect insecure…

    Comment linking /2017/02/17/not-so-unique-snowflakes/

    on “A Brief History of the UUID”
  4. dnet · 2021-12-12

    Submitted Our new tool for enumerating hidden Log4Shell-affected hosts as a story · 22 points

    HN discussion
  5. dnet · 2015-10-03

    Submitted Proxying nonstandard HTTPS traffic as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  6. dnet · 2015-04-03

    Submitted The story of a pentester recruitment as a story · 8 points

    HN discussion
  7. ramimac · 2025-01-17

    Submitted Story of a Pentester Recruitment as a story · 6 points

    HN discussion
  8. cake_vendor · 2022-09-05

    Submitted Simple IBM I (AS/400) HACKING as a story · 5 points

    HN discussion
  9. dnet · 2019-07-02

    Submitted Evading Cisco AnyConnect Blocking LAN Connections as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  10. pedro84 · 2016-08-25

    Submitted Bake your own EXTRABACON as a story · 4 points

    HN discussion
  11. cake_vendor · 2022-09-06

    Submitted Simple IBM I (AS/400) HACKING as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  12. vuln · 2018-05-23

    Submitted The Curious Case of Encrypted URL Parameters as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  13. dnet · 2015-05-07

    Submitted CVE-2014-3440 – Symantec Critical System Protection Remote Code Execution as a story · 3 points

    HN discussion
  14. louislang · 2023-01-19

    Submitted Another Tale of IBM I (AS/400) Hacking (2022) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  15. walterbell · 2022-05-11

    Submitted KFX for Fuzzy Snapshots of Firefox IPC (2021) as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  16. dnet · 2021-02-08

    Submitted Abusing JWT public keys without the public key as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  17. dnet · 2020-05-04

    Submitted Decrypting and analyzing HTTPS traffic without MITM as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  18. dnet · 2020-03-27

    Submitted Unix-style approach to web application testing as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  19. dnet · 2020-01-27

    Submitted Wide open banking: PSD2 and us as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  20. maxt · 2016-11-28

    Submitted An update on MD5 poisoning as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  21. gregmolnar · 2016-08-26

    Submitted Bake Your Own EXTRABACON – Silent Signal Techblog as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  22. aburan28 · 2016-08-25

    Submitted Bake your own EXTRABACON as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  23. dnet · 2015-10-02

    Submitted Proxying nonstandard HTTPS traffic as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  24. dnet · 2014-02-28

    Submitted From Read to Domain Admin – Abusing Symantec Backup Exec with Frida as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  25. mfincham · 2014-01-16

    Submitted How did I find the Apple Remote Desktop bug? – CVE-2013-5135 as a story · 2 points

    HN discussion
  26. jandeboevrie · 2026-07-29

    Submitted The Cipher Behind Qsyrupwd: Reconstructing IBM i Password Hashes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  27. kencausey · 2026-07-28

    Submitted The Cipher Behind QSYRUPWD: Reconstructing IBM i Password Hashes as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  28. dnet · 2026-06-05

    Submitted Unauthenticated RCE as Qsecofr via IBM i Management Central as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  29. 882542F3884314B · 2023-07-09

    Submitted Technical Details of CVE-2023-30990 – Unauthenticated RCE in IBM I DDM Service as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion
  30. louislang · 2022-09-28

    Submitted Another Tale of IBM I (AS/400) Hacking as a story · 1 points

    HN discussion

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