Aykira Internet Solutions

24/12/2025

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16/11/2025

https://www.redbubble.com/i/sticker/Feels-like-Vibe-Coding-to-me-by-keithmarlow/175862528.EJUG5 Vibe Coding has never being so much fun, or is it really? Are you just leaving a mess for others to clear up?

If you have been vibe coding for a while, you will know exactly this feeling. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

20/07/2024

https://www.aykira.com.au/2024/07/the-crowdstrike-outage-the-view-from-the-grassy-knoll/ My view on what caused the CrowdStrike outage, based on what is known so far, and how to avoid this in the future.

In this article we look at what could be the root cause of the CrowdStrike outage and what could have been done to prevent it.

02/06/2024

We look at why depending so much on 3rd party services can be risky to your business and what you can do about it.

It appears 3rd party integrations are the flavour of the month for security incidents at the moment. The latest being Ticketek Australia, where some of its customer may have had their personal details exposed, including names, date-of-birth and email; all of which was managed by a "reputable, global...

28/05/2024

Can Large Language Models be successfully constrained and secured? We examine some formalised research into this and what it finds is worrying.

Research has been undertaken that reveals some interesting aspects of how LLMs (Large Language Models) work and how they represent knowledge. This indicates it is very difficult to successfully constrain a language model and thereby ensure that they are secure. This difficulty means it is dangerous....

06/10/2021

Good programmers don't let others write complex queries t-shirt.

Don't let your colleges write Complex SQL queries, spell it out for them. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

06/07/2019

I introduce a new technique for performing an analysis on how much should be spent on annual PenTests...

External Pe*******on Tests today come in all shapes and sizes, from the rudimentary highly automated scanning to the more detailed and human-driven PenTests, with often widely ranging costs to boot (3 to 4 times difference is not unusual for essentially the same thing). Sometimes it's difficult to w...

01/10/2018

Hackers have been really busy beavers...

The last 2 months have been a busy time for hackers; we look at what they have been doing and what can be learnt from them to improve computer security.

27/09/2018

A new book on how to secure personal information in your business and comply with global regulations published. Full of practical hints and tips on how to be secure.

This a quick post to say that my first book has now been published on Amazon. In total its taken a good 9 months from the initial idea. The book focusses on Personal Information Security and how in business personal information needs to be secured and protected. Lots of practical hints and tips comb...

14/02/2018

Privacy and security have to go hand in hand in a business, otherwise you run the risk of massive fines for failures to look after such data properly. This articles discusses what you can do about it.

In our modern world its difficult to comprehend how many systems hold various bits of information on you, it ranges from banks, credit score agencies, dentists, all the way to SaaS providers and your teleco. Social networks also have mountains of information on you that they mine to work out your pe...

13/02/2018

Writing API's that remain secure requires being aware of the pit fails and common mistakes made.

03/12/2017

Article updated to cover off more sensitive types of PII data.

PII (Personally Identifiable Information) broadly speaking is information that relates directly to the individual (you) and allows you to be individually identified, plus it is often of a sensitive private nature. We explain in this article what it is and how to protect yourself against people tryin...