Farhad Mofidi is a computer security scholar and a professional in the field of cybersecurity and security engineering. Ever since he became a teenage Persian blogger, he has had to deal with censorship, government surveillance, and increasingly sophisticated cyber-attacks.
He later moved to the United States, where he studied information security, engineering, and business administration. As an American cybersecurity expert, Farhad also worked for the U.S. government to help secure U.S. federal government systems.
Farhad holds an MBA in Information Systems and Finance, an MS in Information Systems Engineering – Cybersecurity, and is currently completing his PhD in Cybersecurity.
In addition to his educational and professional endeavors, Farhad remains dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of cybersecurity and advocating for digital rights. He actively participates in activities and discussions, sharing his insights on the evolving cyber landscape and the need for proactive measures to mitigate risks.
This weblog aims to gradually collect and publish some of his works in English.
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From My Blog
Watering hole attacks: how APT and cyber criminals infiltrate secure infrastructures
My first encounter with the world of cyber-criminals occurred through a watering hole attack campaign many years ago. I visited a Persian website and discovered that it was downloading malware[…]
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Credential stuffing is no DDoS!
I have heard this many times over the course of the last several years: someone is experiencing a heavy DDoS attack on their website. When I ask them what type[…]
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Application layer DDoS attacks, and how they can be mitigated
DDoS (distributed denial of service) and DoS (denial of service) attacks can be broadly classified into three categories based on the layers of the OSI model they target: network layer[…]
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