HackerNoon Decoded 2024: Celebrating Our Cybersecurity Community! | HackerNoon

Welcome to HackerNoon Decoded: Cybersecurity Edition—the ultimate recap of the stories, writers, and trends that defined your 2024!

From Firewalls To Zero-Days, You Were Always One Step Ahead

Just like a phishing scam, you’re too good to be true.

If this was your top tech category, you’ve made it to the elite 9.96% of Cybersecurity readers.

Most Read Cybersecurity Stories

In 2024, you just couldn’t resist a good story, so here are the top 10 you might have missed:

1. Unmasking VEILDrive: Threat Actors Exploit Microsoft Services for Command & Control by Hunters
2. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerabilities: Testing Strategies and Examples by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
3. Intro to Digital Fingerprints: Understanding, Manipulating, and Defending Against Online Tracking by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
4. Cybersecurity Essentials: Practical Web App Security Testing Tips for QA Engineers by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
5. What Are Wallet Drainers? How to Protect Yourself From Them! by Hackless
6. Cybersecurity Tips: Vulnerability Scanners Essentials by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
7. CSI Linux: Linux Distribution for Cyber and OSINT Investigation by Oleksandr Nadtoka
8. What’s wrong with stickers in Telegram? Deanonymize anonymous channels in two clicks by Maksim Rogov
9. Defending Your Web App: A Guide to Rate Limiting and Brute Force Attack Prevention by Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
10. Never Rely on UUID for Authentication: Generation Vulnerabilities and Best Practices by Ivan Mochalov

Top 10 Cybersecurity Readers

These readers couldn’t get enough of Cybersecurity content:

1. Zac Amos
2. Mesbaul Arfeen Haidari
3. CyberNewswire
4. @hacker003
5. Blackheart
6. B1GF3LLA
7. Haina Dong
8. Konstantin Sakhchinskiy
9. DSV Consulting LLC
10. hackernoonbarman102

Top 10 Cybersecurity Writers

These prolific writers shaped our content landscape:

1. CyberNewswire
2. The White House
3. @encapsulation
4. Zac Amos
5. Blackheart
6. CryptoColumns
7. Technology News Australia
8. EScholar
9. MultiThreading.Tech
10. BotBeat.Tech

Take advantage of this recap and catch up on some of the most-read stories, subscribe to your favorite writers, or start writing yourself— try this writing template. You too could make this list by next year!

Thank You, Hacker!

We want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support and for choosing HackerNoon as your go-to platform for all things tech. Your engagement, feedback, and passion for sharing knowledge have helped make HackerNoon what it is today. We’re grateful to have you as part of this incredible community, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve with us in 2025 and beyond!

Happy HackerNoon Decoded!