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How Magika AI detects mislabeled files (and why extensions lie)
Filename extensions are user-provided metadata - they can be wrong, missing, or actively deceptive. Here's how a small deep-learning model figures out the truth from a few hundred bytes.
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PDF vs DOCX vs ODT: when each format wins
The three dominant document formats look interchangeable until you actually try to do something with them. Here's a practical comparison.
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Detecting disguised malware by content, not extension
Renaming a binary doesn't change what it is - but most filters never look past the extension. A practical guide to content-based defense.
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A practical guide to ZIP, 7Z, RAR, and TAR
Four archive formats that look interchangeable until you ship one across platforms. Here's when to use each, and how to tell them apart from the bytes.
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Reading binary files: ELF, Mach-O, and PE explained
The three executable formats that run almost every program on every desktop OS. A guided tour for people who want to know what's really inside.
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Why MIME types alone aren't enough
The browser tells you what it thinks a download is. The server told the browser what to think. Neither of them looked at the bytes. Here's why that's a problem.
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