cybersecurity Pentesting 3: Passive Reconnaissance In this next phase, I shift focus to the initial steps in gathering intelligence about the target without direct interaction.
pentesting Pentesting Part 2: Planning This blog explores the pivotal role of planning, emphasizing its significance in ensuring a comprehensive and efficient penetration testing process.
cybersecurity Pentesting Part 1: Intro to External Pentesting Every pentester has their own preferences and approaches to conducting pentests. In this blog, I'll cover the approach and methodologies that I use when I conduct pentests.
ctf DEADFACE CTF 2021 This October, Cyber Hacktics and CyberUp will once again be hosting a CTF in support of National Cyber Security Awareness Month! Formerly Hacktober CTF, the title of this year's CTF is DEADFACE CTF.
phishing Avoid Phishing by Knowing the Signs It's easy to be fooled by phishing attacks if you don't know how to detect the signs that you're being phished. In this blog, I'll dissect a real-world phishing email that was sent to me personally and highlight all of the warning signs in the email.
hacktober Passing SSH Users to Unique Docker Containers In this blog, I'll go over step-by-step instructions showing how I created the Talking to the Dead Linux challenges.
volatility Carving Sensitive Information from Memory with Volatility In this blog, I'll demonstrate how to carve out a malicious executable found in a memory dump file. I'll also show how to extract password hashes and crack the password from the hash.
ctf Kaizen CTF - Watering Hole The Watering Hole category of challenges were one of the first set of challenges in the event. They required diverse techniques that ranged from amateur to moderate skill level.
ctf Kaizen CTF - Getting Started Kaizen CTF is an event developed and hosted by Booz Allen Hamilton. It's a CTF designed to provide multi-layered, non-obvious vulnerabilities using techniques in forensics, web exploitation, scripting, and reverse engineering.
ctf KringleCon 2019 - The Holiday Hack Trail The Holiday Hack Trail was a fun little spin on the classic game we all failed miserably at as kids: The Oregon Trail. It was a fun challenge designed to
ctf KringleCon 2019 - Frosty Keypad Frosty Keypad was a fun challenge designed to simulate breaking through physical security by brute-forcing a keypad.
ctf KringleCon 2018 - The Name Game The Name Game was a fun challenge that required players to combine code injection and some basic SQL commands. Being fond of databases myself, I really enjoyed this challenge. It
SANS KringleCon 2018 - Essential Editor Did you participate in this year's SANS Holiday Hack challenge, otherwise known as KringleCon? Well, this year I've decided to create a write-up for their challenges. Check it out here!
