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Cybersecurity
Ethical hacking, penetration testing, network security, CTFs and defensive security
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Security Basics
beginner
Fix OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
AI Security
intermediate
Identify and patch prompt injection vulnerabilities
Network Security
intermediate
Configure a firewall with proper inbound/outbound rules
Ethical Hacking & Pen Testing
intermediate
Conduct a full pen test with Kali Linux
Cloud Security
intermediate
Implement IAM least-privilege policies on AWS/GCP
Incident Response
intermediate
Build an incident response playbook
Security Compliance
intermediate
Map controls for SOC 2 Type II compliance
Defensive AI
advanced
Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
PortSwigger Lab Write-Up: DOM XSS in document.write
DOM-based Cross-Site Scripting (DOM XSS) vulnerabilities occur when an application contains client-side JavaScript that processes data… Continue reading on Medi

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
Building a Windows Defender Disable Shellcode with Stardust
In the previous posts of this series, we introduced the Stardust shellcode generator template and built a practical reverse shell payload… Continue reading on M
Daring Fireball
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6d ago
PuffPal, an App for Accessing Cannabis Clubs, Leaked 1 Million Users’ Passports
Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge (gift link): If you’ve visited a cannabis club in Spain, [Sammy] Azdoufal says, chances are your photo ID was among them —

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
AML Monitoring: How Banks Spot Suspicious Transactions Before Anyone Else Does
Behind every seamless digital payment is a silent, high-stakes game of cat and mouse. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
How Security Teams Prioritize Vulnerabilities Using CVSS
Find out how security teams use CVSS scores and VAPT severity levels to prioritise vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
I Built a Web Application Firewall From Scratch, and Then Attacked It
Learning cybersecurity is definitely not a cakewalk. And no matter how many books you read, courses you do, or videos you watch, you can… Continue reading on Me
Reddit r/cybersecurity
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6d ago
Interested in space cybersecurity as a career
Interested in space cybersecurity as a career satellite security, ground station hardening, space protocol vulnerabilities (like those shown in the Viasat hack)

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
Threat Attribution with MITRE ATT&CK: A Repeatable Method
How to turn incident evidence into a defensible APT hypothesis using TTP mapping, IOCs, and probability ranking — without pretending… Continue reading on Medium

Medium · Cybersecurity
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6d ago
TCM Security’s Practical Junior Penetration Tester: an honest review of my experience
Hi! I’m Adam. I’m currently in the process of changing career from a Musician in the Royal Air Force into Cybersecurity, focusing on Blue… Continue reading on M
Reddit r/learnprogramming
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6d ago
No clue where to start on Cyber security
Hello everyone! I am very new to the whole IT thing in general, but it does interest me to learn about it. Problem is… i have no idea what to start with. I feel
Reddit r/cybersecurity
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1w ago
I enjoy cybersecurity, but I can’t stop obsessing over being “trapped”. Looking for advice from people who are more experienced.
Hi everyone, I’m 22 and recently started my first full-time job as a cyber incident responder after graduating. The confusing part is that I don’t actually disl

Medium · Data Science
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1w ago
I Spent a Day Thinking Like a Hacker And It Changed How I Look at Data
When you first start working with data or building web applications, you spend all your time thinking about how to create cool things. You… Continue reading on

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
CC Switch Became a Service Mesh, and Nobody Asked It To
A free desktop app meant to stop you hand-editing config files now runs a local proxy that can reroute the API traffic of the agents you… Continue reading on Me

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Building My First Microsoft Sentinel SOC Lab in Azure
I recently built my first Microsoft Sentinel SOC lab in Azure to gain practical experience with SIEM deployment, log onboarding, and… Continue reading on Medium

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
GlobalFlow SCM CTF Lab
This lab was created by HIVE CONSULT to simulate security weaknesses commonly found in Supply Chain Management platforms. The environment… Continue reading on M

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
The New Digital Security Mindset: Speed, Trust and Resilience
Digital security is often discussed through tools: firewalls, monitoring systems, access controls and software updates. They all have a… Continue reading on Med

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
️ Network Scanning Masterclass: A Complete Guide to Recon, Port Scanning & Vulnerability…
A field guide to how bug bounty hunters and penetration testers map an attack surface — from finding an organization’s ASN all the way to… Continue reading on S

Dev.to · Satyam Rastogi
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1w ago
OpenAI Tenant Spoofing: Social Engineering Enterprise Security Teams
Attackers create fake OpenAI organization tenants impersonating legitimate companies, then invite employees to collaborate. The attack exploits trust

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Why Prime 37 GRC Masterclasses Are Preparing Professionals for the Future of Cybersecurity and AI…
The world of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) is changing faster than ever. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Before You Attack Active Directory: Read This First(Pentester’s Foundation Guide)
Most pentesters jump straight into BloodHound and Impacket. Here’s the foundation they’re missing , explained with a school analogy that… Continue reading on In

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Understanding Cybersecurity Risk Through Everyday Examples
“Risk isn’t about predicting the future. It’s about preparing for the possibilities.” Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Running Scheduled Virus Scans with Microsoft Defender Antivirus Pt-2
A practical guide to using Windows Server Group Policy to centrally configure and deploy scheduled Microsoft Defender Antivirus scans… Continue reading on Mediu

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Grab Your Red Hat Certification This Summer While You Still Can
The demand for Linux administrators, cloud engineers, DevOps professionals, and container platform specialists continues to rise across… Continue reading on Med

Medium · Python
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1w ago
Building OmniGuard: Engineering an Enterprise-Grade Command & Control System from Scratch
How we bypassed Windows Defender, utilized native Win32 APIs, and built a Zero-Trust endpoint monitoring system in Python. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
What Really Happens When You Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete?
The answer led me from a Windows security feature to a real-world MITRE ATT&CK persistence technique “T1547.004” Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
How a Flawed CORS Policy on an API Gateway Led to a $13,000 Private Token Leak
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a browser security mechanism designed to break down the strict walls of the Same-Origin Policy… Continue reading on Medi

Dev.to · Iurii Rogulia
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1w ago
PDF Font Subset Divergence: Forensic Tampering Detection
PDF font subset divergence reveals page-assembly fraud without the original file. Learn how font forensics detects tampering in multi-page documents —…

Dev.to · Bassem Shahin
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1w ago
Why your Cloudflare Turnstile token works in the browser but 403s from requests
A Turnstile token that validates in the browser gets a 403 when replayed from Python requests. The real causes — single-use TTL, sitekey/URL binding, managed-ch

Dev.to · Aviral Srivastava
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1w ago
Fuzzing Techniques for Vulnerability Discovery
Unleash the Fuzz Monster: How to Hunt Down Bugs Before the Bad Guys Do! Ever wondered how...
Reddit r/cybersecurity
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1w ago
Do you find your job meaningful?
To me cybersecurity seems to be one of the very few CS domains which really allow you to do some truly meaningful work and positively contribute to society. Is
Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Stuxnet: The Worm That Changed Warfare
Stuxnet would be responsible for letting the cyber-weapon cat out of the bag. Continue reading on HackTrace »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Introducing to Heap Overflow: tcache metadata hijacking
What Is the Difference Between tcache_house_of_spirit and tcache_metadata_hijacking? Both techniques are heap exploitation primitives, but… Continue reading on

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Why I Stopped Renting My Operating System
The hidden cost of “user-friendly” tech, and what happens when you finally claim root access to your digital life. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
The Open Source Security Reset
Finding bugs is becoming cheap. The scarce work in open source security is proving that fixes survive review and reach production. Continue reading on AISecHub

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
A Suspicious Process Creation Alert Pops Up… What Should You Do Next?
Process creation is one of the most important and critical events to monitor on any operating system. Continue reading on Medium »

Medium · Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Why Learning C Still Matters for Cybersecurity in 2026
Python helps you automate tasks. C helps you understand the machine. Discover why C remains one of the most valuable languages for… Continue reading on Medium »

Dev.to · Akash Kumar
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1w ago
Securing Apps: Password Hashing, RBAC, OAuth, and OpenID Connect
"Security isn't a feature you add at the end. It's the foundation you build everything else on top...

Dev.to · Dev Nestio
🔐 Cybersecurity
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1w ago
I Built a Browser-Only HTTP Header Analyzer — Security Scoring, Missing Header Warnings, 147 Tests
Every web developer has had this moment: you check your app's response headers, see a wall of...

Dev.to · Mark0
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1w ago
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in Cybersecurity – Week 26
Global law enforcement operations, including Operation Endgame, have successfully dismantled...

Dev.to · Mark0
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1w ago
SMB cyber readiness: the road to resilience starts here
Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) represent a significant portion of the global economy, yet they...

Dev.to · Mark0
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1w ago
Inside the 2026 SMB threat landscape: From phishing and scams to fake AI tools
⚠️ Region Alert: UAE/Middle East Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are increasingly becoming...

Dev.to · Mark0
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1w ago
CL-STA-1062 Targets Southeast Asian Governments and Critical Infrastructure
This report details the persistent activities of CL-STA-1062, a Chinese-speaking threat actor group...

Dev.to · Mark0
🔐 Cybersecurity
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1w ago
Beyond IOCs: AI-enabled threat intelligence
AI's role in cybersecurity is multifaceted, moving beyond a simple good-or-bad dilemma. While it...

Dev.to · Mark0
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1w ago
New DirtyClone Linux Kernel Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Root via Cloned Packets
DirtyClone (CVE-2026-43503) is a critical Linux kernel privilege escalation vulnerability belonging...

Dev.to · Arashad Dodhiya
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1w ago
Client-Side Attack Surface: Everything Inside the Browser Is a Weapon(part-2)
"The browser isn't just a viewport. It's an operating system. And like every OS, every feature is an...

Dev.to · Md Jamilur Rahman
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1w ago
Someone dumped 20 zero-days on open source tools with no warning. The fuzzing was run by AI.
Last week an anonymous GitHub account called bikini pushed a repository named exploitarium and, in...

Dev.to · Leon Odor
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1w ago
The CompTIA concepts people keep confusing (and how to actually tell them apart)
Most wrong answers on Security+ and Network+ aren't knowledge gaps. You read the objective, you...

Dev.to · Newzlet
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1w ago
Polymarket Hack: How Third-Party Vendors Risk Your Crypto
What We Know: The Basics of the Breach Polymarket, one of the largest prediction market...
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