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Ethical hacking, penetration testing, network security, CTFs and defensive security

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Security Basics
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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
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Build an AI-powered log anomaly detector
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How Hacker Gets Initial Access
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How Hacker Gets Initial Access
What is Initial Access? Continue reading on Medium »
Why I'm Building a Decentralized Anti-Cheat Instead of Another Plugin
Dev.to · Ahad pro Gamer 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Why I'm Building a Decentralized Anti-Cheat Instead of Another Plugin
When most people think about anti-cheat, they think about kernel drivers, signature scanning, or...
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
96gb+ 4090's and 5090 are literally a scam. I mods these cards myself
I run a small gpu lab in the USA and work closely with two factories in china designing/producing 48gb 4090 PCB's. The only recent card weve gotten was the 32gb
5G Subscriber Privacy: How SUCI Concealment Fights IMSI-Catchers
Dev.to · Haven Messenger 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
5G Subscriber Privacy: How SUCI Concealment Fights IMSI-Catchers
For more than two decades, when your phone introduced itself to a cell tower it could be made to...
I Spent a Week Learning to Break Into Computers — Here’s What Surprised Me Most
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I Spent a Week Learning to Break Into Computers — Here’s What Surprised Me Most
A first-year computer science student’s account of five days at Uganda Christian University’s Cybersecurity Bootcamp Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
TryHackMe Writeup: IronShade APT Forensic Analysis
This post dissects a simulated incident involving IronShade, a notorious hacking group known for targeting Linux infrastructure with… Continue reading on Medium
Security triage shouldn't happen in another browser tab.
Dev.to · Renato Marinho 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Security triage shouldn't happen in another browser tab.
Stop context-switching between security dashboards and your IDE. Learn how using an MCP server for Contrast Security can transform vulnerability triage from a m
What 10,000 domains actually publish for email authentication in 2026
Dev.to · Vadim Ivanov 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
What 10,000 domains actually publish for email authentication in 2026
Email authentication has been "solved" on paper for years. SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are old standards,...
NDPR Compliance for Nigerian Developers — Implementation Guide 2026
Dev.to · zikarelhub 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
NDPR Compliance for Nigerian Developers — Implementation Guide 2026
NDPR has been Nigerian law since 2019. Most Nigerian businesses aren't compliant. Here's a practical...
Dormant Credentials Are an Active Threat
Medium · DevOps 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Dormant Credentials Are an Active Threat
On June 17, 2026, someone logged into an npm account that had not published anything since February 2025 and used it to push malicious… Continue reading on Medi
PeopleSoft Zero-Day: Why the 2-Week Gap Is the Real Risk
Dev.to · Newzlet 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
PeopleSoft Zero-Day: Why the 2-Week Gap Is the Real Risk
What Happened: ShinyHunters Found a Door Oracle Left Open ShinyHunters, one of the most...
Are Microsoft Signed Packages Safe? 73 Were Not
Dev.to · Newzlet 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Are Microsoft Signed Packages Safe? 73 Were Not
What Actually Happened: 73 Signed Packages, One Nasty Surprise Late last week, 73 open...
Hunting Digital Chameleons: How We Defeated Botnets in Laravel v2.4.0
Dev.to · Oleksii Antoniuk 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Hunting Digital Chameleons: How We Defeated Botnets in Laravel v2.4.0
In the world of web traffic, there’s a simple rule: if it looks like a regular user, walks like a...
HackTheBox: FireFlow Writeup
Dev.to · Yogeshwar Peela 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
HackTheBox: FireFlow Writeup
Executive Summary FireFlow is a Linux machine running a fictional "Task Force Nightfall"...
The Internet's Biggest Lie: Your Password Is Never Actually Verified
Dev.to · Daniel Isaac E 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Internet's Biggest Lie: Your Password Is Never Actually Verified
What if I told you that the password you type during login is never actually compared with the one...
Applying Checkov SAST to Detect Security Issues in Terraform Infrastructure as Code
Dev.to · Abel Fernando PACOMPIA ORTIZ 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Applying Checkov SAST to Detect Security Issues in Terraform Infrastructure as Code
Introduction Security issues in cloud infrastructure often start as small configuration...
Research on Parameter Tampering
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Research on Parameter Tampering
This research was conducted as a part of cybersecurity internship at EyeQ Dot Net Private Limited | Cyber Security Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Best Cyber Security Companies: Securing Business Growth with Lotus Roots Technologies
The digital economy has created unprecedented opportunities for businesses to innovate and expand their operations. At the same time… Continue reading on Medium
I Thought My 99% Accurate IDS Was Ready for the Real World. I Was Wrong.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I Thought My 99% Accurate IDS Was Ready for the Real World. I Was Wrong.
A simple cross-dataset experiment challenged everything I thought I knew about machine learning for intrusion detection. Continue reading on Medium »
Building a Data Protection Framework with Microsoft Purview
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Building a Data Protection Framework with Microsoft Purview
Platform: Microsoft Purview (M365 E5) Continue reading on Medium »
If I Were Starting Cybersecurity Today, I’d Ignore Most of the Advice Online
Medium · Python 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
If I Were Starting Cybersecurity Today, I’d Ignore Most of the Advice Online
Continue reading on Medium »
Applying Bandit SAST to Detect Vulnerabilities in a Python Flask Application
Dev.to · Abel Fernando PACOMPIA ORTIZ 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Applying Bandit SAST to Detect Vulnerabilities in a Python Flask Application
Introduction Security should be part of the development workflow, not only a final...
Applying Bandit SAST to Detect Vulnerabilities in a Python Flask Application
Dev.to · Abel Fernando PACOMPIA ORTIZ 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Applying Bandit SAST to Detect Vulnerabilities in a Python Flask Application
Introduction Security should be part of the development workflow, not only a final...
AdaptixC2 Explained: Understanding Modern Command-and-Control Frameworks from a Defender’s…
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
AdaptixC2 Explained: Understanding Modern Command-and-Control Frameworks from a Defender’s…
Why Security Professionals Should Understand Modern C2 Frameworks Continue reading on Medium »
Certifying something on-chain without revealing it: privacy attestation on Midnight
Dev.to · Cory Dabrowski 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Certifying something on-chain without revealing it: privacy attestation on Midnight
I built Grid Audit, a tool that reviews Midnight code and then lets you certify that review on-chain....
How Bad Actors Exploited DNS Laxity in 2026: A Deep Dive into Domain Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How Bad Actors Exploited DNS Laxity in 2026: A Deep Dive into Domain Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
The cyber threat landscape of 2026 has exposed a fundamental flaw in enterprise security: companies are defending their perimeters while… Continue reading on Me
Security Profiles Operator hits v1 with stable APIs and a hardening pass
Dev.to · Leo 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Security Profiles Operator hits v1 with stable APIs and a hardening pass
The CNCF's Security Profiles Operator graduated to v1.0.0 on June 26, freezing eight CRD APIs and clearing a third-party audit. The kubelet-side follow-up, KEP
Best Temporary Email for Gmail Verification in 2026: Stay Private and Avoid Spam
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Best Temporary Email for Gmail Verification in 2026: Stay Private and Avoid Spam
Every day, millions of people create new online accounts. Whether you’re signing up for a new app, testing a website, or downloading… Continue reading on Medium
DOM-Based Vulnerabilities: A Technical Guide to Exploitation and Mitigation
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
DOM-Based Vulnerabilities: A Technical Guide to Exploitation and Mitigation
Aprende a identificar, explotar y mitigar vulnerabilidades DOM (XSS, CSPP y DOM Clobbering) con metodologías avanzadas de Bug Bounty. Continue reading on Medium
Mobile App Authentication: Best Practices for iOS and Android Developers (2026)
Dev.to · SecureCodingHub 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Mobile App Authentication: Best Practices for iOS and Android Developers (2026)
The mobile app authentication best practices question is the single hardest one to answer well in...
Malware on Your Machine: A Developer's Complete Incident Response Guide
Dev.to · Red Masil 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Malware on Your Machine: A Developer's Complete Incident Response Guide
🛡️ Your Computer Got Infected — Now What? A Developer's Survival Guide to Malware...
Sandboxing Reality: How to Spoof iPhone Locations for Advanced Penetration Testing
Dev.to · v. Splicer 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Sandboxing Reality: How to Spoof iPhone Locations for Advanced Penetration Testing
Listen up. If you’re still playing by the rules Apple wrote for you, you aren’t testing security....
The Death of Legacy WHOIS: How Modern Security Teams Track Malicious Infrastructure
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
The Death of Legacy WHOIS: How Modern Security Teams Track Malicious Infrastructure
Modern threat actors have learned to exploit privacy proxy services and GDPR redactions to conceal their corporate footprints. Continue reading on Medium »
CYBER AEGIS (Part 1): Architecting a Full-Spectrum Enterprise SOC Lab from Scratch
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
CYBER AEGIS (Part 1): Architecting a Full-Spectrum Enterprise SOC Lab from Scratch
How we built a defensible, multi-layered Purple Team environment to simulate real-world cyberattacks. Continue reading on Medium »
I Left a Fake Server Online for 21 Days. Here’s Who Showed Up.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
I Left a Fake Server Online for 21 Days. Here’s Who Showed Up.
939,329 attacks. 7 criminal campaigns. 101 countries. What a 21-day SSH honeypot revealed about who’s scanning the internet right now. Continue reading on Mediu
AI Companies Face Collapse After Single Privacy Error
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
AI Companies Face Collapse After Single Privacy Error
Smarter AI pushes forward at full speed — yet slipping personal data keeps pace, sprinting right beside it. Continue reading on StartupInsider »
Your cloud keys should not exist
Dev.to · b0gy 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Your cloud keys should not exist
Most cloud platforms that need access to your infrastructure start with the same onboarding step:...
Government Infrastructure Exposure in a Chinese-linked Mass WordPress/CMS Exploitation Dataset
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Government Infrastructure Exposure in a Chinese-linked Mass WordPress/CMS Exploitation Dataset
A victimology-focused follow-on analysis with emphasis on GCC and Middle East government exposure Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
5 things SOC teams hate about legacy EDR platforms
https://lightedr.com/blog/2026-06-26-soc-legacy-edr-complaints/ Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Welcome to the LightEDR Blog
Welcome to the LightEDR blog — a weekly space where we share development updates, detection engineering notes, and thoughts on building… Continue reading on Med
Quebrando as Algemas do EDR: Native Unhooking na Prática (x86/WOW64)
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Quebrando as Algemas do EDR: Native Unhooking na Prática (x86/WOW64)
Como os agentes de segurança monitoram seus processos em Modo Usuário e como reescrever as regras do jogo manipulando a ntdll.dll Continue reading on Medium »
How to Block Apps from Accessing the Internet on Mac
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
How to Block Apps from Accessing the Internet on Mac
I spend part of my week watching what apps say to the internet, and most of them say more than they need to. A PDF viewer that calls a… Continue reading on Medi
Your App Is Leaking Secrets and You Don’t Know It
Medium · Programming 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Your App Is Leaking Secrets and You Don’t Know It
Most apps encrypt data in transit, forget it at rest, and never even think about data in use. Here’s where your secrets quietly walk out… Continue reading on Le
Your App Is Leaking Secrets and You Don’t Know It
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Your App Is Leaking Secrets and You Don’t Know It
Most apps encrypt data in transit, forget it at rest, and never even think about data in use. Here’s where your secrets quietly walk out… Continue reading on Le
GitHub Disables Automatic Npm Install Script Execution
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
GitHub Disables Automatic Npm Install Script Execution
GitHub will block automatic install script execution in npm by default starting to mitigate rising software supply chain security risks. Continue reading on Lev
BannerGrapV2 — The Open-Source Network Recon Tool Built in Go That Security Professionals Actually Need
Dev.to · MrEchoFi 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
BannerGrapV2 — The Open-Source Network Recon Tool Built in Go That Security Professionals Actually Need
BannerGrapV2 is a blazing-fast, multi-protocol banner grabbing and vulnerability discovery tool written in Go. Real-world commands for pentesters, red teamers,
African Developers Are Building the Most Targeted Software in the World
Medium · Python 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
African Developers Are Building the Most Targeted Software in the World
Financial apps, health records, government systems the things African developers build are exactly what attackers want. Most of us are not… Continue reading on
Cybersecurity News Review — Week 26 (2026)
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 1w ago
Cybersecurity News Review — Week 26 (2026)
A zero-day exploited for months before anyone noticed and an unpatchable iPhone flaw are just two of this week’s unsettling headlines… Continue reading on Cyber