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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
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Looking for Beta Testers for SoftInterceptor: Help Me Find Bugs and Improve the Product
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Looking for Beta Testers for SoftInterceptor: Help Me Find Bugs and Improve the Product
I am currently looking for serious testers for Interceptor, a security testing tool designed to help with HTTP traffic interception… Continue reading on Medium
Why Asset Discovery Is the Foundation of Exposure Management
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Why Asset Discovery Is the Foundation of Exposure Management
Every cybersecurity strategy begins with a simple question: What are we protecting? Continue reading on Medium »
Vendor Breach Recovery: How To Earn Back Client Trust
Forbes Innovation 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Vendor Breach Recovery: How To Earn Back Client Trust
Clients need clear evidence that the vendor understands what went wrong and has made meaningful changes to reduce the chance of a repeat incident.
Why Business Continuity Planning Must Keep Up With Data Center Risk
Forbes Innovation 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Why Business Continuity Planning Must Keep Up With Data Center Risk
Many businesses have some plan for when cloud access goes out, but there is a difference between a simple backup plan and actual business continuity.
The Machine Identity Era Has Already Started
Hackernoon 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
The Machine Identity Era Has Already Started
Machines now outnumber humans 80:1 in enterprise systems. The Drift breach proved it. Why is cybersecurity still training people to spot phishing?
How to Secure Your Website from Cyber Attacks: Complete Guide
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
How to Secure Your Website from Cyber Attacks: Complete Guide
Knowing how to secure your website from cyber attacks is no longer optional. Continue reading on Medium »
Global Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Report and Market Insights
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Global Automotive Cybersecurity Industry Report and Market Insights
The automotive industry is experiencing one of the biggest technological transformations in its history. Vehicles are no longer just… Continue reading on Medium
XMas CTFZone Write-Up || From a Simple Name Field to Full SSTI Exploit.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
XMas CTFZone Write-Up || From a Simple Name Field to Full SSTI Exploit.
Category: Web Exploitation | Challenge: labs.ctfzone.com: Continue reading on Medium »
What a Symantec Ghost Build Taught Me About Infrastructure Engineering
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
What a Symantec Ghost Build Taught Me About Infrastructure Engineering
Recently, I had the opportunity to work with a globally recognised organisation that is widely regarded as the number one company in its… Continue reading on Me
Public PoC Released for Critical libssh2 Flaw That Could Enable Remote Code Execution on SSH…
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Public PoC Released for Critical libssh2 Flaw That Could Enable Remote Code Execution on SSH…
A public proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has been released for CVE-2026–55200, a critical vulnerability in the widely used libssh2 library… Continue reading on M
What is Digital Security? Medium Article
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
What is Digital Security? Medium Article
In today’s digital world, simply existing online leaves our devices, accounts and personal data constantly at risk. Continue reading on Medium »
Cloud-Native NDR: Securing SaaS, IaaS, and Hybrid Environments
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Cloud-Native NDR: Securing SaaS, IaaS, and Hybrid Environments
With companies moving fast towards digital transformation, cloud technology has become fundamental in the operation of businesses today… Continue reading on Mee
OSINT Series — #1: What Is OSINT, and Why Should You Care?
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
OSINT Series — #1: What Is OSINT, and Why Should You Care?
OSINT Series — Episode 1: What Is OSINT, and Why Should You Care? Continue reading on Medium »
Perplexity Bumblebee Review: The Supply Chain Scanner Your Dev Machine Needs
Dev.to · Maksim Danilchenko 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Perplexity Bumblebee Review: The Supply Chain Scanner Your Dev Machine Needs
Bumblebee scans npm, PyPI, Go, MCP configs, and editor extensions for compromised packages, all without running a single install script. Hands-on review.
Dev.to AI 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
How to Start a Cyber Security Career After 12th in India
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Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Free, hands-on, 14 weeks cybersecurity course from the Czech Technical University opened again for the public in 2026 online
Hi, I would like to let you know that already famous and hands-on cybersecurity course with both red and blue teaming classes done by Czech Technical University
Iran’s cyberattacks on Israel tripled in a year, Israeli cyber chief says
The Next Web AI 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Iran’s cyberattacks on Israel tripled in a year, Israeli cyber chief says
Israel logged roughly 4,800 hostile cyber incidents in June 2026, up from about 1,600 a year earlier, the head of its National Cyber Directorate told a German n
TechRepublic 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Why Australian Firms Should Care About 24B Exposed Credentials
24B exposed credentials pose a major security question for Australian firms. Learn why securing access is critical in our digital economy. The post Why Australi
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
[Open Source] A Decision-Support Tool for Assisted Malware Triage using EMBER2024, SHAP, and MCP Orchestration
Hi everyone, We’re a group of students and this is a project we built for one of our courses. It’s an open-source assisted triage system for Windows malware: ht
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Please guide me on how to write reports and audits.
I'm doing GRC and the first time I tried to write a report (in a practical/lab) I went completely blank. Can someone guide me on how to do it? If you have some
Penetration Testing Strategies for Stronger Cybersecurity Defense
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Penetration Testing Strategies for Stronger Cybersecurity Defense
Cyberattacks rarely begin with dramatic system failures. Most start with overlooked weaknesses that remain unnoticed until someone with… Continue reading on Med
What Is a Honeypot in Cybersecurity? Bot-Defense Use Cases and Limits
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
What Is a Honeypot in Cybersecurity? Bot-Defense Use Cases and Limits
A honeypot in cybersecurity is a decoy system, resource, or interaction point that reveals unauthorized or automated activity outside… Continue reading on Mediu
Top 8 Email Finder Tools Every Red Teamer Must Know
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Top 8 Email Finder Tools Every Red Teamer Must Know
Before a single phishing email is sent, you need a target list. A deep-dive breakdown of the 8 email discovery tools for red team… Continue reading on Medium »
User Role Can Be Modified In User Profile
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
User Role Can Be Modified In User Profile
Access Control Vulnerabilities — APPRENTICE Continue reading on Medium »
The Ultimate Total Security Guide For Safe Online Shopping Experiences
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
The Ultimate Total Security Guide For Safe Online Shopping Experiences
Online shopping brings the entire mall directly to your computer screen, but it also opens the door to digital shoplifters looking for… Continue reading on Medi
Why You Can’t Access the Internet During University Quizzes (And Why Turning Off the Proxy Usually…
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Why You Can’t Access the Internet During University Quizzes (And Why Turning Off the Proxy Usually…
During one of my university lab sessions, I noticed something that made me curious. Continue reading on Medium »
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Certification demands according to roles
Saw this one in LinkedIn and just wanted to share here. https://tylersibley.github.io/certiq/ Remember cert is merely to get pass HR filter. Cheers submitted by
Static Analysis of Linux Malware Captured by a Cowrie Honeypot
Hackernoon 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Static Analysis of Linux Malware Captured by a Cowrie Honeypot
When a bot thinks it has logged into a small energy device, it installs commodity Linux malware. This is a static, defensive breakdown of what a honeypot captur
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Day 1 of Bug Hunting Learning : XSS Made Me Question Everything
I’ve finally decided to document my bug hunting journey. Continue reading on Medium »
I Built a SOC Lab From Scratch. Here’s What Broke First.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
I Built a SOC Lab From Scratch. Here’s What Broke First.
Forty five minutes lost to a network setting taught me more about SOC work than any course did. Continue reading on InfoSec Write-ups »
Developers Have Learned to Trust AI. That Trust Is Now Being Weaponized.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Developers Have Learned to Trust AI. That Trust Is Now Being Weaponized.
A two-week-old attack called Agentjacking required no malware, no phishing, and no stolen passwords. Just a fake bug report — and a coding… Continue reading on
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Google vs iCloud
With all best practices enabled like MFA etc, is Google or iCloud more or less secure for personal cloud service? submitted by /u/PHL534_2 [link] [comments]
The First 30 Minutes of an Active Directory Assessment
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
The First 30 Minutes of an Active Directory Assessment
Why successful Active Directory assessments begin with understanding the environment, not exploitation. Continue reading on Medium »
Buckle Up: The Bad Guys Now Have A Model As Powerful As Mythos
Forbes Innovation 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Buckle Up: The Bad Guys Now Have A Model As Powerful As Mythos
China now has an open-weight model that can find software vulnerabilities and create attacks for anybody to use.
Medium · JavaScript 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
A Real Login Attack Explained: How a Hacker Steals Your Session Without Knowing Your Password
You typed your password correctly. You passed MFA. You did everything right. And you still got hacked. Continue reading on Medium »
“This Is Your Bank Calling” — How Scammers Use AI to Fake Trust
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
“This Is Your Bank Calling” — How Scammers Use AI to Fake Trust
We live in a time where a phone call or email can feel more convincing than ever. The voice sounds familiar, the logo looks perfect, and… Continue reading on Me
How I’d Break Into Cybersecurity in 2026: Part 3
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
How I’d Break Into Cybersecurity in 2026: Part 3
You know the tools. Can you defend them? The last gap into the SOC, what day one really looks like, and what I test for from the hiring… Continue reading on Med
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
A Dropdown Value Is Still User Input: SQL Injection in WooCommerce’s Most Popular Order Export…
How a two-value dropdown toggle became a read-any-table SQL injection in a plugin on up to 500,000 stores Continue reading on Medium »
HackTheBox — Cap: I Changed a 1 to a 0 and Got Root
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
HackTheBox — Cap: I Changed a 1 to a 0 and Got Root
The box named after packet captures taught me that the scariest vulnerabilities don’t look scary at all. Continue reading on Medium »
Network Access Control in 2026: 4 Dimensions, 10 Vendors, One Question Your Stack Can’t Answer
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Network Access Control in 2026: 4 Dimensions, 10 Vendors, One Question Your Stack Can’t Answer
Your security stack has EDR. SASE. Zero Trust at the identity layer. Continue reading on Medium »
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Mentorship Monday - Post All Career, Education and Job questions here!
This is the weekly thread for career and education questions and advice. There are no stupid questions; so, what do you want to know about certs/degrees, job re
From Zero to Wazuh: Deploying the Server and Onboarding a Windows Agent
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
From Zero to Wazuh: Deploying the Server and Onboarding a Windows Agent
In this post I'll walk through deploying the Wazuh server stack with Docker on an Ubuntu host, installing the Wazuh agent on a Windows… Continue reading on Medi
Building a Modern Hybrid Microsoft Security Platform
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Building a Modern Hybrid Microsoft Security Platform
Designing and Implementing a Modern Microsoft Security Platform Continue reading on Medium »
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune: Lab
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune: Lab
Enrolling and Managing Endpoints with Microsoft Intune Continue reading on Medium »
Why End-to-End Encryption is a Lie (And How I Weaponized Golang to Fix It)
Dev.to · Seif Sayed 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Why End-to-End Encryption is a Lie (And How I Weaponized Golang to Fix It)
The cybersecurity industry is playing a rigged game. We obsess over End-to-End Encryption (E2EE), but...
Reddit r/cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Paranoid or keep pushing: USAA Account Typo
So I have a very common name and I'm old. That means I have a [ first.last@gmail.com ](mailto: first.last@gmail.com ) address. I remember when AltaVista was the
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
A Simple Safety Checklist Before Installing Unknown Software Versions
Installing software has become so normal that most people do it without thinking much. We search for a tool, open a download page, click… Continue reading on Me
Gophish — with a gmail account
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 6d ago
Gophish — with a gmail account
I completed a Gophish lab with an instance in the cloud and I wanted to try it now with my gmail account. Continue reading on Medium »