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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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Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
AI Will Not Replace Hackers..But It Will Replace Lazy Ones
(Why the future of cybersecurity belongs to thinkers, not tool users) Continue reading on ILLUMINATION »
Medium · Programming
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2w ago
He Verified Someone Else’s Email on Instagram — and Meta Paid $5,000
What if someone could verify your email on Instagram… without ever accessing it? Continue reading on OSINT Team »
Dev.to · Beatriz Albernaz
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2w ago
What pentest does your startup actually need?
Most startup founders know they should get a pentest. Fewer know what kind, what scope, or what a...
Dev.to · kt
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2w ago
Hacking GitHub: From Tag Rewrites to Dangling Commits, Where the Git Protocol Trusts You Without Checking
A single line of "uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v44" burned 23,000 repositories. About a year later, 75 of 76 Trivy tags were rewritten the same way. Git tags
Dev.to · Fernando Rodriguez
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2w ago
39 Million Secrets Leaked on GitHub. Yours Could Be Next.
5 minutes. That's how long it took. A security researcher publishes an AWS access key on a...
![[GAME THEORY] UAT-4356/Storm-1849: When Patching Is Not Eviction](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1672/1*mH1PkO6Umfn6suJSEVKhgg.png)
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
[GAME THEORY] UAT-4356/Storm-1849: When Patching Is Not Eviction
“We patched it” is not an eviction notice. Continue reading on Medium »
Krebs on Security
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2w ago
Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an ex
TechCabal
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2w ago
Chams profit rises 188% as cybersecurity revenue triples
While biometrics and card services still anchor revenue, the security and digital infrastructure are emerging as the next phase of expansion.
Dev.to AI
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2w ago
Slopsquatting in Python: What 205,474 Hallucinated Package Names Mean for Your Supply Chain
Your AI coding assistant wrote this line: from huggingface_cli import login It looks fine. It looks like something that should exist. You run pip install huggin
Dev.to · TxDesk
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2w ago
Three Sui Exploits in One Week. So I Built 5 Security Tools to Catch Them.
In nine days, three Sui DeFi protocols got hit. Volo lost $3.5M on April 21. Scallop lost $142K on...
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
AWS Cloud Pentesting Part 3: How I Chained Lambda, SSRF, and S3 to Win a CloudGoat Scenario
A beginner-friendly walkthrough of enumerating AWS Lambda functions, pivoting to EC2, exploiting SSRF, and chaining credentials to… Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Blue Team Diaries #1 — My First Steps into SOC Operations
As I continue building my cyber security skills, I’ve recently been spending more time exploring SOC operations, threat detection, and… Continue reading on Medi
Dev.to · Hannah Adam
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2w ago
The Gap Nobody Talks About in Cybersecurity Training
The Gap: Why Finding the Right Challenge Is Harder Than It Should Be Article 2 of 3 — From Library...
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Why Your Business Needs a Next-Generation Firewall Before the Next Attack Happens
Cybersecurity has changed a lot over the last few years, but one thing has stayed the same: attackers are always looking for the easiest… Continue reading on Me
Medium · DevOps
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2w ago
CVSS 10 Gemini CLI Vulnerability: AI Tools Shake CI/CD Security
If you use AI tools for coding or DevOps, this is not something you should ignore. A critical vulnerability (CVSS 10) was recently… Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
CVSS 10 Gemini CLI Vulnerability: AI Tools Shake CI/CD Security
If you use AI tools for coding or DevOps, this is not something you should ignore. A critical vulnerability (CVSS 10) was recently… Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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2w ago
Your Phone Unlocked. That Doesn't Prove Who Used It.
The hardware reality of facial comparison thresholds For developers building verification workflows, the "black box" of device-level biometrics is getting small
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
April 2026: The Month Web3 Lost $600M+ in 18 Days
TL;DR. April 2026 was the worst month for web3 security since the Bybit heist. 18 disclosed incidents, over $606M lost, 18 days. The… Continue reading on Medium
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
OverTheWire Bandit 10–15 Writeup
OverTheWire Bandit 10–15. seviye çözümleri. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Extract | TryHackMe
Can you extract the secrets from the library? Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Chaining Vulnerabilities | TryHackMe
Learn how to chain vulnerabilities! From Low to High! Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
AI is pushed to development. Governance isn’t. That’s our work now.
In every team we’ve worked with this quarter, AI tooling is sitting inside the development stack as a daily default. The non-technical… Continue reading on Medi
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Black Trace Analytics Prepares to Enter the Healthcare Arena
A potential healthcare acquisition signals a larger vision for security, resilience, and the future of patient-centered operations Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Week 6:From Signals to Security: Understanding and Inspecting Wireless Networks
Welcome to Week 6. This week, we stop looking at wires and start looking at the invisible: Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. By the end of this article… Continue reading on
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Linux File & Folder Protection + History Control (Practice Guide Only)
⚠️ For learning/practice only — DO NOT use direct in Dev/SIT/UAT/Prod environments Continue reading on DevOps.dev »
Dev.to · Christopher Karatzinis
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2w ago
Copy Fail is 732 bytes. Your foothold problem is the bigger one.
CVE-2026-31431 dropped this week. The disclosure site is at copy.fail and the writeup is short enough...
Dev.to · Jeremy Longshore
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2w ago
Four Releases in One Day: How the claude-code-slack-channel Security Sprint Actually Shipped
Epic 29-A, 30-A, 30-B, 32-B land in a single calendar day across v0.5.0 → v0.5.1 → v0.6.0 → v0.7.0 — a supervisor, a hash-chained audit journal, and a policy en
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Phishing Campaigns Using LinkedIn Short Links: A Hidden Threat
Cyber attackers are increasingly exploiting trusted platforms like LinkedIn to distribute malicious or deceptive links through its URL… Continue reading on Medi
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
How to Control Third-Party Access in Salesforce Using Apigee (Without Risk)
A while back, I was reviewing a Salesforce setup for a growing business. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Cisco Ethical Hacker notes — part 7
Module 6:Exploiting Application-Based vulnerabilities — part 2 Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Can a simulated phishing campaign be too good?
Is there a risk of overengineering cyber awareness and create a simulated phishing email which does harm instead? Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework Explained So Simply Anyone Can Understand It (Without…
Most people hear “NIST Cybersecurity Framework” and picture a 200‑page government document written in a language only auditors understand. Continue reading on M
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Malicious PowerShell Analysis — BTLO Lab Writeup
Platform: Blue Team Labs Online (BTLO) | Difficulty: Medium | Category: Security Operations (SO) Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
Undiscovered (THM) Tryhackme Writeup Answer
Description : Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to AI
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2w ago
Asaaju Peter Raises Alarm Over Poor Cybersecurity Culture in Nigerian Tech Companies as Data Breaches Continue to Rise
Nigerian technology entrepreneur and digital media publisher Asaaju Peter has spoken out on one of the most overlooked threats facing the country’s growing tech
Dev.to · BotConductStandard
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2w ago
45% of Hostile Bot Traffic Passes Your WAF. Here's Why. What behavioral detection reveals when you cross-reference hostile actors against AbuseIPDB
Most enterprise WAFs are configured to block IPs above a certain abuse confidence threshold....
Dev.to · v. Splicer
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2w ago
Building a Silent Keylogger Into a USB-C Hub (For My Own Laptop, Obviously…)
The hub sits there like it belongs. Aluminum shell, faintly warm, a short braided cable that kinks...
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
TryHackMe: Decryptify (CTF)
Why This Lab Stands Out Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
TryHackMe Walkthrough: Windows Fundamentals Part 2
A hands-on walkthrough of the Windows Fundamentals Part 2 room on TryHackMe. Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
✍️ STT #3 — Comment and Control
Series: ✍️ Sip the Threat by TheGr8Val Week: April 27 — May 3, 2026 | Estimated read time: ~7 minutes Continue reading on Medium »
![[Updated] January 2026 Crypto Scam Scam Warning List: How to Spot and Avoid Fake Platforms.](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1677/1*LSfz91n4QlEtdJ64cTwY3Q.png)
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
[Updated] January 2026 Crypto Scam Scam Warning List: How to Spot and Avoid Fake Platforms.
AI-powered and fake crypto investment schemes are draining billions from unsuspecting investors. Stay ahead of high-tech scams with this… Continue reading on Me
Dev.to · Bradley Matera
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2w ago
Warning: Bifrost from Maxim AI Is a Real API Key Harvesting Service Targeting American Web Devs (My Exact Experience)
I’ve been deep in AI coding tools for months. Recently I started getting DMs from new “AI gateway”...
Medium · DevOps
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2w ago
How I Built a Real-Time DDoS Detection Engine from Scratch
When I got the Stage 3 task for the HNG DevOps internship, I honestly stared at it for a while. Build an anomaly detection engine that… Continue reading on Medi
Medium · Programming
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2w ago
The 2026 Cybersecurity Roadmap (Part 2): L1 — Where You Stop Learning and Start Working
Breaking into IT with your first real role: Computer Support Specialist — the job that teaches you more than any course ever will Continue reading on Medium »
Medium · Cybersecurity
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2w ago
The 2026 Cybersecurity Roadmap (Part 2): L1 — Where You Stop Learning and Start Working
Breaking into IT with your first real role: Computer Support Specialist — the job that teaches you more than any course ever will Continue reading on Medium »
Dev.to · George-Adaba
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2w ago
How I Built a Real-Time DDoS Detection System with Python, Docker, and Nginx (Beginner-Friendly Guide)
👋 Introduction As a beginner stepping into DevOps and cybersecurity, I wanted to build something...
Dev.to · Damilola Ejalonibu
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2w ago
How I Built a Real-Time DDoS Detection Engine from Scratch
**Section 1 — Introduction What Is This Project and Why Does It Matter? Imagine you run a website...
Dev.to · Sohanuzzaman Soad
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2w ago
Build Secure Systems While Coding (A Practical Dev Story You Shouldn’t Ignore)
“We’ll fix security later.” — Every developer, right before a critical production failure. Let’s...
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