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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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Authentication vs Authorization in Cloud Security: Understanding the Difference 🔥
Dev.to · Ria saraswat 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Authentication vs Authorization in Cloud Security: Understanding the Difference 🔥
When we use applications like Gmail, Netflix, or online banking, we rarely think about the security...
Introducing Siyarix v1.0.0 — An Open-Source AI-Powered Cybersecurity Orchestration Framework
Dev.to · MD MUFTHAKHERUL ISLAM MIRAZ 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Introducing Siyarix v1.0.0 — An Open-Source AI-Powered Cybersecurity Orchestration Framework
Today I'm excited to announce the first stable release of Siyarix (v1.0.0)! Siyarix is an...
I Popped Admin on a SaaS Platform in 2 HTTP Requests — Here’s the Whole Kill Chain
Medium · Programming 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
I Popped Admin on a SaaS Platform in 2 HTTP Requests — Here’s the Whole Kill Chain
Free account → full data breach → 1,630 private documents → CEO account takeover. All before my coffee got cold. Continue reading on Medium »
I Popped Admin on a SaaS Platform in 2 HTTP Requests — Here’s the Whole Kill Chain
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
I Popped Admin on a SaaS Platform in 2 HTTP Requests — Here’s the Whole Kill Chain
Free account → full data breach → 1,630 private documents → CEO account takeover. All before my coffee got cold. Continue reading on Medium »
Inside the Command, Control, and Exploitation of North Korea’s Disguised IT Workforce
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Inside the Command, Control, and Exploitation of North Korea’s Disguised IT Workforce
The Digital Assembly Line Continue reading on Medium »
FBI says Russian intelligence hackers have a new trick for reading your Signal messages, and it works even after you change phones
The Next Web AI 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
FBI says Russian intelligence hackers have a new trick for reading your Signal messages, and it works even after you change phones
The FBI and CISA have warned that Russian intelligence hackers are now targeting Signal users’ backup recovery keys, an escalation of a phishing campaign that h
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
I jailbroke a robot’s brain with one sentence. Then I open-sourced the tool.
Last week I gave a robot policy one extra sentence. It dropped its real task and did what I told it instead. Same setup without the… Continue reading on Medium
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
This Is Quietly Breaking SOC Workflows
Something is starting to crack inside a lot of security teams right now. Continue reading on Medium »
Your Source Is Clean. Your Binary Isn’t.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Your Source Is Clean. Your Binary Isn’t.
What if your code passed review, your git history was spotless, and your SAST scan was green — and the binary you shipped was still… Continue reading on Medium
Detecting Supply-Chain Malware Without Running the Code
Dev.to · Pavel Espitia 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Detecting Supply-Chain Malware Without Running the Code
After I got targeted by a fake-job-interview repo designed to steal my keys, I built a scanner that...
Stop Pasting Your JWT Tokens Into Random Websites
Dev.to · bore.ddev 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Stop Pasting Your JWT Tokens Into Random Websites
I built a 21-tool developer toolkit that runs entirely in your browser. No servers. No sign-ups. No...
Kerberos Authentication
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Kerberos Authentication
Understanding Kerberos Authentication: Mechanisms, Tickets, and Key Concepts Continue reading on Medium »
Falsifiable Security: The Forward Case for Chaos Engineering in Cyber Defense
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Falsifiable Security: The Forward Case for Chaos Engineering in Cyber Defense
Chaos engineering was born at Netflix as a way to prove that distributed systems could survive failure, and it is now being adapted to… Continue reading on Medi
IBM and OpenAI Just Changed Enterprise Cybersecurity Forever
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
IBM and OpenAI Just Changed Enterprise Cybersecurity Forever
After studying enterprise security trends, I realized AI is no longer just helping developers — it is becoming part of the security team. Continue reading on Me
WordPress Security: Protecting More Than Just a Website
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
WordPress Security: Protecting More Than Just a Website
A few months ago, I was contacted by a small business owner whose WordPress site had been hacked. Continue reading on Medium »
Browser Security Model: The Defensive Walls Every Hacker Knows (And Every Developer Should Too)
Dev.to · Arashad Dodhiya 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Browser Security Model: The Defensive Walls Every Hacker Knows (And Every Developer Should Too)
"To defend a system, you must first think like the attacker." I'll tell you this: the browser is...
The Report Was Good. That’s What Made the Gap Interesting.
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
The Report Was Good. That’s What Made the Gap Interesting.
What a broken deployment, an unauthenticated SAP endpoint, and a footnote taught me about what assessment delivery actually requires. Continue reading on Cyber
Vulnerability Assessment
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d ago
Vulnerability Assessment
Firstly, lets figure out what vulnerability is. Basically A vulnerability in cybersecurity is a weakness or flaw in a system, application… Continue reading on M
How Hacker Gets Initial Access
Medium · Cybersecurity 🔐 Cybersecurity ⚡ AI Lesson 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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 4d 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...