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By reading this article, you may change your perspective on cybersecurity. Its true impact becomes clear once you understand what…

My First Critical Bounty: How I Went From robots.txt to Full Admin Access. Six months ago, I decided to learn cybersecurity. I chose bug hunting. I spent nights reading, doing labs, and hitting dead …

A step-by-step Android pentesting write-up covering implicit intents, intent hijacking, and secure mitigation mapped to OWASP MSTG.

Difficulty: Medium Room: Poster Focus: PostgreSQL Misconfiguration, Credential Reuse, RCE, Privilege Escalation

One day, a company believed its computer systems were very safe. They had spent a lot of money on security, so everyone felt relaxed.

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Listen up. Sit down and grab a coffee, or whatever it is you kids drink to stay awake these days. I want to talk to you about something I…

The title is subject to change- I will be releasing a self written biography covering my journey through life as a former cyber criminal.

Brooklyn Nine Nine is a beginner friendly CTF room designed for people who are starting their hacking journey

Credit to @USWCSS for creating this room.

Password reset functionality is one of the most abused yet poorly implemented features across modern applications. For bug bounty hunters…

Open redirects are often labeled as “low severity,” so I didn’t pay much attention to them at first. That changed when I came across an old…

From Urban Legends to Phishing Pretexts

In November of 2025 I filed a lawsuit against multiple members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Windows includes powerful built-in tools that can immediately shut down common intrusion paths. While antivirus and firewalls are…

Pigeons were historically used as spies during the Cold-War and by spies. It’s been an internet joke that modern pigeons are government…