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Welcome to Day 26 of our 30-Day Cybersecurity Mastery series.

Welcome to Day 25 of our 30-Day Cybersecurity Mastery series.

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Fake Claude AI installer mimicking Anthropic spreads PlugX malware on Windows, using DLL sideloading to gain persistent remote access to infected systems.

*Tested on production systems. Not theoretical.*

There are pre-built Whonix images floating around online, but most of them are outdated and you can never be fully sure where they came…

Stapler is an Intermediate Linux box on PG Play (as of 14 April 2026). However, it has been rated as Hard by the community.

While working through the AI Security Path on TryHackMe, I completed some rooms from Module 1, not just to understand how AI works, but to…

Prompt engineering notes covering basics, prompts, and techniques overview

Checkpoint challenge notes on security checks and deployment decision making

When is a delete, not a delete? When it’s an publicly routable placeholder.

VPNs help secure remote server access by encrypting traffic, restricting entry to authorized users, and reducing exposure of critical systems to the internet.

Not all vulnerabilities require complex payloads or advanced techniques.
Sometimes, simply entering a negative number is enough.
In this…

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Task 2: Code Review

Broken Access Control vulnerabilities arise when an application fails to correctly enforce authorization policies, allowing users to…

A practical AI model assessment to identify potential security and compliance risks. AI Security Learning Path → AI Fundamentals → 3/6.

SOCKS5 protocol explained: anonymize traffic, boost security with encryption, bypass restrictions, and enable reliable data collection for business use.

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Initial Reconnaissance