Conceptual Overview & Kill Chain

I spent my afternoon poking at PortSwigger’s Web Security Academy again, and this one’s a fun little logic puzzle. The lab is called “SQL…

At a glance Malware family HOLLOWGRAPH, linked with high confidence to the Cavern backdoor framework Threat actor Unattributed. Low-confidence possible link to Lyceum, an Iranian-nexus group and O…

At a Glance Field Detail Malware family CrashStealer (native C++ macOS infostealer) Threat actor Unattributed; part of a larger multi-platform operation Targets macOS users, especially cryptocurre…

During one of my recent penetration testing engagements, I discovered an IDOR vulnerability with a surprisingly simple test — replacing a…

While updating my profile as a normal user, the API response included a `role` field set to `”users”`. I copied that exact value into the…

Most WAF failures are not missed detections. They are requests the WAF never fully read, or parsed differently from your application — and…

Wondering if that airport or café Wi-Fi is safe? Learn how public Wi-Fi attacks actually work, the real risks, and how to protect your…

What started as a WordPress debugging issue turned into a full security investigation and raised a harder question:

The third box in VulnHub’s DC series strips things down to one open port, forcing a full attack chain out of a single vulnerable web…

Learn web app pentesting by chaining vulnerabilities from recon to full server compromise.

Introduction

Reinforcement Learning agents are getting scary good at hacking, at least on paper. Drop one into a simulated network, and it’ll learn, all…

Endpoint Forensics: Rooting Out Malicious Run Keys, Service Hijacks, and Scheduled Tasks in Active Directory Workstations

Startup — TryHackMe WriteUp with Flags Date: 31/01/2026 Room Link: https://tryhackme.com/room/startup My Profile: https://tryhackme.com/p/RayenHafsawy 🧭 Introduction This lab chains anonymous …

I made my first real money in cybersecurity long before I had a job title.

Build an AI-powered penetration testing assistant using HexStrike AI, Roo Code, and OpenRouter — without paying for multiple AI…

Understanding Network Sniffing Through the Story of ARP Poisoning

Second-order SQL injection happens when malicious input is safely stored by the application (properly escaped, parameterized, whatever) but…