Scenario: A short PCAP was captured from the guest network of a hotel. Tiny packets were observed going out to a :8080 address at…

Someone was smuggling data out of the resort network one cookie at a time. We used Wireshark, Base64 and a single XOR key to decode the…

Introduction

A plain-English guide to the attacker most teams misunderstand — and the defensive moves that actually matter.

A packet-and-log-based threat hunting investigation from TSS (THM Security Services) — tracing a single DNS response all the way to a…

Introduction

Widespread Impact Across Open-Source Core Stacks For decades, the architectural underpinnings of mobile networks relied upon implicit trust. However, as telecommunication operators migrated to clo…

Description : Tiny packets. Odd hours. Suspiciously regular. Someone’s smuggling out the data equivalent of a hotel towel every night…

A short writeup of a medium-difficulty web box: a poolside booking app that turned out to be built on three classic mistakes stacked on top…

TL;DR: Check Point patched a Check Point authentication bypass affecting its Security Management and Multi-Domain Security Management servers. Tracked as CVE-2026-18574, the flaw carries a CVSS sc…

Network Security Analysis & NIDS Lab The wild part about watching these scans live isn’t just seeing them trigger an alert; it’s watching how different systems handle protocol violations. When …

TL;DR Cisco patched five Cisco SD-WAN vulnerability issues in Catalyst SD-WAN Software. Three are Critical, with two scoring CVSS 9.9. Cisco found them internally and reports no active exploitatio…

TL;DR Cisco patched seven Cisco IOS XE vulnerability issues in an August 2026 hardening release. Two are Critical, led by CVE-2026-20272 at CVSS 9.8. Cisco found them internally and reports no act…

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Most API security programs are built around one assumption: if an API matters, it eventually shows up in traffic that crosses the…

A beginner-friendly lab for learning firewall rules, NAT, port forwarding, Nmap reconnaissance, SSH brute-force detection, logging, and…

CISA Confirms: SonicWall SMA1000 Vulnerabilities Are Now Being Exploited to Deploy Ransomware