From reconnaissance and port scanning to privilege escalation and lateral movement — a realistic look at what happens after initial access.

Last time in The Server Is a Servant, I got an XML parser to fetch things on my behalf, and it ended on a single change: swap file:// for…

XXE (XML External Entity injection) and SSRF (Server Side Request Forgery) look like separate bugs, and they’re usually taught that way…

A walkthrough of a multi-stage Node.js/Express box: NoSQL auth bypass → SSTI → SSH pivot → Node Inspector RCE → disk-group privesc.

Plot of the room is really instructive — somebody accidentally commited sensitive data despite of strong rules of the company.

The Hacker Holidays 2026 event by TryHackMe is a 14-day cybersecurity challenge where a new room is released every day. Each room focuses…

Platform: TryHackMe Room: Crack the Cage of Sage Category: Crypto / Forensics Difficulty: Medium Points: 100

In the first article, we explored why rate limiting is one of the most important security controls protecting modern applications. Now…

Hacker101 CTF Writeup — Y2FuIHlvdSByZWNvbj8

Las Vegas, United States, 4th August 2026, CyberNewswire

Far-right internet communities have begun transforming doxxing into a nearly automated process. Users of the anonymous imageboard Soyjak Party engineered several new applications. These instrument…

Analog Devices, a leading semiconductor manufacturer for industrial, automotive, and telecommunications sectors, recently disclosed a corporate security incident. Consequently, unauthorized actors…

A hardware wallet trusted for years as a fortress of cold Bitcoin storage turned out to harbor a silent betrayal. A concealed firmware defect rendered the randomness generated during key creation …

Starting September 1, 2026, Intigriti will be the new home of the Adobe Bug Bounty Program.

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Why this matters

Every day, security teams are quietly buried under an avalanche of network events — most of it noise, some of it very much not. Attackers…

How a Simple USB Drive Can Destroy an Entire Company (And Why You Should Never Trust a Random USB) Imagine This... You're walking into your office on a Monday morning. Near the entrance, you notice a …