Two magic words that explain nothing — so let’s start with a simple thought experiment.

Time to move on from Udemy and start my own self-hosted academy

Bir gün bilgisayarınızı açıyorsunuz ve karşınıza şöyle bir ekran çıkıyor:  “Dosyalarınız şifrelendi. Geri almak istiyorsanız şu kadar…

Note: This challenge can be found on picoCTF .

When I started my internship at Elevvo, my first project seemed straightforward: predict student exam scores based on how many hours they…

Hello ladies and gents, back again with another project.

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In this TryHackMe room you’ll learn the fundamentals of computer networking: how devices identify each other, how IP and MAC addresses…

An introduction into the overlapping worlds of AppSec and IR

The need for ethical hackers has increased as companies become more cybersecurity-aware. With cyber attacks becoming more sophisticated…

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File Path Traversal — Why a one-pass ../ filter fails and how to fix it Many apps try to block path traversal by removing the literal substring ../ from user input. That one-line blacklist is …

Lesson learned: Your phone’s strongest security layer might be its weakest link, and it was built in the 1970s.

How I Broke Into a Fortune 500 Company Without Writing a Single Line of Code

Every cyberattack leaves behind traces: a strange login attempt, unusual traffic, or a suspicious email. On their own, these details may…

For me, when developing a project like this, after getting literature reviewed, I wanted to get a sense of how the code structures also…

Cloud-native technologies — containers, Kubernetes, serverless — have completely transformed how we build applications. They’ve made…

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Fake “urgent” messages sent from a compromised Omani ministry account target governments worldwide.

As I continued to learn more about digital forensics I am thrown from the small puddle to the deep Alice in Wonderland rabbit hole. This…