Lab: Basic SSRF against the local server

Why Don’t Security Professionals Attack Back?

A typical situation: a website running on a popular CMS — often WordPress, but also Joomla, Drupal, OpenCart, or a custom PHP framework —…

Part 5 of The Cyber Defense Playbook Project.

For years, India has been working toward a modern data protection framework, and the moment has finally arrived. With the Digital Personal…

Advertising is everywhere online. Even during routine work tasks, employees encounter banners, pop-ups, tracking scripts, and video…

The first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign just validated what we’ve been warning about. Or did it? Either way, the…

Sometimes the best cyber tools are free — curiosity, Google, and ChatGPT.

In today’s digital economy, trust from consumers has become one of the most valuable assets for any company to have. Across finance and…

‍GPU Security and Isolation

Have you ever felt like finding critical bugs requires magical skills or expensive tools?

During a routine test on a public bug bounty program (let’s call it example.com), I stumbled upon a surprisingly simple but high-impact…

Overview

Recon is more than just scanning it’s understanding the entire attack surface.This blog walks you through the mindset, tools, and…

Automating aspects of Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) penetration testing is necessary to provide continuous security validation…

This write-up covers the Grotesque3 vulnerable machine. We move from discovery and clever enumeration (MD5 wordlists!) to a foothold via…

This write-up covers the Grotesque 2 vulnerable machine. We move from discovery and port enumeration to foothold, SSH access, and final…

Disclaimer: All testing was performed in a controlled lab environment for educational purposes only. Do not attempt these techniques on…

How we beat Nigerian princes and learned to spot crypto cons

Day 33 of 100: When the Uber story hit the headlines, my phone lit up with the same question: “Could this happen to us?” Short answer: if…

Day 32 of 100: Last quarter a board asked me two back-to-back questions: “Are we behind on AI?” and “Are we safe?” Both are fair — and…