What is Ransomware?
Ransomware has easily become one of the most popular cyber security threats over the last few years. It has affected countless individuals and every industry...
Posts by Category
- What The Hack 6
- Hacking 6
- Privacy, Security and Safety 5
- Capture The Flag and Pentesting 4
- General 3
What The Hack
What is Encryption?
Encryption is one of the most fundamental parts of modern computing. It’s the reason why your credit card information isn’t stolen every time you buy somethi...
What is BitTorrent?
Torrenting, although somewhat of an old concept, is still very much relevant today. Often it is brought up in terms of illegal activity where you might torre...
What is the Dark Web?
Lately I feel like I’ve seen and heard the dark web being brought up in more mainstream conversations about data security. Most notably, “Dark web scanning” ...
What is a VPN?
With the recent increase of people working from home due to COVID-19, I think it’s appropriate the first post in this topic be about VPN’s.
What the Hell is What the Hack?
Judging by Nick Young’s face, he’s confused too…
Hacking
Exploiting Log4shell
This article is intended to show the Log4shell exploit in action. If you’re unfamiliar with what Log4shell is, please read this article. Essentially, we’re g...
Finding Passwords with Wireshark
So we’ve already seen how we can collect credentials through using SET (Social Engineering Toolkit). Now let’s see how we can get credentials using a network...
Let’s Hack Wifi
Well just like the title says, we’re going to hack wifi in this article. It’s a lot easier than you’d think. Remember, this is just a proof of concept. I’ll ...
Stealing Facebook Credentials
In this article we’re going to see how we can use some hacking tools to create a fake website in order to gain user credentials for Facebook. Scenario
Google Hacking
What if I told you that you’ve been searching on google the wrong way all this time? Ok, maybe not the wrong way, but what if I told you that you can signifi...
Warning:Don’t Be Dumb
If you’re reading this, chances are you’re interested in seeing how hackers are able to actually able to do the things they do. Now, while I’m definitely not...
Privacy, Security and Safety
Are Antivirus Programs Obsolete?
It’s no surprise that cyber security has largely been commodified. This means there’s a whole bunch of products that companies are selling to try to get you ...
Two-Factor Authentication
If you want to further protect your accounts on various websites, you will need to apply more security controls than just your username and password. Two-Fac...
Mobile Security
Phone technology has transformed dramatically in the last 10-15 years. Not only can we call people, but most if not all phones are capable of connecting to t...
Email Security
Contrary to what you may think, email is actually the most common attack vector for hackers. Depending on the goals of the hacker, they will probably try to ...
How Safe is my Password?
This question is probably one that is most asked when it comes to ensuring your various accounts are secure. Hopefully after reading this you’ll have a good ...
Capture The Flag and Pentesting
Ports and Protocols
This article is supplementary to the Nmap section in Kali Tools. If you’re going to be following the CTF guide on here or elsewhere, you’re still going to ha...
Kali Tools
I mentioned in the last post that Kali (amongst other security distros) comes pre-packaged with a myriad of tools that are at your disposal. When performing ...
Setting up your Environment
Programs you will need
Introduction and Requirements
So you want to learn how to hack and cause mischeif on the internet? Well, this guide is definitely not for you. I wanted to break down the steps of what kno...
General
Happy New Years!
Happy New Years everybody! Here’s to hoping that your year is filled with joy, excitement and fulfillment of your goals. I have a feeling that the cyber sec...
Log4shell Vulnerability
WHEW, it certainly has been one hell of a year for cyber security, and it’s only getting more intense. You may have heard of the recent vulnerability dubbed ...
Welcome.exe
Welcome to the blog!