Aug 7, 2021Your Images Compromise Your SecurityEverytime you take a photo, your device will store that in an image format for you to enjoy however this isn’t the only information that will be saved. Embedded into that file will also be a range of metadata which in the wrong hands can be used by others to…Privacy3 min readPrivacy3 min read
Published inGeek Culture·Aug 4, 2021Reversing ELF | TryHackMe WriteupLink to room: https://tryhackme.com/room/reverselfiles This room allows you to test your skills at reverse engineering ELF binaries giving you 8 fun challenges to solve in total. The setup is fairly simple as you just need a Linux machine, some reverse engineering tools of your choice and basic RE knowledge. You’ll…Tryhackme5 min readTryhackme5 min read
Jul 25, 2021Preventing Account TakeoversEach day thousands of accounts are compromised by hackers and bots crawling all over the internet. …Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Jul 9, 2021Secure Downloads + Data IntegrityThe internets full of a ton of files which makes it quite hard to determine what you’re downloading is actually the thing that you were looking for. …Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Jul 5, 2021Malware TypesOne thing that’s very popular is for people to call any sort of malicious program a “virus” when there’s much more to them than that. The name malware comes from the words malicious and software being mixed together thus creating malicious software. …Cybersecurity7 min readCybersecurity7 min read
Jun 5, 2021Reverse Engineering | TryHackMe WriteupA very simple room with three task that have us reverse engineering some simple programs to finds passwords. To prepare, all we have to do is download the files and run the “chmod -x” command on each of them to give them execute permissions. …Tryhackme3 min readTryhackme3 min read
May 16, 2021Owasp Top 10 | TryHackMe WriteupIn this blog, we’ll be exploring the solutions to the questions in this room as well as learning how we can utilize the Owasp top 10 web vulnerabilities to perform our “malicious” actions. This one’s gonna be quite long so lets get on with it my fellow hackers. Command Injection …Cybersecurity13 min readCybersecurity13 min read
May 4, 2021Why You Need to Patch Your Devices as Soon as PossibleWith the latest advances in technology, developers have been able to release new content onto software really fast and often. It’s understandable that it can get annoying to keep downloading and applying these updates onto your devices however it’s for the better. There’s upsides and downsides to these technological advances…Cybersecurity2 min readCybersecurity2 min read
Apr 30, 2021Creating Secure PasswordsPeople will always prefer convenience over security. This has a very negative impact as it very often leads to account takeovers since people just make it too easy for hackers to get in. …Cybersecurity4 min readCybersecurity4 min read
Apr 27, 2021Intro to x86–64 | TryHackMe WriteupAn introduction to reversing simple programs using the radare framework along with some assembly basics like the syntax (AT&T in this case), registers, if statements and loops. The room can be found here: https://tryhackme.com/room/introtox8664 . This room starts off by getting you to connect to the server. Simply enter the…Cybersecurity5 min readCybersecurity5 min read
