An Introduction to TCP/IP Programing in Python3 — Why Learn Networking with Python Understanding the basic concepts of computer networking is critical for the modern-day programmer. With almost every application being integrated with the web in some way, knowing the basics of socket programing and the main photocalls that allow the internet to function can make a big difference for a software developer…

A step-by-step guide to creating a memory-efficient game — Conway’s Game of Life Conway’s game of life is a cellular automation game simply known as Life. It was designed by Mathematician John Horton Conway in 1970 and is a Zero Player Game, meaning its outcome depends on its initial state. It has four basic rules, which are as follows: Any live cell with…

Learning the Lingo of Zero Trust — Overview The old adage says that there are two type of companies those that have been hacked and those that don’t yet know they have been hacked. It is this apothegm that brought the Zero Trust approach into existence. …

Creating your Enumeration Tools — Enumeration is the first step in the process of hacking a computer. White-hat and black-hat hackers alike start with scanning the IP address of a computer system in order to get a higher resolution picture of the target they are trying to crack. However what separates the amateurs, known as…

Introduction to Active Directory Active Directory (AD) is a database and set of services that provide users with access to the appropriate network resources they need to get their work done. The directory contains critical information about your environment, including a list of network resources, IAM permissions and user security roles. The AD database…

Active is a vulnerable machine on hackthebox.com with many common Active Directory (AD) vulnerabilities. It gives aspiring penetration testers a good chance to practice SMB enumeration, and Kerberoasting against Windows systems. In this walk-through we will follow the 4 following steps: Recon, Replicating the SMB Share, Kerberoasting, and Gaining Administrator…

Endpoint Detection and Response systems (ERD) are a collection of tools for live monitoring of endpoints that have data analysis capabilities, threat detection & blocking, and threat hunting capabilities. Due to the increase in security incidents, many Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) have implemented ERD Systems with their SIEMs as…

What are buffer overflows Buffer overflows were one of the first methods of exploiting systems known to hackers and penetration testers. Simply put they provide a software with input that is too big for it to properly handle and overflow the programs stack, after which the program is ‘tricked’ into executing malicious shell code…

Creating the Perceptron and its applications in cyber security — Recently I was asked to begin exploring AI, and its impact on cloud security. I decided to take the time and get my hands dirty by exploring the basics of PyTorch and AI. In this article, we will explore the most fundamental AI algorithm, the Perceptron, and implement it to…