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2024

Installing Ghostwriter for Remote Cloud Access

15 minute read

What put me on this road was the fundamental need for something that would help eleminate needless overhead involved with manually writing a pentest report. ...

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2023

Kali: Fresh Install Checklist

12 minute read

While Kali Linux is ready to use out-of-the-box, the longer you live inside it the more opinions you realize you have about your surroundings, as the frictio...

How To Bypass xlsx Spreadsheet Protection

6 minute read

The problem you’ve encountered is you have an .xlsx file that has password-protected data inside and you need to get at that information. I encountered this ...

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2022

BloodHound: Incompatible Collector

3 minute read

If you’re having problems with your SharpHound output uploading to BloodHound, you may be victim of an old version/new version incompatibility.

AutoRecon Broke!

2 minute read

“I used Tib3rius’s AutoRecon successfully, like, a week ago but now it’s broken!” Chances are that you also recently ran an apt update && apt upgrad...

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2021

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2020

“Cards Against Humanity” Remotely

4 minute read

I am typing this for my friends who have responded to my call on social media for a good old fashioned game of (socially distant) Cards Against Humanity. Wha...

Steam Crashes When Launching in Linux Mint

3 minute read

I recently tried to launch Steam on my Linux Mint daily driver. A window popped up to check for updates and seemed to progress normally until it crashed. The...

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2019

How to Copy a Lot of Files With rsync

1 minute read

In order to add a new drive to my Linux desktop for a new /home partition, I needed to copy a lot of files to an external USB drive. The directory was large ...

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2018

Can’t Connect to Remote MongoDB

1 minute read

If you have a brand new install of MongoDB on a remote server, and you’re trying to connect to it with MongoDB Compass but you keep getting the following err...

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2017

Hacking Windows 7 Professional Edition, SP2

4 minute read

Since taking the SANS SEC560 Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking course earlier this summer, I’ve spent most of my time studying for the GIAC Pen...

Intrusion Detection For Windows

1 minute read

This morning, I was discussing with a colleague the last time I really felt like I had a handle on Windows under the hood: Windows NT. As soon as I had separ...

My “Leaderboard Syndrome” Moment

3 minute read

I zoomed straight in on #1 and found an episode of Shop Talk from three years ago, Special: One on One with a Hacker. About halfway through the episode, I ex...

The 44th Annual Cambridge Beer Festival, Day 1

5 minute read

2017 marks the fourth year I have been fortunate enough to attend the Cambridge Beer Festival on Jesus Green in central Cambridge. It is my favorite annual e...

2017 Cambridge Beer Festival: Preview

less than 1 minute read

This week marks my attendance to 4 consecutive Cambridge Beer Festivals on Jesus Green. Last year, 2016, was my high point as I was able to not only attend e...

Overwatch

less than 1 minute read

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2016

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2015

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