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The AI Craze: My take on what it means for the future of cybersecurity
In the last couple of years, people have been buzzing about the new advancements in AI. Innovations in more recent models have allowed companies to rapidly build much more efficient AI solutions. Making models open source, such as the famous models from OpenAI, has allowed other companies to adopt and make their own spin-offs. People…
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The Pomodoro Technique: beat procrastination and achieve quality focus
Lately, I’ve been applying the Pomodoro Technique whenever I need to get something done. Whether I’m at work, writing a blog post (I’m using it right now!), or even cleaning up the house, Pomodoro has been a life-saving productivity boost. And it’s stupidly simple! So, in this post, I’ll give you a brief introduction as…
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Havoc in Las Vegas – Several Resorts Brought to their Knees by Hackers
There’s been a ton of buzz over the cybersecurity attack on multiple resorts in Las Vegas. All over social media, people have been posting pictures and videos of downed elevators: The Excalibur elevators are still hacked pic.twitter.com/Q3i4wFErV7 — Las Vegas Locally 🌴 (@LasVegasLocally) September 17, 2023 and slot machines: Current status of MGM Cybersecurity attack…
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Hack The Box: Pilgrimage Writeup
We’re back again with another Hack The Box machine. This time, I hacked Pilgrimage. Although it was listed as an “easy” box, I thought it was a bit more involved than other easy boxes I’ve done in the past. So, let’s get into it! Recon Scanning I started off with a quick TCP scan of…
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Evil Twin Part 2: spying on victims with a MITM attack
We’re back with another Evil Twin attack tutorial. This time, we’re going to be building off my last post by adding internet access to the evil twin. So, if you haven’t read it and followed along, do that first before moving on to this post. With internet access provided to our evil twin, we’re finally…
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Hack The Box: SAU Writeup
It’s time I get back into some Hack The Box! I’ve done some machines before but it’s been a while since I’ve hacked the box. So, in the post, I’m going to walk you through my thought process of hacking the SAU machine. This will not simply be a list of commands I used to…