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Ahmed
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A Researcher by Day • Coffee Connoisseur by Passion • An Insatiable Explorer of the Written Word.
The 2016 Mirai botnet attack was a wake-up call:

IoT security is nonexistent at scale.

Default creds & unpatched firmware turned cameras into DDoS cannons.

Lessons?

Harden IoT or expect more botnet chaos.

#CyberSecurity #History #DDoS #IoT #Infosec #Mirai
March 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Book Recommendation:

Mastering post-exploitation?

'The Hacker Playbook 3' 👌

by Peter Kim is a must-read, as it covers:

a. Actual Attack Chains,
b. Evasion Techniques,
c. Red Team Strategies.

Practical over theory.

Link: digtvbg.com/files/books-...

#RedTeam #OffSec #infosec
March 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Inline hooking too noisy?

Use hardware breakpoints via 'SetThreadContext' to hijack execution flow without modifying code.

Silent, reversible & hard to detect.

#RedTeam #Malware #infosec #cybersecurity #bugbounty
March 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Turn your Raspberry Pi into a 𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭-𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 with Kali.

⚡Stealthy, portable & packed with offensive tools, as real security pros test anytime, anywhere.

🔍 Topic: medium.com/@mawgoud/bui...

#KaliLinux #CyberSecurity #Infosec
Build the Ultimate On-the-Go Penetration Testing Machine with Kali Linux & Raspberry Pi
Table of Contents:
medium.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Goodbye Skype

Once the king of VoIP, now just a ghost in the digital graveyard. ☠️

From P2P-powered resilience to Microsoft's EDR-infested bloat, it never stood a chance.

Source: mybroadband.co.za/news/interne...

#Skype #Tech #VoIP #EDR #Teams #Zoom
Say goodbye to Skype
The 22-year-old video calling tool will reportedly retire in May 2025.
mybroadband.co.za
March 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Three VMware zero-days exploited in the wild.
CVE-2025-22224,
CVE-2025-22225,
CVE-2025-22226.

Attackers with admin access can chain these to escape VM sandboxes & control the hypervisor.

#VMware #ZeroDay #CyberSecurity #Infosec #Cybersecurity

Source: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/vmware-...
VMware Warns Customers to Patch Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws
Cloud software firm VMware has issued a critical security advisory, detailing three zero-day vulnerabilities being actively exploited in the wild
www.infosecurity-magazine.com
March 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
EDRs love API hooking?

PatchGuard doesn’t.

Instead of unhooking,

do this ... redirect execution using Heaven’s Gate (switching to 64-bit from 32-bit in WoW64) / indirect syscalls.

Stay ahead, stay silent. 🕵️‍♂️

#RedTeam #Malware #infosec #cybersecurity #bugbounty #EDR #WoW64
March 4, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Process injection via Atom Tables is an underrated stealth tactic.

Store shellcode in an atom, retrieve it in a remote process, and execute via callback.

Avoids common memory scanning detections.

#RedTeam #EDREvasion #Infosec #CyberSecurity
March 4, 2025 at 4:52 AM
🔧Transform your Raspberry Pi into a portable pentesting powerhouse with a 3.5-inch touchscreen & Kali Linux!

--Ideal for on-the-go cybersecurity assessments.

🔍Details: mobile-hacker.com/2025/02/26/b...

#Pentesting #Infosec #KaliLinux #RaspberryPi #cybersecurity
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
🔍Leaked code reveals a token refresh script used in adversary-in-the-middle (AITM) attacks.

If you're not monitoring OAuth token activity, you're flying blind.

Stay vigilant.

#CyberSecurity #AITM #OAuth #infosec #MiTM

github.com/zolderio/AIT...
github.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
⤼ Early Grok-3 ('chocolate') leads the 'Chatbot Arena ELO rankings' edging out top-tier models

Are novel training paradigms (e.g., retrieval-augmented generation, improved instruction tuning) playing a larger role?

Feb, 2025

#AI #MachineLearning #LLMs #NLP #DeepLearning #Grok
February 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
🔍If you’re analyzing malware, forget static AV scanners.

Use 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐕𝐌, 𝐂𝐀𝐏𝐀 & 𝐱𝟔𝟒𝐝𝐛𝐠 for real insights.

Pair with 𝚜𝚢𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚗 + 𝚂𝚒𝚐𝚖𝚊 𝚛𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚜 for tracking execution flow as a pro.

𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 > 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.

#Malware #infosec #Bug #CVE
February 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Morning / Evening all ☕️

Let's talk about Active Directory (AD) security.

Attackers 'love' targeting AD for domain admin privileges.

Here's a thread on the top techniques they use!

Image Credit: (cyber.gov.au, 2024)

A Thread 1/10🧵

#CyberSecurity #infosec #CVE
February 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
You will enjoy reading this ☕

🔬What IF: Scientists Choose Rust Over Python for AI Development.

📖 Read the full story ..

🔗https://mawgoud.medium.com/earth-72-scientists-adapted-rust-instead-of-python-for-artificial-intelligence-development-84b705459613

#AI #Rust #Python #Tech #Multiverse #ML
February 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
🚨 DeepSeek's iOS app is sending sensitive user data to a ByteDance (TikTok) .. affiliated cloud platform without encryption.

👉 Full Report: thehackernews.com/2025/02/deep...

#Cybersecurity #Privacy #Bug #Encryption #Tech #News #Security #TikTok #DeepSeek #OpenAI
February 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Reposted by Ahmed
Ups and downs of #redteam engagements. When the standard payloads don’t cut it, innovation wins. Learn how we misused a screenshot tool to load shellcode… at the fifth attempt!…
blog.compass-security.com/2024/12/a-ni...
December 17, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Reposted by Ahmed
Red Teamers: do NOT neglect SNMP like sysadmins usually do! SO many networks have granted me very quick wins through SNMP enumeration, which can be done with Metasploit, snmpwalk, and onesixtyone:

Enum Windows accounts (spray?):
snmpwalk -c public -v1 $TARGET 1.3.6.1.4.1.77.1.2.25
#hacking #redteam
January 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Dumping LSASS?

Ditch 'MiniDumpWriteDump'—too noisy.

Use NtReadVirtualMemory via direct syscalls
or
use (COM+ LRPC abuse) for stealthier creds extraction.

EDRs hate this one trick. 😉

#RedTeam #Malware #EDR #IncidentHandling #infosec #DFIR
February 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Bypass 'FindWindow' anti-debug checks by hooking 'NtUserFindWindowEx' & returning a fake handle.

🕵️‍♂️ Malware loves to check for debuggers this way ... feed it garbage & watch it fail.

#ReverseEngineering #Malware #infosec #bug #exploitation #pentesting
February 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
🔍 Think your browser extensions are harmless?

A rogue extension with 'activeTab' or 'all_urls' permissions can:
- steal cookies,
- inject scripts,
- or track everything you do.

Audit them.

Less is more.

#Privacy #CyberSecurity #infosec #browser #chrome #firefox #opera
February 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Everyone's worried about DeepSeek stealing data, but what about AI tools like ChatGPT? 🤔

your sensitive data is likely going to the USA. Do you know where it's stored & how it's used?

Time to think about AI data security!

#AI #Privacy #OpenAI #ChatGPT #DeepSeek #Tech #data
February 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This worth the time to read for your time today ☕

I believe the 'formal' title for that can fit in this case:

Salt Typhoon Cyberattack 2024:
The Largest Telecom Hack in the US History.

A Thread 🧵
+
📎Sources ↷
February 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Want to detect malware abusing 'CreateRemoteThread'?

Hook 'NtMapViewOfSection' instead.

Most payloads get mapped before execution, making it a solid choke point for EDR logic.

Timing is everything. ⏳

#ThreatHunting #Malware #Infosec #EDR
February 5, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Worth time reading 👌

🗞️ Don't miss Nextron Systems' latest piece: 'Cyber Security 2025: Practical Trends Beyond the Hype.'

They cut through the noise to highlight threats like supply chain attacks and token abuse.

Link: www.nextron-systems.com/2025/02/03/c...

#CyberSecurity #SupplyChain #Infosec
Cyber Security 2025: Practical Trends Beyond the Hype - Nextron Systems
www.nextron-systems.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM