Penetration Testing

Cyber Security

The Ultimate 2026 Shodan Cheat Sheet Guide

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The Ultimate 2026 Shodan Cheat Sheet Guide

Introduction In the current cybersecurity landscape, understanding an organization’s exposed digital footprint is a core priority. Shodan—often dubbed the world’s first search engine for Internet-connected devices—operates by systematically scanning IP addresses across the globe, grabbing service banners, and indexing raw protocol outputs. Unlike standard web search engines that crawl HTML page content, Shodan indexes everything from SSH servers, web portals, and databases to

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Cyber Security

Entry-Level Cybersecurity Roles and Real Required Skills

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Entry-Level CybersecurIty Roles and Real RequIred SkIlls

Introduction The cybersecurity industry stands as one of the fastest-growing fields in today’s digital world, accompanied by a critical shortage of skilled talent. However, candidates aspiring to step into the sector frequently encounter a perplexing reality: job postings labeled as “Entry-Level” demand 3 to 5 years of experience, dozens of certifications, and nearly impossible lists of comprehensive competencies. This situation complicates the entry of

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Ctf Challenges

Kenobi TryHackMe Walkthrough

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Introduction The Kenobi room on TryHackMe is one of the most fundamental and popular practical labs designed to teach offensive security concepts. Featuring a Linux target machine, this room introduces security researchers and aspiring penetration testers to fundamental network enumeration techniques, service exploitation, and post-exploitation privilege escalation. By walking through a realistic penetration testing scenario, learners gain hands-on experience in identifying misconfigurations and

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web security

Top 10 Add-ons for Burp Suite in Web Security

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Top 10 Add ons for Burp SuIte In Web SecurIty

Introduction Web application security testing demands absolute precision, high operational speed, and granular visibility into non-standard protocols, modern API structures, and complex application logic. While Burp Suite (developed by PortSwigger) provides an industry-standard core engine for proxying traffic, its true power lies in its extensible architecture. By leveraging community-developed and commercial extensions, security researchers and penetration testers can seamlessly transform Burp Suite into a fully

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Cyber Security

The Ultimate Guide to 360 TryHackMe Free Rooms: Master Cybersecurity for Free

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Remote Active Directory Pentesting A Comprehensive Overview

Introduction Starting a career in cybersecurity can feel like standing at the foot of an impossibly tall mountain. With endless sub-fields—ranging from web application security and digital forensics to reverse engineering, malware analysis, and cloud security—it is remarkably easy for beginners to feel overwhelmed about where to start, which path to follow, and what skills to prioritize. Fortunately, hands-on platforms like TryHackMe (THM) have

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Active Directory Security

What is AS-REP Roasting Exploitation: A Comprehensive Guide

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Introduction AS-REP Roasting is a critical attack technique that exploits a fundamental misconfiguration in Kerberos authentication, particularly within Active Directory environments. This sophisticated attack specifically targets user accounts where Kerberos pre-authentication has been disabled, allowing attackers to extract and crack user password hashes offline without triggering account lockouts or generating significant security alerts. In modern enterprise networks, Active Directory serves

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Active Directory Security

Responder Tool for Network Credential Capture in Active Directory

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Responder Tool for Network Credential Capture in Active Directory

Introduction Responder is a powerful, open-source Python-based penetration testing tool that directly targets the fundamental weaknesses present in Windows network environments. By manipulating how machines resolve hostnames when DNS lookups fail, Responder intercepts broadcast name resolution requests—specifically those using LLMNR (Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution), NBT-NS (NetBIOS Name Service), and MDNS (Multicast DNS) protocols—and impersonates legitimate network resources. This approach lets attackers seamlessly perform man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks: when victims

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Cyber Security / Red Team

Advanced Subdomain Discovery with Amass and Cheat Sheet

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Advanced SubdomaIn DIscovery wIth Amass and Cheat Sheet

Introduction OWASP Amass is a robust open-source tool designed for asset discovery, subdomain enumeration, and comprehensive attack surface mapping in cybersecurity. By utilizing both passive and active reconnaissance techniques, Amass supports security professionals in detecting hidden domains, IP ranges, and infrastructure links that might otherwise remain unnoticed during a standard assessment. Its modular features include DNS scanning, recursive subdomain discovery, brute-forcing with wordlists, certificate and

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Network Security

What is Port Knocking Implementation and Security: A Comprehensive Guide

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What is Port Knocking Implementation and Security

Introduction Port knocking is a sophisticated technique in network security that serves as a stealthy access control mechanism for sensitive services and endpoints. By requiring a specific sequence of connection attempts across predefined closed ports, port knocking ensures that network services remain concealed from conventional port scans and unauthorized users, effectively making protected services invisible to attackers during

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