computers Hack The Box: DevOops DevOops: Retired 13 October 2018If you are interested in learning more about penetration testing, Hack the Box is a great way to get your feet wet in a legal and well built environment.
computers Server Migration I had a need to migrate this server to a different provider for cost reasons. This was also a good chance to document my process since I did NOT do that last time.
computers Reducing Image Sizes For Entire Blog I am lazy and when I add photos to this blog I do not do ANY resizing or adjustments. Well, over time, I have realized that having multiple multi-Megabyte size images on a
computers theHarvester For Open Source Recon I was using theHarvester the other day and had to do a little extra work to get the data I wanted out of the results. There are plenty of posts out there about
computers InsightVM (Nexpose) Slack Bot Link to the repo at the bottom...Precursor to this post: https://ratil.life/slackbots-for-fun-and-profit/A few months back I decided to find a way to lighten the load of ad hoc vulnerability
computers Timestamp Keyboard Shortcut In gedit I do not know why this was such a hard problem to find a solution to given that the solution I arrived at was extremely simple. On multiple teams I work with, we
computers Testing With Python: First-Timer Perspective Certainly nothing groundbreaking here, just my experience diving into the world of code testing. Code Testing Any book, blog, or article about software development is going to tell you that you should always
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computers SANS SEC660 - Advanced Penetration Testing, Exploit Writing, and Ethical Hacking UPDATE: I took my exam and PASSED! I felt that the actual exam was a bit harder than the practice tests but I also get my best score out of the three. The
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computers Slackbots for Fun and Profit This is the general process/flow for creating Slack integrations, nothing groundbreaking here, just wanting to consolidate the info that I used when building bots. In the future (once I get approval) I
computers New NAS and Backup Strategy I finally got a NAS (Synology DS216se) for the house to keep our photos and other important files safe. I was starting to get really nervous about losing data both on the home
computers Cloudflare - Free Tier While researching ways to improve the speed of this website, I recently found out that Cloudflare offers a free tier of service to personal websites and blogs. Everything I read made this seem
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sans SANS Holiday Hack 2017 - Wintered This year's Holiday Hack did not disappoint. Using vulnerabilities and attacks that dominated the headlines this year made the event even more fun.
computers First Useful PowerShell Script: PuTTY to SSH Config I have done a little bit of PowerShell work in the past but mostly just training exercises and modifying existing stuff. With the release of Bash for Windows and the recent announcement that
computers Metasploitable3 CTF Rapid7 just wrapped up the second of their Metsploitable3 CTFs, this time for the Linux version of the intentionally vulnerable OS that both beginner and advanced hackers can hone their skills on. They
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computers Making My Server IPv6 Compatible I got a Reddit message from a user who is running a single stack IPv6 setup and was unable to access my website. I thought I had everything in order to make this
computers Air Force Network Research Homework Continuing my Air Force Training's Advanced Distance Learning I had to choose a network protocol from a list and do a short research assignment on the tool. I chose DNS. I got 10/
computers Update All The Things - MySQL Migration My Ghost installation recently informed me that an update was available. I usually try to take care of these as quickly as possible and have a little script the did all the updating
computers Air Force Training: Guided Research Assignment As part of my next round of Air Force Training's Advanced Distance Learning I had to chose a tool from a list and do a short research assignment on the tool. I chose