• Rootkit Techniques and How to Detect Them

    Rootkits like Symbiote and Diamorphine hide processes and backdoors at the kernel level, making standard OS tools useless for detection. This post walks through real chkrootkit and rkhunter output, explains what each warning means, and shows you how to cross-check /proc directly to catch what hooked syscalls try to hide.

  • XXE Injection: Real Attack Techniques Explained

    XXE injection abuses XML parsers to read local files, trigger SSRF, and exfiltrate data out-of-band — no authentication required. This post walks through two real attack techniques with working payloads, explains what the output tells you, and shows exactly how to shut the door at the parser level.

  • BloodHound AD Attack Path Analysis: Complete Guide

    BloodHound mapped the exact attack path used in major AD breaches — paths your standard tooling never shows. This guide walks through real SharpHound collection, Cypher queries, and Kerberoasting detection with actual command output so you can find and close those paths before an attacker does.

  • Cron Job Abuse for Persistence: Detect & Prevent

    Attackers routinely plant cron jobs to survive reboots and IR cleanup — yet most teams never audit scheduled tasks. Learn how to detect malicious cron entries, sweep your fleet for common IOCs, and lock down cron access before the next compromise.

  • Securing AI Copilots & Agents in Your Org (2026)

    AI copilots now represent one of the largest unaudited attack surfaces in most organizations. From prompt injection to over-privileged tool access, here’s how to find the gaps and close them with real commands and tool output.

  • Reverse Engineering CTF Challenges with Ghidra

    Most CTF teams stall on reversing challenges because they never move past surface-level recon. This walkthrough shows you how to load a binary into Ghidra, read decompiled logic, and extract a flag by tracing one obfuscated comparison function — step by step.