Metasploit msfconsole Cheat Sheet
A practical Metasploit msfconsole cheat sheet covering module selection, payload configuration, session management, Meterpreter commands, and common penetration testing workflows.
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W1seGuy
W1seGuy introduces the fundamentals of XOR encryption and demonstrates how a known plaintext attack can recover a repeating key. This room helped me move beyond memorizing XOR and finally understand why it works, making it one of the most valuable introductory cryptography challenges I’ve completed.
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Understanding SSL/TLS Inspection
Learn how SSL Inspection works by using a trusted proxy to decrypt, inspect, and re-encrypt HTTPS traffic. This article explores the benefits, challenges, and real-world lessons learned from deploying encrypted traffic inspection in a production environment.
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Building a Zero-Budget Security Operations Center for an RV DealershipBuilding a Home SOC with Wazuh on Proxmox
This project documents the design, deployment, and ongoing operation of a production Security Operations Center (SOC) built for the RV dealership where I work. My goal was to improve security visibility across the organization’s infrastructure by centralizing logs from Windows systems, Linux servers, Microsoft 365, and network devices into a single monitoring platform. Working with…
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Packet Capture for Beginners
Learn the fundamentals of packet capture and analysis. This beginner-friendly guide explains what packet captures are, when to use them, and how they can help troubleshoot network and security issues.
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Building a Redundant Pi-hole Setup for My Home Network
Learn how I deployed two Pi-hole servers to provide redundant DNS filtering, network-wide ad blocking, and improved reliability for my home lab. This project covers the design, benefits, and lessons learned from running a highly available Pi-hole environment.
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Nmap Enumeration Command Reference
A practical Nmap command reference covering full TCP scans, service detection, UDP scanning, output formats, common options, and a recommended enumeration workflow.
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Ports, Services, and the TCP Three-Way Handshake
Learn how network ports, services, and the TCP three-way handshake work, along with how Nmap uses TCP responses to identify open, closed, and filtered ports.
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SOC Level 2 Workflow – Room Summary
Final Thoughts This was one of my favorite TryHackMe rooms so far because it focused on an area of cybersecurity that I genuinely enjoy: log analysis and incident triage. Rather than simply acknowledging alerts, the room demonstrates how a SOC Level 2 analyst investigates security incidents by building timelines, analyzing evidence, validating suspicious activity, and…
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Raspberry Pi Zero – Google Calendar Display
This project transforms a Raspberry Pi Zero into a dedicated Google Calendar display using Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit Desktop). Since the desktop environment is included, only Chromium and a few configuration changes were needed to automatically launch Google Calendar in kiosk mode at startup. What I Configured Result When powered on, the Raspberry Pi boots…