Cyber Security & Tech Articles

The ShinyHunters/Pornhub breach proves Reputation is the new Ransomware.
The ShinyHunters/Pornhub breach proves Reputation is the new Ransomware.
We usually scroll past data breach headlines because, let's be honest, we all have credit monitoring by now. But the recent ShinyHunters claim on 94GB of Pornhub Premium data is... Read more...
AWS SOC Analyst Short Course | SOC Real World Scenarios
AWS SOC Analyst Short Course | SOC Real World Scenarios
I see a lot of people trying to break into Blue Team/SOC roles by obsessing over network traffic and malware signatures. While that's still important, if you ignore Cloud SOC,... Read more...
APT29 Cozy Bear: Origins and Tactics
APT29 Cozy Bear: Origins and Tactics
If you think LockBit or BlackCat are your biggest problems, you’re playing checkers while the SVR is playing 4D chess. We just finished a deep dive into APT29 (aka Midnight... Read more...
Advent of Cyber 2025 Full Walkthrough
Advent of Cyber 2025 Full Walkthrough
Let’s be real for a second: Anyone can follow a PDF to get a badge. If you rushed through Advent of Cyber 2025 just to keep your streak alive, you... Read more...
Apple Vulnerability CVE-2025-14174 Breakdown: Apple WebKit Zero-Day Explained
Apple Vulnerability CVE-2025-14174 Breakdown: Apple WebKit Zero-Day Explained
This is a Code Red for anyone running the Apple ecosystem. We aren’t looking at your run-of-the-mill performance improvements and bug fixes here. We are looking at two aggressively exploited... Read more...
The Problem with Most Cybersecurity Projects
The Problem with Most Cybersecurity Projects
Many entry-level candidates build home labs or use tools without structure or context. While setting up a server is good, random tinkering often fails to teach how these tools are... Read more...
How To Prepare For And Pass CRTP Exam
How To Prepare For And Pass CRTP Exam
What is the CRTP Certification? The Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) is a completely hands-on certification provided by Altered Security. Unlike multiple-choice exams, this certification requires you to compromise a fully patched Active... Read more...
Cybersecurity in 2026: Still Worth Your Time (and Your Career)?
Cybersecurity in 2026: Still Worth Your Time (and Your Career)?
I keep seeing posts saying AI will kill cybersecurity jobs or the market is saturated.Based on what we are seeing such as the rise of AI and the huge impact... Read more...
The 2025 Infostealer Ecosystem: A Deep Dive
The 2025 Infostealer Ecosystem: A Deep Dive
We used to fear the locked screen and the ransom note. But as we wrap up 2025, the biggest threat silently clones your digital identity and walks right past your... Read more...
The Future of Offense and Defense: The Hacking Tools That Will Define 2026
The Future of Offense and Defense: The Hacking Tools That Will Define 2026
Forget Kali Linux. Here are the AI-driven, quantum-proof, and hyper-automated platforms shaping the next generation of cybersecurity. We’re standing on the edge of a fundamental shift in cybersecurity. It’s no... Read more...
The FortiWeb Firewall Vulnerability CVE-2025-64446 Explained
The FortiWeb Firewall Vulnerability CVE-2025-64446 Explained
If you’re running FortiWeb anywhere in your stack , or you maintain web apps behind one , you might want to pour a coffee and run a quick log check... Read more...
React2Shell Explained: The New Vulnerability Breaking Websites Worldwide
React2Shell Explained: The New Vulnerability Breaking Websites Worldwide
So a pretty wild new vulnerability class just dropped, and if you work with React, Node.js, Next.js, or anything modern web-related… you’ll probably want to know about it. It’s called React2Shell basically... Read more...