Blog Featured The PNPT Exam Has Been Conquered. Embarking on a thrilling journey from IT Administration to the high-stakes world of Cybersecurity, I found my true calling amidst the adrenaline-fueled realm of Red Teaming and Penetration Testing. The security aspects of my previous roles always intrigued me, but it was witnessing a professional pentest at my former company
CTF Hack The Box POV First, I started enumeration with a Nmap scan. Finding the website name i include “pov.htb” in my host file along with the machine’s IP address using the following command: echo "10.10.11.251 pov.htb" >> /etc/hosts By visiting “pov.htb”, i could not find anything useful
Walkthrough Personal Wiki This guide covers installing Bookstack as an LXC container on Proxmox using TTeck's Ubuntu script. SSH into the new Ubuntu machine and run the Bookstack install script from my GitHub. Enter a domain or IP for the Bookstack instance. Change the default login credentials upon setup completion
Walkthrough Let's Block Some Ads Now that Pi-hole is all set up, we can log in, but we're still not using it. Block Lists block over 150,000 domains by default, which I increased to over half a million with The Firebog lists, opting for the green-coded ones for minimal browsing interference.
Walkthrough No More Ads Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that blocks ads and trackers at the network level for all devices in your home. It's open-source, free, and works on Linux systems. With customization options, it improves privacy and can manage network settings through its DHCP server function.
Blog Mastering My Homelab: A Services Odyssey Proxmox as a hypervisor, and installed services such as Bookstacks, Pihole, Ghost CMS, Heimdall, Gitlab, Prometheus, InfluxDB, Grafana, Wazuh, UptimeKuma, and Ansible. The blog will be updated with walkthroughs for each service.
Blog Where Is The Plan... I Thought You Had It During server downtime, I planned to expand my homelab, inspired by 0xBen. I invested in a stylish SYSRACKS server rack, Ubiquiti switch, Unifi PDU, and miscellaneous essentials. Upgrades for my server included RAM, powerful CPUs, a Tesla P4 GPU, and an HBA. Total costs were kept in check.
Blog It's Just A Simple Motherboard Swap Right???? "In my pursuit of resurrecting my server, I faced unexpected hurdles and a lifesaving eBay seller. From bricked iDrac to a heartwarming twist, this is the story of resilience and luck. Stay tuned for the technical documentation to come
Blog The Start Of My Homelab "Discover my thrilling journey from a $50 server find on eBay to a heartwarming eBay seller's rescue. The highs, lows, and surprises of my home lab adventure!" #eBayServer #HomeLabJourney #HeartwarmingStory
Blog My Experience With TCM Security PNPT Accelerated Cohort Explore my journey through the PNPT Accelerated Course, from cost considerations to hands-on labs, and how it boosted my cybersecurity aspirations.