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Real-world cybersecurity incidents, infrastructure deep-dives, and lessons learned from the trenches of MSP operations.
I Built a $14 BadUSB That Extracts Your WiFi Password in 15 Seconds — Here's What Actually Stops It
A Raspberry Pi Pico W and CircuitPython became a credential-harvesting device in three days. Modern enterprise EDR caught the EICAR test instantly and missed the actual WiFi extraction attack entirely. The full build, the payload evolution, and what it reveals about living-off-the-land attacks.
Decrypting My Own TLS Traffic with Wireshark
A video claimed Wireshark could decrypt HTTPS "if the server has TLS key logging enabled." That phrasing isn't quite right, but the underlying technique is real. I built a full lab on my homelab with OWASP Juice Shop, NPM, and mkcert to walk through what actually happens — and what it teaches about where TLS does and doesn't protect you.
Onboarding My Personal PC Into My Own Tenant: Intune, Defender, and RoboShadow
A full Saturday-night walkthrough of taking a personal Win 11 Home machine and turning it into a properly managed endpoint — Pro upgrade, Entra Join, Intune auto-enrollment, profile migration with Profwiz, Defender for Business onboarding, and RoboShadow coexistence. Lots of small gotchas worth documenting.
Installing Rayhunter on Orbic RC400L: A Windows User's Journey
A detailed guide on installing the EFF's Rayhunter IMSI catcher detector on an Orbic RC400L mobile hotspot, including troubleshooting Windows issues and the Linux VM workaround that actually works.
PC Parts Are Getting Stupid Expensive Again (and it's not just GPUs)
It's getting harder to recommend building a PC right now. AI hardware demand is pulling everything into its orbit — RAM and GPU pricing are climbing, and regular builders are the ones eating the bill.
Building a Wazuh SIEM in My Proxmox Homelab
I deployed a Wazuh all-in-one server on Ubuntu in Proxmox, then onboarded my Windows PC as an agent. Here's what worked, what broke, and how I fixed it.
Building My Home Server with Proxmox
I recently brought home a retired server from the office to build a personal home lab. This post documents every major step, from unboxing the hardware to configuring pfSense, fixing network routing, and deploying Docker with Portainer.
Breaking the Microsoft Chains
With the issues that have been coming up in the community around how Microsoft is overstepping the boundaries of home PC autonomy, I decided to take my first steps to moving away from traditional Microsoft products and Windows to Linux.
How I Set Up a Professional Email Address Using Zoho Mail and Cloudflare
A step-by-step guide on how I set up a custom email address at my own domain, including DNS configuration, MX routing, SPF, DKIM, and verification through Zoho Mail using Cloudflare DNS.