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Tool Walkthroughs

Practical guides to the tools used day to day.

Creating an MSI Collector

Velociraptor

Deploying Velociraptor for endpoint visibility and forensics — VQL queries, MSI collectors, and artifact hunting.

Selecting the Administrators Group

Bloodhound

Hands-on with BloodHound CE on the Game of Active Directory (GOAD) — finding attack paths, ACL abuse, and planning domain compromise.

Kali NetHunter on a OnePlus 6T

Nethunter

Installing Kali NetHunter on a OnePlus 6T — rooting with Magisk and exploring mobile penetration testing tools.

Graylog Dashboard

Graylog

Deploying Graylog as a centralized syslog server at work — Docker Compose setup, input configuration, and custom extractors for OPNsense.

OMG Cable unboxed, alongside the programmer board and stickers

OMG Cable

Hands-on with the Hak5 OMG Cable — firmware flashing, DuckyScript payloads, Wi-Fi configuration, and why physical security matters.

Wazuh Dashboard

Wazuh

Setting up Wazuh as a free open-source SIEM and XDR platform — agent deployment, log analysis, and vulnerability detection in my homelab.

Wireshark WPAD Entries

Wireshark

Investigating mysterious WPAD traffic with Wireshark and learning about Windows Web Proxy Auto-Discovery on my home network.

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