Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Security”
Sometimes one needs to crawl certain information online as part of their project. However, websites do not like crawlers much because of obvious reasons. As a result, websites would implement a mechanism for blocking crawlers. In this post, I will explain how to crawl websites without exposing your information and, in case the crawler got blocked, it is capable of …
Alex is in a big trouble, she has opened a malicious binary that was emailed to her and she ran it on the production web server. As she is our friend, we need to step in and help her. This is the story of a new box at https://tryhackme.com/. There is a tl;dr section at the end of the post …
Jeff has started his web development but little did he know that hackers are always ready to break in, at any day and time. Jeff’s website is accessible through a virtual machine via tryhackme.com (a platform for learning and practicing penetration testing). Let’s see whether we can pwn his web server or not. Deploy Jeff’s machine and let the fun …
Ads are everywhere, e.g. in streets, TV and Internet. In some cases, they get annoying, e.g. having malicious ads or seeing ads after every sentence/post (*looks at 9gag*). In this blog post, I will explain how to block ads on your Android mobile without root. The method can also block some in-app ads, unless if they were served by the …
Ivacy VPN, the VPN that suddenly got so popular because of their affordable prices and, based on their claims, fast speed and zero-log policy. I heard about it around a year ago from a friend, who had some compliments and complaints about it. When I was comparing VPN providers for a blog post, I had Ivacy VPN on my draft. …
Having a VPN, Virtual Private Network, is essential nowadays for many reasons, such as accessing restricted content by your ISP or government, bypassing geographically restricted content, protecting your privacy, and so on. In an earlier post, I have reviewed the top three VPN providers. If you are looking for a secure and affordable VPN provider, Private Internet Access is an …
Whenever I want to create a new product, such as a website, bot, mobile app, I immediately create its social accounts (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, … etc) right after deciding what the name of the product is going to be. However, creating a new email for every product is annoying. Filling out forms, confirming your identity, recalling/storing multiple credentials, checking the …
There are enormous reasons why you should use a VPN, including, but not limited to, protecting your privacy by hiding your browsing history from your ISP or local network, permitting access to some geo-blocked content (e.g. playing Pokémon Go before its officially released in your country), bypassing your ISP’s internet censorship, and many more. However, there is a tremendous number of VPN providers available …
Oh… Pokémon is back again with an amazing game, Pokémon Go. If you haven’t installed and played it yet, you are missing out a lot of fun. As the game published on few countries only, it might not be available for download in your country. To install it on Android if it is not available in Google Play, you can use …
Few days back, I needed to access my raspberry pi remotely from anywhere. I have achieved this by using a hidden SSH Tor service. Tor Project, The Onion Router, is a free software that provides anonymous communications over the internet. This method is not limited to raspberry pi, and it can be applied on any computer you can install Tor on. Kindly note, this …
