Category: Computers
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Goodbye Windows, Hello Desktop Linux
Background It’s no secret that the Windows ecosystem appears to be struggling. Every Windows update introduces more useless bloat while simultaneously breaking existing features. Basic UI elements no longer serve their intended purpose – A Start menu that can’t start or find anything useful, control panels with overlapping controls, and a new right-click menu complete…
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Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 3: Atomic Red Team
Intro Additional Modules Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 1: Lab Overview & Outline Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 2: EDR Deployment Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 3: Atomic Red Team Atomic Red Team Atomic Red Team is an open-source project featuring a library of atomic tests combined with a…
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Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 2: EDR Deployment
Intro Additional Modules Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 1: Lab Overview & Outline Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 2: EDR Deployment Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 3: Atomic Red Team The Elastic Container Project The Elastic Container Project will serve as our Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solution for…
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Building A Purple Team Lab – Module 1: Lab Overview & Outline
Overview This will be a multi-part series focused on setting up a Purple Team lab with the following high-level goals in mind: Locally hosted using open-source software where possible (Free) Deploy & configure an Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) solution Gain hands on experience testing basic red team tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) on Windows…
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Trilium Notes – Self-Hosted Server Setup
Intro I’ve been looking for a OneNote alternative for a few years now, but haven’t been able to find anything that combines the same basic functionality with a simple, clean interface. As I’m increasingly moving away from Microsoft products, I realized it was time to find a dedicated solution and stick with it. I’m excited…
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Revisiting Purple Teaming AD with BloodHound CE & AD-Miner
Intro A few months ago, I published a blog post that involved managing Bloodhound CE with Docker Compose: Purple Teaming AD with BloodHound CE & AD-Miner Since then, BloodHound CE has seen some pretty significant improvements, including new tools to simplify container management. Because of this, I wanted to revisit this setup and put together…
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Installing Omarchy On VMware Workstation
Update – February 23, 2026 After some great feedback from the YouTube community, here’s a list of additional tips and troubleshooting steps for those still experiencing issues: VMware Workstation Specific Ensure Open VM Tools is installed and running Keep the VM in full screen mode and the mouse focused Set the resolution lower than the…
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Home Lab (2025)
It’s been a while since I’ve made a video, and even longer since I’ve shown my home lab setup! I’ve been doing some cleaning and thinking about upgrades, so I figured now would be a good time to show where everything currently stands.
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Introducing Invoke-EncryptionSimulator: A PowerShell Tool for Simulating Late-Stage Ransomware Attacks
Invoke-EncryptionSimulator Invoke-EncryptionSimulator is designed to be a simple and safe way to emulate the encryption stage of a ransomware deployment to aid in development and testing of controls focusing on file system level changes rather than process related telemetry. Invoke-EncryptionSimulator is designed to be a simple and safe way to emulate the encryption stage of…
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Analyzing & Detecting IIS Backdoors
IIS Extensions As Backdoors Microsoft recently published an interesting blog explaining how they’ve noticed a new trend where attackers have been leveraging Internet Information Services (IIS) extensions to covertly backdoor Windows servers: https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2022/07/26/malicious-iis-extensions-quietly-open-persistent-backdoors-into-servers/ The Microsoft post contains a wealth of information on this topic, but I really wanted to dig through the specifics in order…
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