Basic Kali Linux Setup
So you want to tinker with Kali Linux huh? This aims to be a (very) brief quick start guide and it assumes you have installed Kali on a machine, on a bootable kali USB drive or in a virtual environme ...
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Create a Bootable Kali Linux USB Drive (2019)
I thought I’d write a quick update guide on installing Kali Linux from USB as I’m hoping to encourage more friends to install an instance and start playing. This guide assumes you’re ...
Deploying Metasploitable 2 on a Microsoft Server with Hyper-V
IMPORTANT NOTE: At the time of writing, Metasploitable 2 has no synthetic drivers for Hyper-V and so cannot communicate with the server via a virtual switch, even using the drives from the Linux Integ ...
Remote Desktop Vulnerability ‘BlueKeep’ – What’s all the Fuss?
There’s a slight stir in the media of late about a vulnerability discovered in the Remote Desktop Services service on Microsoft Windows systems. It’s CVE reference is CVE-2019-0708 but is ...
WordPress Permission Problems on IIS
While I would never recommend running WordPress on a Windows box unless you have to (having done this for several years and the performance was just never on par with a Linux equivalent), if you must ...
Royalty Free BlueKeep Vectored & Bitmap Logo
As I’ve done previously when writing articles about exploits and/or vulnerabilities I’ve had to design a logo as I couldn’t find a royalty free version to use for myself. As before, ...
Google Familiy Link Location Sharing Not Working or Offline
I recently purchased a phone for my eldest, making the decision to stick with Android for the Google Family Link platform which allows me to lock down the device and monitor where it is (for safety an ...
Samsung Galaxy A5 A7, Moisture has been detected.
When plugging in my Samsung Galaxy A5 I occasionally get the following message: Moisture has been detected. To charge your device, make sure your charger/USB port is dry. There’s a fair few sugg ...
DS Video and Fire TV Stick Refuse Valid Trusted SSL Certificates
I recently decided to add a trusted SSL certificate to my from a Certificate Authority (CA) so that Synology Apps such as the Amazon Fire TV Stick version of the DS-Video app can connect to my Synolog ...
Sideload Synology DS-Video App on to Amazon Fire TV Stick
UPDATE: 25th February 2019 Despite the DS-Video app now being available in the Amazon Fire TV App store, I have updated this because it seems that the Fire TV version of the apps has problems with SSL ...